Biennial Report2015/16

Commited to supporting private and public interventions for rural developmentCentre for Rural Development Studies

Biennial Report2015/16

Centre of RuralDevelopment StudiesSAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA · SEPTEMBER 2017

Centre of Rural Development Studies (CDR)

120 mts. South of Machu Picchu Restaurant.San Pedro de Montes de OcaSan José, Costa Rica

P.O. BOX 2031-2050Tels.: +506 2224 1990 | +506 2283 1062Fax: +506 2283 0719fundacion@cdr.or.crwww.cdr.or.cr

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Contents

Preface 5

Introduction 7

The Transition Towards Renewable Energy in the CDR Office 9

Organization and Personnel 10

Achievements in 2015-2016 11

Execution by Country and Theme 14

Audit 14

Annex 1: Consultant-Researchers 16

Annex 2: Projects in 2015 20

Anexo 3: Projects in 2016 27

Alejandro PachecoProfessional friend and printing specialist.

Passed away in 2016.

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Preface

The Foundation CDR (Rural Development Consult, according to its official name) was created in 1989 in order to contribute to the development of the region through research, knowledge generation and reflec-tion.

With twenty-eight years of experience, more than six hundred projects executed and a network of over twenty consultants and researchers, CDR is now fir-mly rooted in Central America, the Caribbean and the Andean Region, working in different areas of rural development.

The CDR team, as from 2017 integrated by six con-sultant-researchers, operates mainly from its offices in San José, Costa Rica, and four other countries in Central America, Europe and the Caribbean. It is also supported by other consultants who operate from different countries around the world. This highlights the adaptability of the Foundation and its flexibility to achieve its objectives, and reflects that over its track record, it has grown in terms of the number of pro-jects carried out, linkages, networks, methods and methods to communicate its findings.

In 2015 and 2016, CDR’s experiences, as well as its learnings, have been varied. It has pro-gressively increased the number of value chains, sectors and countries of interest analysed. Its activities show an ever closer convergence of the local development with economic and social trends in the wider Western Hemisphere. The methods of investigation have beco-me technically more elaborate, and adapted to the globalization of the knowledge. CDR’s challenge at this time is to strike a balance between consulting assignments and academic research in a geographical area covering Central America, the Andean Region and the Cari-bbean.

The Foundation strives to remain independent of the specific interests of donor agencies, as well as the institutions receiving its counselling and services. This has made it possible to improve the quality of its research results and also the cooperation policies. Research and

CDR continues to have its view

set to the future, with a solid

base of twenty-seven years of

evaluations, assessments,

projects and built

experiences

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advice converge in such a way that establishing an appropriate institutional environment is the key to success in development efforts.

CDR continues to have its view set to the future, with a solid base of twenty-seven years of evaluations, assessments, projects and built experiences, and is committed to continue offe-ring a balanced range of reflection and programming services for the coming years. Its loca-tion, experience and multidisciplinary approach form the basis for serving the public interest.

There is a constant need to support public and private intervention with knowledge based on field research and professional autonomy. This is what defines our operational agenda, on the road to an equitable and fair development process.

We invite you to discover more about the CDR Foundation, its work and its interests. We look forward to contributing to you and your organization in the near future.

The CDR Team

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Introduction

CDR is an international foundation established in 1989 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and has been working independently since 2006. It has mostly operated from San Jose, Costa Rica, as the basis for all of its activities in Central America. It also conducts research and pro-vides advice in Caribbean and South American countries.

It also maintains partnerships with several research institutions, including universities in The Netherlands, as well as consulting and research firms in Europe, Central America and the Caribbean.

CDR’s consultancy services are based on extensive applied research, combining microeco-nomic studies with sectorial and macroeconomic analysis.

During the last decade, the work of the CDR has focused mainly on the following areas:

• Evaluation of direct and indirect effects of specific programmes and interventions.

• Research in rural production chains, marketing patterns and support to micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises.

• Evaluation of adapted financial services policies, specifically directed to MSMEs.

• Monitoring of sustainable development programmes, with emphasis on territorial dy-namics and equity.

• Implementation of public infrastructure (re) construction and urban planning projects.

Over the years, the gender focus has been integrated into development. This is reflected in CDR’s contributions to a service market that facilitates economic and social development in the region.

The Foundation’s current strength lies in the depth, specificity and flexibility of the com-mitments entrusted to it by bilateral and multilateral institutions. Its work aims at alleviating concerns about the scope and effects of development policies, through analytical and advi-sory methods in line with the needs of development actors. The goal is to create additional capacity, both in target groups and agencies.

With this biennial report, the reader is invited to learn more about the work of the CDR, its achievements and challenges in the last two years (2015-2016), and in particular about its contributions to the region’s development. After that, a description is given of the organiza-tion and its team of consultants, and the achievements of the last two years. In annex, details are provided on projects implemented in 2015 and 2016.

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The Transition Towards Renewa-ble Energy in the CDR Office

In December 2016, the project of a photoelectric system was implemented at the CDR building in San Pedro Montes de Oca, San José. A total of ten panels, with a capacity of 3.2 kW, were installed on the roof at the beginning of the month, followed by a final inspection and authorization by the National Power and Light Company (CNFL). Since May 2016, new regulation is in force in Costa Rica, allowing households and individual companies to generate electricity and connect to the grid. This means that the consumer units can inject solar energy gene-rated in excess during the day, to consume it later, when there is no sunlight.

