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The Costs and benefits of Financial Globalization in the Caribbean Subregion
(ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, 2006-10)
Municipal solid waste management in the Caribbean: a benefit-cost analysis
(ECLAC, 2013)
Waste management is one of the least recognized public policy issues in the Caribbean. Quite apart from the obvious physical unattractiveness of the business, waste management often competes with more pressing economic and ...
Environmental protection measures, their evaluation (cost-benefit analysis) and their incorporation in development planning
(1990-12)
Realiza una presentación crítica de los principales elementos teóricos en la utilización del análisis costo-beneficio como herramienta de apoyo en política ambiental, y más específicamente en las decisiones concernientes ...
The cost of hunger: Social and economic impact of child undernutrition in Central America and the Dominican Republic
(ECLAC, 2008-02)
This document presents the results derived from the analyses of the cost of undernutrition in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic.
The study shows that not only are ...
Does Amazonian land use display market failure? An opportunity-cost approach to the analysis of Amazonian environmental services
(2018-12-17)
The article discusses whether deforestation in the Amazonian region should be considered a typical case of market failure and computes the opportunity cost of economic activities that promote deforestation relative to uses ...