Nature-based Solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean: Regional Status and Priorities for Growth

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Ozment ◽  
Anelise Schumacher ◽  
Maggie Gonzalez ◽  
Emmie Oliver ◽  
Gabriela Morales ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Landslide Risk ◽  
Urban Flooding ◽  
Investment Opportunity ◽  
River Flooding ◽  
Reef Restoration ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Shed Light

Nature-based solutions (NBS) can contribute to equitable and sustainable development across Latin America and the Caribbean and represent an important investment opportunity for national and subnational governments, infrastructure service providers, development banks, and corporations. Examining the status of NBS efforts and results within the region can shed light on what is required to drive more investment towards NBS projects. To chart a pathway forward, this brief provides a regional review of NBS projects, their status, and implications for investment. These NBS projects aim to address a variety of objectives, including securing water supply, improving water quality, reducing landslide risk, and helping to manage urban flooding, river flooding, or coastal flooding and erosion. The projects utilize a broad range of types of NBS, from forest management to coral reef restoration. This brief outlines the difficulties to scaling NBS adoption in the region and identifies strategies to address the challenges moving forward.

scholarly journals COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: what is known about the status of school reopening?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Fernandez-Guzman ◽  
Lucero Sangster-Carrasco ◽  
Antony Pinedo-Soria
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Caribbean

International Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean amid the COVID-19 Crisis: A Push for Digitalization?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verónica Frisancho ◽  
Eric Parrado
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Temporary Increase ◽  
International Remittances ◽  
Brick And Mortar ◽  
Initial Drop ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Transfer Services

Remittances constitute a significant safety net for millions of households in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Consequently, changes in international transfers can be a crucial agent of transmission of the COVID-19 induced economic crisis from richer to poorer nations and from urban to rural areas. Relying on data on queries to the search engine Google between December 2018 and July 2021, this study looks at the evolution of demand for in-person versus digital international transfer services and evaluates if take-up rates of different types of service providers trace the initial drop and subsequent rebound of remittances. The recovery of remittances was accompanied by a modest and temporary increase in the interest in digital mechanisms for sending money to home countries, which is accompanied by lower demand for brick-and-mortar service providers.

Conclusions and Comparisons to Developments in Central and Southeast Asia

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David B. H. Denoon
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Power Politics ◽  
Political Incentives ◽  
The Status ◽  
Great Power Politics ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Chinese Trade ◽  
Rising Power ◽  
The U.S

The concluding chapter examines the U.S.-China relations from both economic and geopolitical perspectives in Latin America and Caribbean, and also in a broader context, namely, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. China, as the rising power in Latin America and the Caribbean, is using economic and political incentives to explore how best to maximize its interests in a region, which is formerly dominated by the U.S. The U.S., on the other hand, as the status quo power in the region, finds low levels of Chinese trade and investment unthreatening, yet is likely to respond to China’s potential geopolitical ambitions in the region. In the broader context, great power politics is alive and well—both China and the U.S. are faced with their own domestic challenges influencing their presences in the three regions.

scholarly journals Status of the Epidemiological Surveillance Systems for Salt and Water Fluoridation Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (80) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha J. Mutis ◽  
Steffany Chamut ◽  
Elías Morón ◽  
Carlos Davila Peixoto
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Program Improvement ◽  
Epidemiological Surveillance ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
International Agencies ◽  
Prevention Interventions ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The Impact

Background: Epidemiological Surveillance Systems are part of public policies to evaluate the impact of prevention interventions or the occurrence of related health events. In Dental Public Health has been valuable the surveillance systems to follow the fluoridation programs, the prevalence of caries or the fluorosis cases. Purpose: Identify and summarize published information regard the status of fluoridation programs and their epidemiological surveillance systems in Latin America and the Caribbean region. Methods: In this narrative literature review, articles searches in Medline and LILACS, in four languages, was carried out. Results: The authors included the analysis of 291 references published by government entities, international agencies, academic institutions and other sources, and summarizing the synthesis of all findings in two tracking matrices to contribute with new knowledge for policy making and program improvement through monitory systems. The results showed 11 active programs, 18 in uncertain status, and one country projecting a future program. Only six countries that started their fluoridation programs in the mid-eighties in the twentieth century have structured or strengthened a surveillance system for their fluoridation programs. Conclusions: The authors recommend a new stage of international accompaniment by several agencies to resume fluoridation programs in countries where structural, economic, or political factors affected the implementation or continuation of fluoridation programs in the 21st century.     

scholarly journals Domestic Violence Intervention Programs for Perpetrators in Latin America and the Caribbean

Partner Abuse ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 316-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esteban Eugenio Esquivel Santoveña ◽  
Teresa da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Program Effectiveness ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Violence Intervention ◽  
What Works ◽  
Domestic Violence Intervention ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Shed Light

Research on intervention programs for domestic violence (DV) perpetrators in the United States and in Europe has started to shed light on these interventions and the challenges they face in determining “what works” in those regions. In Latin America, the research is almost nonexistent. This study presents a literature review of studies and program protocols in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the results of a continental survey on characteristics and suggested standards for DV perpetrator programs in this region. Findings indicate perpetrator interventions in this part of the world are in their earliest stages along with the remaining challenges these involve. Suggested standards in the areas of program effectiveness, evidence-based intake assessments, tailoring of programs to minority group’s needs, the conceptualization of DV, influential risk factors, and liaisons between academia and practice are discussed.

scholarly journals Status of national policy on companion of choice at birth in Latin America and the Caribbean: Gaps and challenges

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Bremen De Mucio ◽  
Lorena Binfa ◽  
Jovita Ortiz ◽  
Anayda Portela
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Local Level ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Perinatal Outcomes ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Caribbean

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a companion of choice during labor and birth, to improve maternal and perinatal outcomes and women’s satisfaction with health services. To better understand the status of companion of choice in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), an online survey was conducted with members of a midwifery virtual community of practice and with key informants, aiming to identify: 1) existing regulatory instruments related to companion of choice in the countries where the members are practicing; and, 2) key characteristics of implementation of companion of choice, where regulation exists. Responses (n = 112) were received from representatives of 20 of the 43 countries of LAC. Respondents reported existence of a national policy or legislation in seven countries, ministerial norms or institutional protocols in five countries, and no existing policy/protocol in eight countries. Respondents from the same country often provided contradictory responses. Responses differed from information provided by ministries of health in a WHO-led global policy survey in 11 instances. These variations may reflect that midwives were not always aware of the national policy/guideline in their country. We propose that a more robust effort should be undertaken to understand the status of companion of choice for labor and birth in LAC countries, at national, regional, and local level, in public and private facilities. It is important to know if policies exist, at what level of the system, and if key stakeholders, maternity-care health providers, and women are aware of their existence. Efforts should also be made to understand barriers to implementing companion of choice.

scholarly journals The Impact of Policy Measures on Trade in Services in Latin America and the Caribbean

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle Trachtenberg
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
The United States ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Bilateral Trade Flows ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The Impact

This paper uses data on policy measures affecting services operation and trade to document and estimate the impact of different types of policy measures on services exports and imports, with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. It finds that market-entry measures are important to both total services exports and imports in the region and bilateral trade flows with the United States, while measures relating to the operation of service providers are important for bilateral trade flows with the United States.

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