Crime costs Latam and Caribbean almost what region spends in education, IDB says
New York City, US Reuters Violence and crime absorb almost 3.5 per cent per cent of Latin America and the Caribbean’s (LAC) economic output, depleting funds that could be used in education and assisting the vulnerable, a report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) showed. Beyond the human toll, the cost of crime amounts to […]
Costa Rica eyes billions of dollars in savings with net-zero emissions
Bogota, Colombia Thomson Reuters Foundation Costa Rica’s goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 will net $US41 billion in economic benefits over the next three decades and set an example of the “right road to follow” for other nations, its President and environment minister said on Tuesday. The fiscal payoff of decarbonising the Central American […]