The unintended environmental effect of a climate change adaptation strategy_evidence from the Colombian coffee sector
Climate change is a major threat to agricultural productivity in developing countries. In this paper, we explore the unintended environmental effects of an adaptation policy that conditioned credit programs for the renewal of coffee crops on the use of pest-resistant varieties. We use the case of the Colombian coffee sector, which was severely affected by extreme rainfall events and pest proliferation from 2010–2011.
Effectiveness & Efficiency of Business Development Services (BDS) for Agri-SMEs
ISF Advisors created this report to help identify and assess the efficiency and effectiveness of business development services (BDS) tools and methodologies provided to agricultural small and medium-sized enterprises (agri-SMEs). This report presents our findings from an extensive desk review of existing research, an analysis of data collected from 15 BDS provider case studies, and interviews/learning sessions with stakeholders in the space.
Household response to improvements in water infrastructure: Evidence from peri-urban Kyrgyz Republic
This paper estimates the impact of improvements to water network infrastructure on the take-up of
municipal water services in the Kyrgyz Republic. We also assess the intention-to-treat impacts of these
infrastructure improvements on households’ willingness to pay for improved water services, and on
their time use.
What drives firms’ investment in climate change?: Evidence from the 2022-2023 EIB Investment Survey
This report draws from data collected for the EIB Investment Survey 2022-2023. It examines the willingness of European firms to address climate change in the current context of the energy crisis. First, it presents the answers provided by firms across the European Union to a set of questions on energy and climate change. Then, it goes more in-depth by providing firms’ answers in each EU country.
Climate and development : the BNDES’s contribution to a just transition
The search for a carbon-neutral future depends on sustainable development, which jointly considers economic, environmental and social aspects in order to achieve a just transition. This objective is part of the BNDES’s strategy and institutional purpose of “transforming the lives of generations, promoting sustainable development”.
América Latina: Recuperación, oportunidades y agenda de reformas
En 2020, al calor de la pandemia de la COVID-19, la Fundación Iberoamericana Empresarial y la
Fundación Euroamérica, con el patrocinio de CAF, lanzaron una colección de publicaciones de seguimiento
de la evolución económica en América Latina. El cometido de los informes publicados
hasta la fecha1 ha sido acotado y pragmático, centrándose en los efectos económicos de la pandemia
y en la forma en que se podían evitar sus peores escenarios de impacto.
Meanings of Public and the Future of Public Services
Critically assessing meanings of the term “public”, this book situates the emergence and expansion of “public services” within market-based forms of production and consumption. It highlights the potential for making public services more progressive within market societies, but underscores their ongoing capture by private interests and emphasises the inherent limits of reform within a “bourgeois public sphere”.
The landscape of B2C e-commerce marketplaces in Latin America and the Caribbean
The digitization of economy, and particularly the e-commerce can encourage innovation and contribute to the process of digital transformation of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) through the implementation of digital technologies and new business models, which can improve the efficiency and productivity of companies beyond its effects on access to new markets.
Report of the First Annual Forum on Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean
This document is the official report of the First Annual Forum on Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Quito on 22 and 23 November 2022. The Forum was convened by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
Opportunities for Boosting: Output, Employment and Value Chains: Economic Report on Central America, Mexico, Panama and the Dominican Republic
This report examines the production structure of the countries of the region in order to pinpoint strategies for economic recovery, job creation, and export diversification. In this way, public policy responses will be able to take into account the specific characteristics of each sector