Trinidad and Tobago: public sector investment programming and project cycle management in Trinidad and Tobago

Includes bibliography

Big data and open data as sustainability tools: A working paper prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

The two main forces affecting economic development are the ongoing technological revolution and the challenge of sustainability. Technological change is altering patterns of production, consumption and behaviour in societies; at the same time, it is becoming increasingly difficult to ensure the sustainability of these new patterns because of the constraints resulting from the negative externalities generated by economic growth and, in many cases, by technical progress itself. Reorienting innovation towards reducing or, if possible, reversing the effects of these externalities could create the conditions for synergies between the two processes. Views on the subject vary widely: while some maintain that these synergies can easily be created if growth follows an environmentally friendly model, summarized in the concept of green growth, others argue that production and consumption patterns are changing too slowly and that any technological fix will come too late. These considerations apply to hard technologies, essentially those used in production. The present document explores the opportunities being opened up by new ones, basically information and communication technologies, in terms of increasing the effectiveness (outcomes) and efficiency (relative costs) of soft technologies that can improve the way environmental issues are handled in business management and in public policy formulation and implementation.

Informe de la Reunión del Grupo de Expertos en Planificación de los Usos del Mar y Administración de las Zonas Costeras en América Latina y el Caribe = Report of the Expert Group Meeting on Sea Use Planning and Coastal Area Management in Latin America and the Caribbean

Contiene la asistencia, organización de los trabajos y resumen de los debates de la reunión que tuvo por objetivo examinar las experiencias nacionales en la planificación y administración de las zonas costeras y oceánicas, la cooperación entre los países de la región, el papel de las Naciones Unidas y de las organizaciones regionales, y la identificación de las principales necesidades de los Estados de la región.

Collection and uses of hydrological and hydrometeorological data for system operation and planning

Includes bibliography

Evaluation of CARBIB and CARCAT data bases

La evaluacion de las bases de datos CARBIB y CARCAT cubre areas tales como: formatos de intercambio, compatibilidad, cobertura tematica y geografica, tipo de documento a ingresar en relacion con su origen; y valor potencial para la region.

The urban poor in Brazil in 1996: a new poverty profile using PPV, PNAD and census data

Includes bibliography