San Pedro Sula, Honduras’ second largest city, is a key point of a future north-south logistics corridor, the CA-5 highway, which will connect Tegucigalpa, the capital, with Puerto Cortes on the Atlantic Coast. This 294km stretch of road will reduce operating costs, travel times, and accident rates.
A famous Chinese proverb, often used in psychological advice literature to reassure people that it is never too late to start anything in life, goes like this: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now.” I think that the proverb is most valid in its literal meaning however, and not just in your backyard but on your farm as well. If you or your forefathers haven’t thought about investing in trees so far, you might want to consider it now.
At the IDB we set ourselves the complex task of not only achieving a common agreement on what sustainable infrastructure entails, but making it a top development priority in Latin America and the Caribbean. The IDB’s Sustainable Infrastructure Strategy states that our efforts must be focused on providing inclusive public services through infrastructure that is socially, fiscally and environmentally sustainable.
“No man is an island entire of itself…” We’ve all heard this poem before.
This year’s Earth Day tagline grabbed my attention: “Let’s get really big stuff done for our planet.” It got me thinking how much the movement has grown over the last decade and how every person and every institution, however small, can play its role in something so big as saving the world!
“No man is an island entire of itself...” We’ve all heard this poem before.
When I joined the Bank more than 10 years ago, we had an aging Environmental Policy from 1979 (albeit a leader in its day), and terms like safeguards, sustainability, climate change, natural capital, and sustainable infrastructure were simply not part of the lexicon. But before you are too hard on us, put the world and life of 2005 into perspective: You didn’t have an iPhone, YouTube wasn’t a household name, Twitter didn’t exist, and Donald Trump was a reality show host. The Kyoto Protocol was only just coming into effect, George W.
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A small company’s day-to-day work can be overwhelming, due to worries about productivity, payroll, clients’ needs, purchase of supplies, and licenses. It’s no surprise that doing something for the environment is not necessarily the first priority for these companies’ managers, even though many wish to do so. They assume that environmental services are not a benefit, but instead an additional cost that cannot be dealt with.
In spite of advancement in women’s participation in many sectors, globally “the share of women in construction industry has remained shockingly low for decades -– under 3 percent”. Women are considered to be disruptive to an “all-male” workforce and have to confront cultural stereotypes, sexual harassment, and life –balance challenges.