Regional Panorama: Latin America. Megacities and sustainability

Includes bibliography

Water governance for development and sustainability

Includes bibliography

Environmental and sustainability assessment of the State of Amazonas: conclussions and recommendations

Includes bibliography

Logistics platforms as a pivotal element in competitiveness and sustainability

This issue of the FAL Bulletin examines the economic, institutional, social and environmental aspects of logistics platforms, which help to support competitive economies in a sustainable and egalitarian environment.

Gender, the environment and the sustainability of development

Includes bibliography

Intellectual property rights and sustainable development: a survey of major issues

Includes bibliography

Social Security in the United States: Overview and Outlook

Includes bibliography

The dynamics of specialist development banking: the case of the agriculture development bank of Trinidad and Tobago

Includes bibliography

Regional integration and the issue of choosing an appropriate exchange-rate regime in Latin America

Includes bibliography

International asymmetries and the design of the International Financial System

Includes bibliography

Population, social equity and changing production patterns

Includes bibliography

Assessment of the socioeconomic and environmental impact of hurricane Ivan on Jamaica

Includes bibliography

Social security reforms and their implications for the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Global financial rulemaking and small economies

This paper addresses some unintended consequences of global financial regulation and international tax evasion prevention and their impact on small economies. It explores how failure to recognize countries’ differing access to finance and varying costs of funding as well as the high costs of complying with financial regulations may overlook some unintended consequences, especially on smaller island countries Then, it discusses the global financial architecture and governance of standard setting bodies and the actions taken to improve representation and legitimacy and remediate some of the unintended deleterious effects on emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). Improving governance is ever more urgent at a time when financing the post-2015 agenda will require mobilization of both public and private funds at the national, regional and global levels.

Network for Cooperation in Integrated Water Resource Management for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean No. 40

Editorial remarks.-- Open discussion: Regulation under the public model of service provision ; Regulatory progress and challenges in Argentina ; Twenty years of SUNASS: development, experience, lessons learned and challenges ; Possible conflict between efficiency and sustainability ; Best practices in regulating State-owned and municipal water utilities.-- News of the Network: Water use charge in the Province of Buenos Aires ; National Drinking Water and Sanitation Sector Policy of Guatemala ; Sanitation Services Modernization Law of Peru ; Internet and WWW News