La nueva generación de estándares de sostenibilidad para la minería, muchos de ellos aún en desarrollo, dan un tratamiento más integral a las temáticas ambientales y sociales, ampliándose hacia aspectos tales como las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero, los impactos sobre la...

This paper applies an agnostic structural vector autoregression (SVAR) approach to study the response of four Andean economies (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru) to international shocks. More specifically, we look at the response of gross domestic product, the real exchange rate, fiscal and...

"Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world, but its benefits, including economic gain, are not felt by the majority of the country's inhabitants. distributed evenly. The Living Inca Town provides a rich case study of tourism in Ollantaytambo, a rapidly developing destination in the...

This chapter traces the main sustainability trends of the five countries analyzed in this book. The starting point is to understand sustainability as main measure of development, diminishing the role of GDP or Income. In order to address these concerns, the chapter utilizes mainstream indicators...

Introducción -- Capítulo 1. Usos múltiples del agua: la realidad de las zonas rurales colombianas -- Capítulo 2. Prácticas de uso de agua de los campesinos para sus actividades productivas de subsistencia -- Capítulo 3. Principios, objetivos y líneas de acción estratégicas de los...

This paper studies the pro-poor growth in the Latino American Andean countries. We first present different definitions of pro-poorness and the related methods in order to generate the statistically robust results for classes of pro-poor measures. Also, we present the non anonymous pro-poor...

"This book uses a multi-method approach to examine local experience of contemporary mining development in the Peruvian Andes, creating an understanding of the transformations that rural societies experience in this context. Mining is a major component of economic growth in many resource endowed...

"This book explores what development banks, governments, and communities have learned in the last decade of careful negotiation between social and environmental protections in the Andean Amazon, and the pressures of a surging infrastructure and development boom. While mega-dams, highways and...

This paper examines the current role of the Court of Justice of the Andean Community (CJAC), in the settlement of investment disputes between foreign investors and host states. It also embarks on a prospective analysis of the role that CJAC could have on the resolution of such conflicts, in the...

The Andean Court of Justice (hereinafter the ACJ) has shown its interest in respecting the international obligations incumbent on Member States as parties to other treaties by considering these as sources of law in the Andean Community. The ACJ has also shown a certain openness to international...

This article analyzes definitions that come from legal doctrine and are applicable to case law at the Colombian Supreme Court - Criminal Chamber on IP protection. The source was the case law from the Supreme Court and from the Andean Tribunal of Justice. The research did not pretend to deep into...

This article studies the symmetry in reactions of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) economies to external shocks in order to analyze the group's evolution towards economic integration. The undertaking of a Monetary Union project in South America enhances the usefulness of evaluating shocks...

This paper analyzes the social, ethnic and regional determinants of child malnutrition, as well as the effects of access to health services in the Andean region, by comparing conditions in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. These three countries are marked by a high prevalence of stunting and by wide...

Together with a handful of countries at the global level, a number of economies in the Andean region stand out by their innovative and rapid advances in the design and implementation of macroprudential financial regulations, that is, regulations that take into account financial risks generated...

Not only the colonial period, but also the pre-colonial times might have influenced later development patterns. In this study we assess a potential "pre-colonial legacy" hypothesis for the case of the Andean region. In order to analyze the hypothesis, we study the human capital of Inca Indios,...

The Indigenous Peoples Leadership Capacity Building Program for the Andean Countries (Andean Program) is the result of an initiative of the Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean (Fondo Ind??gena), supported initially by the governments of Ecuador and...

The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established in 1967 with one of its central purposes being the acceleration of economic growth in the region. As outlined in the ASEAN Vision 2020 charter, which was agreed to by ASEAN member countries in 1997, the centerpiece of this...

Los cuatro ensayos presentados en este libro constituyen un intento por comprender tanto las transformaciones en las formas de representación política en ámbitos rurales como el efecto que estas tienen en la implementación de políticas de ordenamiento territorial en el contexto de grandes...

This paper analyzes the causes, effects and policy alternatives associated with the recent international food price crisis in the Andean region. Additionally, the document makes a first approach to the policy options utilized to confront the crisis, discussing the mix of policies and their...