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World population prospects, the 2012 revision, volume I: comprehensive tables
United Nations Population Division, 2013According to the 2012 Revision of the official United Nations population estimates and projections, the world population of 7.2 billion in mid-2013 is projected to increase by almost one billion people within the next twelve years, reaching 8.1 billion in 2025, and to further increase to 9.6 billion in 2050 and 10.9 billion by 2100.DocumentAbandoning coffee under the threat of violence and the presence of Illicit crops. Evidence from Colombia
Households in Conflict Network, 2013This paper explores the importance of the risk of violence on the decision making of rural households, using a unique panel data set for Colombian coffee-growers. The authors identify two channels. First, they examine the direct impact of conflict on agricultural production through the change in the percentage of the farm allocated to coffee.DocumentThe way forward for renewable energy in Central America: status assessment, best practices, Gap analysis
Worldwatch Institute, 2013Produced by the Energy and Environment Partnership with Central America, this report summarises the current state of renewable energy development in the seven countries that comprise the Central American region.DocumentREDD+ and indigenous people
Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo, Norway, 20121 KEY MESSAGESDocumentTropical tree diversity and multi-functions in agroforestry
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, 2013FUNCiTREE addresses the functional roles of trees in the Sahel and dryland regions in Central America, based on the trees' attributes, for the design of locally adapted multi-functional agroforestry.DocumentDeveloping country perspectives on ‘mitigation actions’, ‘NAMAs’, and ‘LCDS’
Taylor and Francis Group, 2013The MAPS programme, which seeks to deepen mitigation ambition in developing countries, is engaged in exploring the concepts of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) and Low Carbon Development Strategies (LCDS) from a developing country perspective.DocumentChallenges for a climate compatible development: how to strengthen agricultural, livestock and forestry public policies
Latin American Platform on Climate, 2012This policy brief emerges from a process of analysis of the status and quality of the public policies on climate change and development in ten Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Colombia, El Salvador and Paraguay.DocumentRenewable energy and energy efficiency financing for poorer households and small to medium enterprises
Evidence on Demand, 2012This brief report has been produced in response to an Evidence on Demand Help-Desk request. It supports a DFID project business case for proposed renewable energy and energy efficiency financing schemes for poorer households and small to medium enterprises to be implemented in four Caribbean states.DocumentTechnology to promote transparency around land acquisitions
Evidence on Demand, 2013This short, desk-top study investigates and reviews how technology is being used in developing countries to promote transparency around land acquisitions. This includes reactive solutions to identify and highlight what land acquisitions have taken place and proactive solutions that promote and protect land rights from future land acquisitions.DocumentMitigation strategies and accounting methods for greenhouse gas emissions from transportation
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2013This monograph is intended to assist planners in Latin American and the Caribbean in understanding how to assess the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reduction benefits of sustainable transport projects, policies, and strategies.Pages