This Philippines country study forms part of the East Asia and the Pacific region urban sanitation review that focuses on three of the emerging middle income countries of East Asia: Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam.
... Vea más + The regional review aims to develop a strategic framework to help guide national urban sanitation programs and their implementation in these emerging middle income countries. This country study contributed to the regional review by providing important information on sector operations in the Philippines. The development of urban sanitation in the Philippines needs to be considered in the context of the different situations in Metro Manila and the other parts of the country. The case studies for some urban areas were prepared to see how sanitation operations are carried out in the Philippines and a consultative workshop was held on February 19, 2013 in Manila. The findings of the Philippines country study are briefly presented which complements the findings of the regional report.
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Documento de trabajo 84290 DEC 01, 2013
Kearton, Ross; Ner, Salvador; Ancheta, Christopher; Alvarez, Victor Vazquez; Ignacio, Demilour Reyes; Weitz, Almud; Galing, Ed Karl; de la Torre, Shiela; Trillana, Mari Anne
The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has a unique mix of qualities and challenges when it comes to the environment. It is exceptionally endowed with natural assets, with globally significant biodiversity and valuable crops, and also harbors the world's greatest carbon sink in the Amazon.
... Vea más + Over the past twenty years, the LAC region has made impressive gains in tackling these issues. It leads the developing world in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management and is at the forefront in reducing urban pollution. The environment and water resources occasional paper series is a publication of the Environment and Water Resources Unit (LCSEN) of the sustainable development department in the World Bank's Latin America and the Caribbean Region. The purpose of the series is to contribute to the global knowledge exchange on innovation in environmental and water resources management and the pursuit of greener and more inclusive growth. The papers seek to bring to a broader public-decision makers, development practitioners, academics and other partners-lessons learned from World Bank financed projects, technical assistance and other knowledge activities jointly undertaken with partners. This project proved to be a critical first step in better understanding how climate change will translate to water scarcity, and how the drought-prone and rapidly developing Northeast Region of Brazil could adapt through more flexible water management and allocation strategies.
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Documento de trabajo 79528 JUL 01, 2013
De Nys, Erwin; Alvarez, Victor Vazquez; Engle, Nathan Lee; Frazao, Cybelle
The goal of the diagnosis of the water management system of Chile is an evaluation of those priority issues and major challenges to sustain the debate between water stakeholders, and possibly lead to a deeper sharing with a wider range of stakeholders and more detailed studies in the second phase planned for 2011.
... Vea más + While some of the issues and problems identified in the diagnosis are very specific to the Water Resources Management system of Chile resulting from such particular physical characteristics and the evolution of political arrangements, legal and institutional sector and other water-other subjects are similar to those that are experimenting and trying to solve through a variety of ways other countries and regions with similar level of socioeconomic development and water resources. Although the situation of water resources in each country is unique, certain trends can be identified both in the evolution of the problems in the management of the resource. This diagnosis is not intended to explicitly address issues of Water Resources Management in Chile in the light of international experience, but this experience has influenced the view of experts, government officials and members of the Bank team who have contributed to the diagnosis and therefore the choice of the main challenges that have been identified in the report. For the second phase a more explicit consideration of the reform experiences of other comparable countries can be very useful. The report begins with a brief history of Chile's approach to Water Resources Management. The remainder of Chapter 2 discusses the current status of water resources, and the main drivers of change. Chapters 3 and 4 form the main part of the diagnosis, and dealing with the institutional arrangements under which they manage the supply and quality of water in Chile. Chapter 3 focuses on the legal and management instruments of the country's institutional arrangements, while Chapter 4 discusses organizations, including public and private entities that are involved in Water Resources Management in the country. Each chapter begins with a section that presents an overview of some key points, and the following sections identify priority areas, including an analysis of current issues and major challenges. The final chapter summarizes the main conclusions.
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Otro estudio sobre infraestructura 63392 MAR 31, 2011
Lajaunie, Marie-Laure; Scheierling, Susanne; Zuleta, Javier; Chinarro, Lara; Vazquez, Victor