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Mobilizing Resources for Supporting Environmental Activities in Developing Countries: The Case of the GEF Trust Fund
Miller, Sebastian; Yu, Bok-Keun - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
gap by examining the cofinancing ratio and its determinants using projects financed by the GEF Trust Fund. The empirical … results confirm that the rules of the fund, requiring different minimum cofinancing ratios by size and focal area of the GEF … (reimbursable vs. nonreimbursable) and the particular GEF agencies involved. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944273
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Climate Change Funds and Implications for LAC Countries and the IDB
Yu, Bok-Keun; Miller, Sebastián J. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper surveys climate change funds related to LAC countries and attempts to derive some implications through performance analyses of these funds. The performance analyses show that the following matters should be addressed: increases in participation of the IDB as an agent in the projects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673027
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Adaptation to Climate Change and Managing Disaster Risk in the Caribbean and South-East Asia
Agency, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response; Center, … - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2003
This report includes the proceedings of the Seminar on Climate Change and Severe Weather Events in the Caribbean and Asia, held in Barbados at the Grand Barbados Beach Resort on July 24-25, 2003. The seminar provided a forum in which experts from the Southeast Asian and Caribbean regions...
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Challenges and Opportunities for Water-Based Adaptation to Climate Change: Elements for a Regional Agenda
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2010
This document (Cancún COP-16) represents a coordinated effort among several institutions and organizations in the Latin America and the Caribbean region to present the results of a joint reflection on the issue of water-based adaptation to climate change as part of a Regional Policy Dialog...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294046
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Climate Change and the Caribbean: Areas of Intervention: Financing for the Caribbean Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Unit (ECC), Infrastructure and Environment Department (IN...
Alleng, Gerard - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This presentation discusses the cost of impacts of climate change on the Caribbean. The response of adaptation will need to be applied towards an integral strategy to build on disaster risk reduction best practices and climate risk management. The response of the IDB to the climate change needs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294058
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National Level Transport Data in Developing Countries: Drivers and Mechanisms for Improvement
Huizenga, Cornie - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This presentation first gives an overview of the problems and challenges in national level transport data. Secondary data gathering initiatives are discussed as well as transport as part of National Communications to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009274424
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The Climate and Development Challenge for Latin America and the Caribbean: Options for Climate-Resilient, Low-Carbon Development
Vergara, Walter; Rios, Ana R.; Paliza, Luis Miguel Galindo - Inter-American Development Bank
This book is a joint effort lead by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in collaboration with the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) focused on the climate and development challenge for LAC. It deals with a matter that is bound...
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Diálogo Regional de Política de América Latina y el Caribe: Retos y oportunidades en adaptación al cambio climático en materia de agua: Elementos para una agenda regional Title: Re...
Miralles-Wilhelm, Fernando; Aguilar, Enrique; Luco, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
El presente documento representa un esfuerzo coordinado entre varias instituciones y organizaciones de la región de América Latina y el Caribe por plasmar los resultados de una reflexión conjunta sobre el tema de la adaptación al cambio climático en la comunidad hídrica y en el marco de un...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010728988
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Financial Instruments and Mechanisms for Climate Change Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Guide for Ministries of Finance Title: Instrumentos y mecanismos financieros...
Rios, Ana R.; Peters, Sophia; Meirovich, Hilen - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
Developing countries could receive international climate financing through diverse resource streams (private investment, traditional development aid, dedicated national funds, carbon markets, etc.), but it is fragmented both in terms of its source as well as its destination (various line...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010729007
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Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation through Publically-Assisted Housing: Theoretical Framework for the IDB's Regional Policy Dialogue on Climate Change Title: Mitigación y adapt...
Martin, Carlos; Campillo, Gisela; Meirovich, Hilen; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
In both developed and developing countries, sustainable and resilient public housing construction has been described as a convenient solution to the simultaneous challenges of 1) climate change mitigation, 2) adaptation to the impacts of climate change, and 3) insufficient housing supply....
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