El presente documento analiza la factibilidad de los principales mecanismos de financiamiento de largo plazo para inversiones en infraestructura urbana con criterios de ecoeficiencia. La adopción de prácticas ecoeficientes en el desarrollo de infraestructura urbana facilitará el desacople entre…
Durante la primera mitad del siglo XX, se presentaron proyectos de integración en América Latina a la luz del concepto "Panamericanismo" y estrechamente ligados al surgimiento de Estados Unidos como potencia mundial. Para la segunda mitad de siglo, después de la creación de la Comisión…
El informe identifica los síntomas del sistema alimentario defectuoso: crece la población que sufre hambre, no aumenta el rendimiento de las cosechas, hay una lucha por la tierra fértil y el agua, y en los próximos años seguirán al alza los precios de los alimentos. También advierte de que hemos…
Ownership and control over assets such as land and housing provide direct and indirect benefits to individuals and households, including a secure place to live, the means of a livelihood, protection during emergencies, and collateral for credit that can be used for investment or consumption.…
El documento analiza el concepto de Agricultura Familiar en diversas definiciones y en qué medida puede resultar una herramienta exitosa para el mundo rural y su salida de la pobreza. Se analizan también programas y políticas específicamente dirigidos a apoyar el desarrollo de la actividad…
This paper explores how the private sector can positively contribute to peace-building and conflict prevention, and how that positive private sector role can be supported and enhanced. The starting premise recognizes that the private sector exists in all conflict situations and has the potential…
This paper explores how the private sector can positively contribute to peace-building and conflict prevention, and how that positive private sector role can be supported and enhanced. The starting premise recognizes that the private sector exists in all conflict situations and has the potential…
El boletín trimestral tiene como objetivo dar a conocer la situación y perspectivas de corto plazo de la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC).
Countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region were the first in the developing world to go through rapid urbanization. Today, the region is the second most urbanized region in the world. This urbanization process has been accompanied by sharp social contrasts and economic disparities, a…
This report is the outcome of assessment and is intended as an advisory note to the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) to enable them to identify a strategy and potential public investments to improve current risk-management practices in the rice supply chain…
This report is the outcome of assessment and is intended as an advisory note to the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) to enable them to identify a strategy and potential public investments to improve current risk-management practices in the rice supply chain…
O estudo teve por objetivo analisar a relação entre o trabalho e a autonomia e como essa relação se refletiu sobre as condições de reprodução dos assentados comparativamente à sua condição anterior como trabalhadores nas fazendas de cacau. A pesquisa foi realizada no Assentamento Terra Vista,…