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Infrastructure and Inclusive Sustainable Development in Chile

16 June 2017
Sustainable infrastructure development in Chile is in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and involves the participation of public, private, and civil society actors. While social evaluation of projects should be complemented by disaster risk assessment, the creation of…

The Sustainable Development Goals and Managing for Results Argentina

15 June 2017
By linking the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and targets to public policy decisions, the Government of Argentina fully commits itself to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Ensuring achievement of the SDGs in Argentina will require the establishment of an…

Effective Partnerships for Development Results

15 June 2017
Using results-based management as its strategy, the Government of Paraguay was able to put in place responsible and sustainable public policies for achieving development. Strengthening the country’s public financial management and budgeting systems resulted to an increase in public spending…

Effective Partnerships for Development Results Spanish

15 June 2017
Using results-based management as its strategy, the Government of Paraguay was able to put in place responsible and sustainable public policies for achieving development. Strengthening the country’s public financial management and budgeting systems resulted to an increase in public spending…

Sustainable Development Goals in Mexico and Subnational Monitoring Experience of Jalisco

15 June 2017
With Mexico adopting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a state commitment in September 2015, a political council headed by the country’s president was created the following year to integrate the actions of the main stakeholders of the agenda, and to forge a consensus on the next steps…

The Resolution of NonPerforming Loans

30 May 2017
A legacy from the economic and financial crisis, non-performing loans (NPLs) affect countries differently but is a burden for the euro area. Though Internal workout by banks and pressure by micro-supervisors are always necessary, they are not sufficient. The creation of well-designed asset…

Macroprudential Policy in the European Union and the Euro Area

29 May 2017
Though macroprudential policy in the European Union or the euro area is rapidly developing, a large part of it remain untested. As macroprudential policy bridges the gap between common monetary and largely country-specific fiscal and structural policies, it is an extremely valuable supplementary…

International Migration Outlook 2016 and Recent Labour Migration Trends to OECD Countries from Asia

18 January 2017
Migration from Asia to OECD countries continues to increase, while intra-European Union migration remains at high levels. In addition, there was an unprecedented number of asylum applications in 2015 while high levels persisted in 2016. This learning material details the increasing number of…

Implementing Biodiversity Offsets Challenges and Opportunities Lessons Learned from the French Experiences

25 November 2016
When development projects generate impacts on biodiversity that could not be sufficiently avoided or reduced, offsets must be designed and implemented to effectively and fully compensate for the residual loss of biodiversity. International best practice indicates that biodiversity offsets must…

Enabling Conditions to Foster Success in National Programmes Conditional TransfersExperiences Lessons and Challenges

24 November 2016
Ina Porras, senior researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development, shared experiences between poverty and environmental experts, policy makers and researchers, and across geographies on how conditional transfers are used to protect or restore fragile ecosystems and…