Market Based Instruments For Environmental Policymaking In Latin America And The Caribbean

To preserve the environment with the lowest possible cost to the social sector means that private costs should be aligned with social costs. Many governments in the Latin American and Caribbean Region are doing this now using market-based instruments (MBIs). This publication investigates the use of MBIs in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) context. The investigation covers a sample of eleven countries in the region and a cross-section of environmental issues in an urban setting.

This book is a collection of readings that explore environmental issues in Latin America and the Caribbean using natural science and social science methods. These papers demonstrate the value of interdisciplinary approaches to analyze and solve environmental problems. The essays are organized into five parts: conservation challenges; national policies, local communities, and rural development; market mechanisms for protecting public goods; public participation and environmental justice; and the effects of development policies on the environment.

Market-based environmental policy in Latin America and the Caribbean: Theory and reality.

Starting from the stance that environmental policy has progressed from rhetoric to substance in Latin America, the editors’ proceed through a series of papers to show why, what difference it makes, and how it compares to other parts of the world. In doing so, the book touches on domestic and international factors including political institutions, international development institutions, nongovernmental organizations, and transboundary cooperation. Latin American Environmental Policy in International Perspective is one in a series of books that take a look at Latin America in Global Perspective. Previous titles have addressed politics, gender, regional integration, institutional design, and civil/military relations.

Good economic policy can be good environmental policy; Poverty and slow growth can pollute and degrade; Subsidies can be polluters; Openness can reduce pollution; Better health requires cleaner water; Saving the environment can help the economy; Replacing perverse incentives with appropriate ones; Market-based incentives and regulations; Market-based incentives; command-and control measures; Combining regulations and incentives; Harmonizing regulations with incentives; Using the private sector; Making the right choices; Data to establish priorities and raise political awareness; Information and analysis for improved environmental assessment; Analyzing alternatives; Seeking cost-effective interventions; Strenghening institutional capacity; Strengthening institutions; Decentralizing and improving popular participation; New policies for forestry; Minimizing human dislocation; Amerindians; Global issues and international assistance; Priorities and funding; More data and studies are needed; Problems and prospects for global cooperation; World Bank Funded projects with environmental components and GEF Funded Projects; Evolution of an active partnership; Unintended consequences of regulations; Saving Brazil's rainforests; Reducing congestion and pollution in Santiago; Cost-effective air pollution control in Mexico; Carajas - problems of unanticipated consequences; Getting more out of less in Bogota; Greening Haiti; Hard choices in Yacyreta; Regional cooperation for cleaner caribbean waters.

This book is a collection of readings that explore environmental issues in Latin America and the Caribbean using natural science and social science methods. These papers demonstrate the value of interdisciplinary approaches to analyze and solve environmental problems. The essays are organized into five parts: conservation challenges; national policies, local communities, and rural development; market mechanisms for protecting public goods; public participation and environmental justice; and the effects of development policies on the environment.

Foreword .-- Introduction .-- Part 1. Social policy institutions. -- Chapter I. Institutional framework for social development / Rodrigo Martínez, Carlos Maldonado Valera .-- Chapter II. Social development and social protection institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean: overview and challenges / Rodrigo Martínez, Carlos Maldonado Valera .-- Part 2. Components and institutional framewoek of social protection. -- Chapter III. Labour market regulation and social protection: institutional challenges / Mario D. Velásquez Pinto .-- Chapter IV. Institutional aspects of Latin America's pension systems / Andras Uthoff .-- Chapter V. Care as a pillar of social protection: rights, policies and institutions in Latin America / María Nieves Rico, Claudia Robles .-- Part 3. Policies for specific populations and their institutional framework .-- Chapter VI. Life cycle and social policies: youth institutions in the region / Daniela Trucco .-- Chapter VII. Disability and public policy: institutional progress and challenges in Latin America / Heidi Ullmann .-- Chapter VIII. Latin American Afrodescendants: institutional framework and public policies / Marta Rangel.