In our previous blog of this 3-part blog series, we showed how earlier safeguards involvement in project cycles contributes to improved sustainability performance. In this blog, we illustrate how the use of safeguards helps countries manage environmental and social impacts, and help sponsors implement innovative best practices. Our research on The Role of IDB’s Safeguards … [Read more...] about Part III: Can safeguards help countries improve their sustainability performance?
Andreas Georgoulias
Prof. Andreas Georgoulias is an expert on sustainable infrastructure and large scale developments. He is the research director of the Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure at Harvard, where he teaches since 2007. He has published three books and numerous case studies on his area of work. His current projects include the Infrastructure 360 Awards with the Inter-American Development Bank, a wide interdisciplinary effort to assess health impacts of cities in Asia, and research on waste-to-energy facilities. He is the lead developer of the Zofnass Economic Tool, a comprehensive analytic model that quantifies the external costs and benefits of infrastructure. In the past, he has led the development of the first rating system to assess sustainable infrastructure, now deployed in the US and globally as Envision, collaborated with Obermeyer, Hochtief, UniCredit Markets and Investment Banking, and the US General Service Administration. He has consulted for the Economist Intelligence Unit and the United Nations Development Program, and led urban development plans in Cameroon, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Prof. Georgoulias holds degrees in Architecture Engineering from the University of Athens, a Master’s and a Doctorate from Harvard.
Part II: Does early safeguards involvement in projects improve sustainability performance?
In our previous blog of this 3-part blog series, we learned that safeguard policies are instrumental in facilitating sustainability in IDB projects. In this blog, we provide findings demonstrating how earlier safeguards involvement in project cycles contributes to improved sustainability performance. All nine IDB-funded projects evaluated in our research (The Role of IDB’s … [Read more...] about Part II: Does early safeguards involvement in projects improve sustainability performance?
Part I: Why are safeguards important for sustainable growth?
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) defines the term “Safeguards” as a “set of policies to ensure protection against environmental and social harm, improve development value for stakeholders, and enable countries and clients to meet best international practices.” In relation to sustainability, the purpose of implementing safeguards is to develop projects that maximize … [Read more...] about Part I: Why are safeguards important for sustainable growth?