Ministry of Economic Development of Belize, Project Bank: user's manual, Belmopan, April 1988

Introduce un programa de computador que servirá de herramienta para ayudar al gobierno de Belice en la preparación, programación y monitoreo de inversiones públicas y privadas

Ministry of Economic Development of Belize, Project Bank: manual for the appraisal and monitoring of projects

Contiene información sobre el sistema de información sobre proyectos del Ministerio de Desarrollo Económico de Belice, e instrucciones para la evaluación y monitoreo de proyectos

Juventud de los países del Caribe de habla inglesa: el alto costo de desarrollo dependiente = Youth in the anglophone Caribbean: the high cost of dependent development

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Condicionantes y consecuencias de los asentamientos precarios urbanos como marco para la formulación de políticas de vivienda, infraestructura y servicios para los grupos de menores ingresos = Determinants and consequences of makeshift settlements in urban areas as a framework for the formulation of policies relating to housing, infrastructure and services for low-income groups

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The economics of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean: Paradoxes and challenges of sustainable development

The robust growth of Latin American and Caribbean economies in recent years has led to an improvement in economic and social conditions in the region. It has also had collateral negative effects, however, such as more air pollution in urban areas and a serious deterioration of various natural assets, including non-renewable resources, water resources and forests. There are economies and societies within the region that are highly vulnerable to all sorts of adverse impacts of climate change, and whose production structures and consumption patterns still tend to leave a large carbon footprint. This situation has reached the point of undermining the foundations of the region’s economic buoyancy. Latin America and the Caribbean therefore needs to make the transition in the years to come towards a sustainable form of development that will preserve its economic, social and natural assets for future generations and leave them with a legacy of a more equal, more socially inclusive, low-carbon form of economic growth. Viewed from this standpoint, the climate change challenge is also a sustainable development challenge, and if it is to be addressed successfully, a global consensus that recognizes the asymmetries and paradoxes of the problem will have to be reached..

Macroeconomic trade-offs and external vulnerabilities of human development in Nicaragua

Nicaragua is making progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, but is set to miss a number of targets in 2015. This paper’s general equilibrium analysis shows that it is unfeasible for the government to step up spending in order to meet these targets by the 2015 deadline. Any boost to public spending and financing would have to be front-loaded, which would entail pernicious macroeconomic trade-offs. A more realistic scenario would be to postpone meeting the goals until 2020. In that case, the allocation of public spending would spur economic growth without causing macroeconomic hardships, although the country would nevertheless remain highly vulnerable to external shocks.

Transport and aviation policy in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of sustainable development

This FAL Bulletin reviews the main ideas shared at the workshop of high-level experts on transport and aviation policy, held from 15 to 18 June 2015 in Santiago. The event was organized by the Latin American Civil Aviation Commission (LACAC), the Civil Aviation Board of Chile and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).