Economics of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean: summary 2009

Includes bibliography

The economics of climate change in the Caribbean

The present volume captures the results of the studies conducted during Phase 2 of the RECCC project to date. Chapter 1 provides the contextual framework within which the assessments were conducted and Chapter 2 focuses on the emissions scenarios as set out by the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The results of the economic assessments of the impacts of climate change on the agricultural, coastal and marine, energy and transportation, health, freshwater resources and tourism sectors in the Caribbean subregion are presented in Chapters 3 to 9, respectively. The report concludes with an examination of adaptation strategies and key policy recommendations for policymakers, in Chapter 10.

The United States and Latin America and the Caribbean: Highlights of economics and trade

Foreword by Alicia Bárcena

Economics of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean: summary 2010

Spanish version available at the Library

From industrial economics to digital economics: an introduction to the transition

Includes bibliography

Two essays on development economics

Includes bibliography

Innovation in the tourism sector: a case study from the Commonwealth of Dominica

Includes bibliography

Regional environmental policy and sustainable tourism development in the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Caribbean tourism and agriculture: linking to enhance development and competitiveness

Includes bibliography

Economics and gender: selected bibliography

Includes bibliography

On the micro-economics of technical progress

Includes bibliography

Economics and happiness

Includes bibliography

Democracy and economics

Includes bibliography

Beyond economics: interactions between politics and economic development

Includes bibliography

The economics of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean: stylized facts

Includes bibliography