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Expenditures, Investment and Financing for Sustainable Development in Brazil

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: January 2003 )

This study examines the evolution and characteristics of financing for the environment in Brazil, in order to identify the advances and retreats made after the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. It...

This study examines the evolution and characteristics of financing for the environment in Brazil, in order to identify the advances and retreats made after the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. It...


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Expenditures, Investment and Financing for Sustainable Development in Trinidad and Tobago

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: January 2003 )

This study examines financing for environmental projects and programs in Trinidad and Tobago over the last decade. It evaluates the efficiency of the financing to establish whether the various...

This study examines financing for environmental projects and programs in Trinidad and Tobago over the last decade. It evaluates the efficiency of the financing to establish whether the various...


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Systems Approach to Sustainability and Sustainable Development, A

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: July 2003 )

This document discusses the concept of sustainability and sustainable development, introducing the various theoretical perspectives used in literature. It identifies the determinants of sustainability...

This document discusses the concept of sustainability and sustainable development, introducing the various theoretical perspectives used in literature. It identifies the determinants of sustainability...


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Agriculturalization as a Syndrome

A Comparative Study of Agriculture in Argentina and Australia

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: July 2006 )

The current study compares the process of agriculturization as it has been described for Argentina to similar processes occurring in Australia in order to assess the utility of this causal complex as...

The current study compares the process of agriculturization as it has been described for Argentina to similar processes occurring in Australia in order to assess the utility of this causal complex as...


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International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2022

International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2022

The Challenge of Boosting Manufacturing Exports

Series: International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean
( Print: June 2023, PDF: May 2023 )

In its 2022 edition, this ECLAC annual report examines the foreign trade performance of the region’s economies during the year. It consists of three chapters. The first examines recent developments in...

In its 2022 edition, this ECLAC annual report examines the foreign trade performance of the region’s economies during the year. It consists of three chapters. The first examines recent developments in...


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Sustainable Human Settlements Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: November 2005 )

This document presents an overview of the regional progress made towards the targets and commitments derived from implementation plans and programmes for the main agreements of the Johannesburg Summit...

This document presents an overview of the regional progress made towards the targets and commitments derived from implementation plans and programmes for the main agreements of the Johannesburg Summit...


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International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2021

Pursuing a Resilient and Sustainable Recovery

Series: International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean
( Print: February 2022, PDF: February 2022 )

This edition of International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean covers 2021 reviews the recent performance of global and
regional trade following the crisis caused by the coronavirus...

This edition of International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean covers 2021 reviews the recent performance of global and
regional trade following the crisis caused by the coronavirus...


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International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2018

Stronger Regional Integration Urgent to Counter Impact of Trade Conflicts

Series: International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean
( Print: February 2019, PDF: February 2019 )

This edition of International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean covers 2018 and is divided into three chapters. Chapter I analyses the impact of divergent global growth and trade...

This edition of International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean covers 2018 and is divided into three chapters. Chapter I analyses the impact of divergent global growth and trade...


Trade Liberalization and Industrial Pollution in Brazil

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: June 2000 )

This volume attempts to estimate the effect of trade liberalization on the industrial structure and pattern of pollution emissions in Brazil. An input-output approach is used to estimate the value of...

This volume attempts to estimate the effect of trade liberalization on the industrial structure and pattern of pollution emissions in Brazil. An input-output approach is used to estimate the value of...


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International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2020

Regional Integration Is Key to Recovery After the Crisis

Series: International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean
( Print: July 2021, PDF: August 2021 )

This report presents the main trends of international trade of the region’s economies during the last year, with the most recent figures available on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the...

This report presents the main trends of international trade of the region’s economies during the last year, with the most recent figures available on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the...


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International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2019

Adverse Global Conditions Leave the Region Lagging Further Behind

Series: International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean
( Print: February 2020, PDF: February 2020 )

The global trade performance in 2019 was the worst since the international financial crisis. This edition analyses that performance, as well as the mounting trade tensions and their repercussions for...

The global trade performance in 2019 was the worst since the international financial crisis. This edition analyses that performance, as well as the mounting trade tensions and their repercussions for...


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International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2017

Recovery in an Uncertain Context

Series: International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean
( Print: June 2018, PDF: June 2018 )

This first edition of International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean, which is the continuation of Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy with a new title, covers 2017...

This first edition of International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean, which is the continuation of Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy with a new title, covers 2017...


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Technological Evaluation of Biotechnology Capability in Amazon Institutions

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: May 2004 )

The innovation cycle concerning the exploration of biodiversity biotechnological products in Amazon countries is considered in this report. A technological evaluation of the countries is conducted and...

The innovation cycle concerning the exploration of biodiversity biotechnological products in Amazon countries is considered in this report. A technological evaluation of the countries is conducted and...


Urban Consensus

Contributions from the Latin American and the Caribbean Regional Plan of Action on Human...

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: August 2000 )

Urban Consensus is a review of the regional Plan of Action on Human Settlements adopted in 1995, aimed at projecting shared priorities on urban and housing policies for the coming millennium. The...

Urban Consensus is a review of the regional Plan of Action on Human Settlements adopted in 1995, aimed at projecting shared priorities on urban and housing policies for the coming millennium. The...


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Urban Poverty and Habitat Precariousness in the Caribbean

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: August 2004 )

This report focuses on urban poverty and habitat precariousness in the Caribbean countries with an emphasis on current and former British territories. Divided into three chapters, it looks at the...

This report focuses on urban poverty and habitat precariousness in the Caribbean countries with an emphasis on current and former British territories. Divided into three chapters, it looks at the...


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International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2023

International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2023

Structural Change and Trends in Global and Regional Trade: Challenges and Opportunities

Series: International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean
( Print: December 2023, PDF: December 2023 )

This edition of the International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean analyses the complex conditions facing the region’s trade in 2023, marked by weak global demand, falling commodity...

This edition of the International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean analyses the complex conditions facing the region’s trade in 2023, marked by weak global demand, falling commodity...


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Status and Potential of Commercial Bioprospecting Activities in Latin America and the Caribbean

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: September 2007, PDF: April 2007 )

The increasing availability of new scientific and technological tools have enabled new levels of precision and effectiveness in the identification, collection, processing and utilization of novel...

The increasing availability of new scientific and technological tools have enabled new levels of precision and effectiveness in the identification, collection, processing and utilization of novel...


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Trade and Sustainable Development

Spatial Distribution of Trade Policies Impacts on Agriculture

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: February 2010 )

As the use of global and national computable general equilibrium (CGE) models has become more widespread, most policies still remain at the regional or sub-national level. This level of disparity...

As the use of global and national computable general equilibrium (CGE) models has become more widespread, most policies still remain at the regional or sub-national level. This level of disparity...


Environmental Values, Valuation Methods and Natural Disaster Damage Assessment

Series: Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo
( Print: August 2001 )

In recent years, advances have been made in measuring the progress toward sustainable development and in applying valuation techniques in developed and developing countries. This publication looks at...

In recent years, advances have been made in measuring the progress toward sustainable development and in applying valuation techniques in developed and developing countries. This publication looks at...