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Community Health and Safety: Recommendations and Tools
Barron, Tania - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
To date, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has considered the impact of its projects on community health and … project teams consider health and safety issues in the context of managing project impacts and risks, no specific guidance … currently exists on how to do this. This Community Health and Safety Guidance Note is designed to fill that gap by providing …
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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 …Health problems due to poor air quality have been among the main environmental concerns in Mexico City, Santiago …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009193890
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Health, Safety, and Environmental Issues in Haiti
Cahn, Doug; Clifford, Robert - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
purposes: 1. Provide basic information on health, safety and environmental (HSE) issues in the apparel industry, including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010672831
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Informe de la evaluación regional del manejo de residuos sólidos urbanos en América Latina y el Caribe 2010 Title: Regional Evaluation on Urban Solid Waste Management in Latin Amer...
Arce, Evelyn Martínez; Daza, Diego; Espinoza, Pilar Tello - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
efforts of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Inter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673305
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The Opportunities for Sustainable Urban Transportation in Medium-Sized Cities in Latin American and the Caribbean
Bleviss, Deborah; Group, BBG - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
The purpose of this report is to carry out for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) a strategic analysis of specific medium-sized cities in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region that could present opportunities for linking greenhouse gas mitigation and sustainable urban...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009205808
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Human-Driven Disasters: Violent Conflict, Terrorism and Technology
Coletta, Nat J. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
The intended goal of this paper is to expand the IDB's current disaster policy in the area of human-driven disasters. This paper explores and expands on the definition and scope of "human-driven" disasters in order to strengthen the policy in its present area of "unexpected" disasters. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009206169
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Responding to Climate Change: A Proposed Framework for Action
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2000
For the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean to respond effectively to the Climate Change challenge, they need to be able to understand what the impacts of Climate Change may be for each country and the extent of each country's contribution to the problem before they can define and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216170
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Scoping Post 2012 Climate Instruments: Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs): Case Study for Opportunities in Urban Transport in Brazilian Cities
Hidalgo, Darío; Lindau, Luis A.; Faccini, Daniela; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
Developing countries offer great climate change mitigation potential through enhanced transport systems that also support local environmental, economic, transport, social and urban development objectives. One of the instruments to support GHG mitigation efforts and development goals by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294048
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The Use of Subsidies to Achieve Efficient Resource Allocation in Upland Watersheds
Hueth, Darrell L. - Inter-American Development Bank - 1995
suasion, taxes, and marketable pollution permits) to achieve more efficient resource use. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009291882
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Economic Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) of Project Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures: Implementation Guideline
Dixon, John A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
This paper provides guidance to Bank staff on how to conduct an expanded, comprehensive economic cost-benefit analysis (CBA) in order to measure net benefits from a project taking both project and environmental factors into account, as required under Directives B.5 and B.9 in the Bank's...
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