New Brazilian Rules on Pharmaceutical Marketing
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008Brazil’s Health Minister, José Gomes Temporão, and the head of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), Dirceu Raposo, recently announced new rules on pharmaceutical marketing in that country to replace less ambitious ones adopted in 2000. The new rules aim at substantially changing how medicines are promoted in Latin America’s largest pharma market, and may […]
Estimating Climate Change’s Probable Economic Impacts on Central America
Monday, June 2nd, 2008Temas Note: Check this post for a discussion of an earlier attempt at analyzing the economic impacts of global climate change for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) that served as the regional input to the Stern Review. ________________________ From the UN Economic Commission for Latin America & the Caribbean (ECLAC): Study On the Economics […]
Sustainable Energy & Climate Change Fund for LAC Launched / Lanzó el Fondo de Energía Sostenible y Cambio Climático para ALC / Lançou o Fundo de Energia Sustentável e Mudança Climática
Thursday, August 9th, 2007From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): IDB approves US$20 million for Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Fund Fund will support economically and environmentally sound energy options in Latin America and the Caribbean The Inter-American Development Bank today launched the Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Fund (SECCI Fund), with an initial US$20 million contribution, to support […]