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Incentives for electricity generation in a green economy: effective frameworks from Latin America
Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2014Latin American countries are implementing innovative policy and market mechanisms to catalyse the development of nonconventional renewable energy sources. This Brief presents some of the region’s success stories.DocumentPursuing a green economy: growth alongside environmental sustainability in Latin America
Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2014Latin American countries have been implementing some innovative market incentives to catalyse the expansion of the green economy, in particular in relation to natural resource conservation and development of greener energy and infrastructure. This Guide explores these experiences to identify useful lessons for other regions of the world.DocumentPayments for environmental services: a market mechanism protecting Latin America’s forests
Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2014In Latin America, payments for environmental services schemes are the preferred market mechanism for forest conservation and reforestation. Success stories from the region provide a range of valuable lessons for other countries still struggling to curb deforestation.DocumentThe green economy and the BRICS countries: bringing them together
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013The green economy has been around as a concept since the 1970s but gained relevance again in the wake of the global economic recession in 2009 as government leaders looked towards new economic opportunities through sustainable, equitable and resilient economic growth. International institutions such as the UN helped to shape the thinkingDocumentGender, water and sanitation case studies on best practices
2006During its 58th Session, the United Nations General Assembly declared the period 2005-2015 the International Decade for Action ‘Water for Life’.DocumentAdapting to climate change: Long term effects of drought on local labor markets
Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, 2013This paper examines the long term effects of drought on local labour markets. Using rainfall data going back over a century, the researchers attempt to build contemporaneous and historical drought indices for more than 3000 local areas in Brazil, and examine them in conjunction with five waves of population census data spanning the 1970-2010 period.DocumentCity-level climate change mitigation and adaptation
Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013Latin American cities are under increasing pressure from rapid urbanisation, while current impacts and potential threats from climate change are further exposing municipal vulnerabilities. City planners are responding to these twin pressures with innovations in climate-related policies and are making big strides in terms of climate change mitigation and adaptation.DocumentParticipatory methodology: Rapid Care Analysis
Oxfam, 2013Although care is at heart a public good, responsibility for unpaid care work falls predominantly on women, contributing to their extreme poverty and social exclusion.DocumentUn lugar en el mundo: El derecho a una vivienda adecuada como elemento esencial de una vida libre de violencia doméstica. Los casos de Argentina, Brasil y Colombia
Centro por el Derecho a la Vivienda y Contra los Desalojos, 2010Entre el 30 y el 60 por ciento de las mujeres en la región, han sufrido algún tipo de violencia de género. ¿Qué otras opciones de vivienda tienen las mujeres para poder escapar de sus abusadores?DocumentThe dynamic south, economic development and inclusive growth: the challenges ahead
The Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning, 2013High wage inequality is a major policy concern in Brazil, India, China and South Africa. Recent literature points to the need to examine the role of minimum wages or unionisation and their links to inequality within labour markets and the role of social protection.Pages