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Guyana: Technical Note on Indigenous Peoples

Renshaw, Jonathan - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007

The aim of this note is to provide an overview of the situation of the Indigenous Peoples of Guyana. The note covers a range of issues, including land regularisation, environment - especially mining, logging and the establishment of protected areas - economic development, education, health care...

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Managing the Environmental and Social Impacts of Major Road Investments in Frontier Regions: Lessons from the Inter-American Development Bank's Experience

Redwood, John - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

The Environment and Safeguards Group (ESG) of the IDB has examined how potential environmental and social risks of major road improvement investments in natural resource rich and socio-culturally diverse "frontier" regions have been identified and addressed in various parts of South and Central...

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Regional Review of Economic Instruments for Solid Waste Management in Latin America and the Caribbean: Case Study of Solid Waste Management in Montebello, Antioquia: Executive Summ...

Collazos, Héctor; Duque, Ramón - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003

A key issue addressed at the February 2003 meeting was the management of solid wastes, focusing on the use of economic instruments as management tools to minimize wastes at their sources, produce the largest possible amount of recycling, achieve the largest collection coverage that is...

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Environmental Impact Assessments for Cement Plants

Hoagland-Grey, Hilary - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

The objective of this Technical Note is to describe the necessary Bank requirements for the content and disclosure of Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs), with a focus on the particular issues related to cement plants. This Technical Note is a basic document and is designed to...

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Environmental and Social, Health and Safety Management System ESHSMS: Small Hotels and Resorts

Hoagland-Grey, Hilary; Arneson, Lynn - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

When investing in small and mid-size hotel projects, the IDB, as a general rule, requires that the Sponsor develop and implement an environmental and social management system (ESHSMS). The ESHSMS is typically developed after completion of the Environmental Assessment Process which, depending on...

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Global Review of Economic Instruments for Solid Waste Management in Latin America and the Caribbean: Executive Summary Title: Análisis global de los instrumentos económicos para el...

Cointreau, Sandra; Hornig, Constance - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003

This is a summary of a report prepared for the II Meeting of the Regional Policy Dialogue on Environmental Management, to be held the 25th and 26th February 2003 in Washington D.C. The report contains an overview of the available international literature and information on the application of...

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Dominican Republic Environmental and Social Safeguards Issues Paper: Upstreaming Environmental and Social Risk Management

Redwood, John - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

The purpose of this technical note is to identify key environment and safeguard-related risks and opportunities that should be taken into account in the new Country Strategy for the Dominican Republic (DR) as required by the IDB's Environment and Safeguard Policy approved in January 2006....

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The Role of Tradable Permits in Water Pollution Control

Kraemer, R. Andreas; Kampa, Eleftheria; Interwies, Eduard - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004

pollution rights. Next, the authors provide literature-based empirical evidence of the international experience with tradable … water pollution rights (case studies from the US and Australia). Subsequently, the authors make recommendations on the … strategies for introducing tradable water pollution rights, they point out opportunities and limitations and discuss the …

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Good Practices for Urban Greening

Sorensen, Mark; Smit, Jac; Barzetti, Valerie - Inter-American Development Bank - 1997

This report seeks to provide the reader with a strong background on the benefits, challenges, and approaches to the development of a sustainable urban greening program. The examples and ideas in the report draw on the expertise and acumen of more than 300 professionals from 23 countries; people...

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Urban Air Quality and Human Health in Latin America and the Caribbean

Cifuentes, Luis A.; Krupnick, Alan J.; O'Ryan, Raúl; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005

pollution concentrations, health impacts, and the monetary value of improving air quality in 41 major LAC urban areas containing …

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