Archive for March, 2009
« Previous EntriesMaking Mexico City Bicycle-Friendly
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009The Government of Mexico’s Federal District — essentially Mexico City and its environs — is pushing to make bicycling a viable, desirable and desired alternative form of transport (and healthy exercise) in the country’s capital city. Among other things, the GDF has: constructed some bike paths (ciclovias); installed bike parking racks in popular places like […]
BNDES-Supported Waste Picker Cooperatives Have Better Standard of Living
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009From the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES): Survey reveals better standard of living of waste pickers supported by the BNDES The BNDES conducted a survey with recycling waste pickers associated to cooperatives supported by the Bank. The survey detected considerable improvements in the standard of living of these workers and their families. The questionnaire was answered […]
Climate Change as Employment Opportunity for the Caribbean
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009From the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat: CLIMATE CHANGE AS A GENERATOR OF EMPLOYMENT IN KEY ECONOMIC SECTORS OF THE CARIBBEAN As the international community continues to give significant attention to the global phenomenon, Climate Change, Mr. Garfield Barnwell, Director of Sustainable Development at the CARICOM Secretariat posited some insights into how the Caribbean Region could […]
IDB and Korea Partner on Green Growth / IDB y Corea apoyarán crecimiento verde
Monday, March 30th, 2009From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): Korea and IDB strengthen partnership on Green Growth During the 50th Annual Meeting of the IDB’s Board of Governors the IDB and the Korean government, one of the Bank’s 48 member-countries, will also sign a cooperation agreement on Green Growth to develop and promote the use of renewable energy, […]
Japan Gives $5 mil. to IDB’s SECCI / Japón contribuye US$5 millones al SECCI del BID
Monday, March 30th, 2009From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): Japan to Contribute $5 Million to IDB’s Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Fund IDB and two Japanese development agencies planning separate agreements The Japanese government will contribute $5 million to a fund managed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) that promotes investments in economically and environmentally sound energy options. […]
An Andean Medicines Policy
Sunday, March 29th, 2009Last Friday the 30th Meeting of the Health Ministers of the Andean Area (RMSAA) agreed on other important health measures — a coordinated epidemiological surveillance system, joint plans to combat HIV/AIDS, protect health in border areas and to combat child malnutrition — but the one that caught my eye was the new Andean Medicines Policy. […]
Brazil Increases Pesticide Packaging Take-Back
Saturday, March 28th, 2009I’ve posted before on The Temas Blog (here, here and here) about Brazil’s amazingly successful program at recovering used pesticide packaging, which is achieving recovery rates higher than in many OECD nations. Well folks, Brazil continues to improve on this front: the National Institute for Processing Empty Packaging (inpEV), the industry-appointed group solely in charge […]
IDEC Calls for National Do-Not-Call List
Saturday, March 28th, 2009Brazil’s premier national consumer group, the Consumer Defense Institute (IDEC), is calling for a national do-not-call registry to allow Brazilian consumers to stop telemarketing calls to their phones. Last October São Paulo State adopted a skeletal law (“skeletal” because the governor line-item vetoed much of it) creating such a registry for consumers in that state. […]
Germans Provide $135 mil. for Brazilian Wind Power
Friday, March 27th, 2009From the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES): BNDES executes agreement with KfW to borrow US$ 135 million On March 23rd, the BNDES executed a US$ 135.58 million loan agreement with KfW Entwicklungsbank (the German Development Bank) to finance wind power plant projects to be installed in Brazil by Brazilian private companies. By executing this operation, the […]
CEMIG Considers Electric Cars for Its Fleet
Thursday, March 26th, 2009If you’ve been reading The Temas Blog for awhile, you might recall a prior post about the efforts of the hydropower firm Itaipu Binacional (IB) and FIAT to create an electric vehicle (built at facilities by the giant Itapu Dam) appropriate for Brazil and its MERCOSUR partners (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay). Now comes word that the […]
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