When the United Nations designated 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development (#IY2017) I started to think about all the opportunities out there to celebrate, educate and mobilize efforts leading to more sustainable tourism! After all, having worked with tourism development programs in several countries in Latin America, I knew for a fact how … [Read more...] about What is Sustainable Tourism for you? #IY2017
Part III: Can safeguards help countries improve their sustainability performance?
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?
Three environmental and social pitfalls to avoid on education programs
On the day we celebrated the World Day of Social Justice, it seemed appropriate to talk about education, as education is one of the basic pillars to achieve social justice. Regardless of whether we look at it on a global scale “as an underlying principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence within and among nations”, or within each individual country as a way to “"improve … [Read more...] about Three environmental and social pitfalls to avoid on education programs
Visualizing Hazards and Services – An integral Tool for Decision Making in Small Island Developing States
When we picture the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, much of what we envisage is a luxurious sun, sea and sand getaway, especially since the country has one of the highest GDPs in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region. Given this imagery, it easy to assume that there are little to no challenges faced by a population of less than 400,000 people. Upon closer observation of … [Read more...] about Visualizing Hazards and Services – An integral Tool for Decision Making in Small Island Developing States
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?