The system was installed by the company Purasol S.A., which was selected in a tender process which took into account parameters like equipment and installation cost, flexibility in case of a change in the scale of the system, as well as the cost of maintenance of the equipment. Purasol presented the most favourable offer, in the sense that its panels -of the model Canadian Solar 320- come with individual micro-inverters. This facilitates the detection of faults in individual panels and contributes to the computerized remote monitoring of the system. The cost of system mainte-nance is limited to only one revision per year.

First experience with the system is generally positive. In the first months of operation it genera-ted energy in the order of 400 KWh. The monthly cost of electricity has been reduced by more than 75%, which would allow to recover the investment in approximately ten years.

The system was commissioned in December 2016, with a gathering held in the presence of professional friends and neighbours. It was attended by representatives of the municipality of Montes de Oca, the Embassy of the Netherlands and neighbour associations active in different sectors. There was also the presence of the painter Ank Draijer, who gave an account of her recent works, with solar energy as a central theme of inspiration in at least two of her works. One of these is now present in the CDR’s office, while the other has been donated to the com-munity of Montes de Oca, represented by the district mayor’s office. The speeches given at the event are now at www.cdr.or.cr.

The monthly cost of electricity has

been reduced by more than

75%, which would allow to recover the investment

in approximately ten years

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Organization and Personnel

Board of Directors2

The Foundation’s board of directors meets regularly in the Netherlands or Belgium, often twice a year. Since 2017, its members are:

Consultant-Researchers and Assistants

DR maintains an internal organization with direct lines of communication in accordance with its size. Since 2015 its team has six members, some residing in San José, Costa Rica. The office is under the direction of Hans Nusselder. The researcher-consultants are: Angelica Ra-mirez, Stervins Alexis, Alejandro Uriza and Paul Cloesen. Ariana Araujo and Adolfo Córdoba were team members during both years, resp. in 2015. Rosa León Conejo and Melanny Zúñiga Araya provided support in a number of studies in Costa Rica on “Financial Services for Sus-tainable Agriculture” (SEFAS), and the “Water Supply Management Associations (ASADAS)”, projects carried out in 2015-16.

The administrative team is made up of Esther Laureano, who serves as a general services assistant and Marta Valenzuela, secretary and bookkeeper.

Douglas Sánchez Fieuyean supports the team in the field of information technology. Martha Müller provided support in reviewing evaluation reports.

The team is further complemented by a group of associate consultants, including Melvin Ed-wards, Iris Villalobos, Milan Baez and Andrea Peña. They collaborated in the preparation and execution of projects over the two years.

1 Jos Vaessen ended his function as secretary of the Board in 2016.

Ruud Lambregts, President. Sociologist, former international programme manager at Oxfam-Novib.

�Rosien Herweijer, Treasurer. Economist, independent consultant.

Secretary. Vacant.1

Maja Haanskorf, Member. Journalist, editor-in-chief of the Dutch magazi-ne La Chispa.

�Marieke de Ruijter de Wildt, Member. Agro-economist, director of Agriplace, Amsterdam.

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Achievements in 2015-2016

During the period, a number of projects which were innovative by methodology, thematic, geographical coverage or a combination of these aspects.

ASADAS

A first achievement has been the implementation of two consecutive studies in Costa Rica, con-tracted by UNDP, on the functioning of the Water Supply Management Associations (ASADAS), of which about 1,500 operate in the country. In a first phase in 2015, more than 300 ASADAS in the north of the country were surveyed in terms of organi-zation, administrative and financial management, service coverage, potential and operational bott-lenecks. Co-ordinated by CDR’s team, a group of ten interviewers visited the communities to collect the information in survey whose methodology allowed data to be uploaded online (cloud-based). The analysis provided both the UNDP and the na-tional autonomous institute for water supply and sewerage (AyA) with a broad and in-depth diagnosis of the environment and the factors that affect the performance of ASADAS in northern Costa Rica.

A second stage of the study was carried out in 2016 on 112 ASADAS, also in the north and nor-theast, which were visited by enumerators and also georeferenced by specialized. The work was carried out in close collaboration with AyA, based on a standardized questionnaire that will continue to be used in future studies in other parts of the country.

The resulting diagnosis is important in two ways: it does not only respond to the demand for information at the national level, regarding governance, and at the local level, on the adminis-tration of ASADAS, but it also contributes to the formulation of future public policies in the light of climate change. The importance of relevant and up-to-date information was confirmed at the end of November 2016, when Hurricane Otto seriously affected a total of 54 ASADAS whose infrastructures were damaged. The first hurricane so devastating in the history of the country explains the interest of the actors responsible for the water service in monitoring the ASADAS throughout Costa Rica.

More than 300 ASADAS were

surveyed in terms of organization, administrative

and financial management

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Health Control Dashboard

A second achievement has been the dissemination of management tools for the monitoring of grants funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The Global Fund partnership mobilizes and invests about $ 4 billion a year to fund programs that are executed by local experts in the countries and communities most in need. One of the tools installed in the Dominican Republic, Mozambique and Nicaragua, is the Principal Recipient (PR) Das-hboard. It is a tool to show the most important information managers and decision-makers need to monitor progress toward the objectives of the Global Fund-supported grants.

By using data from the dashboard, which consolidates key management indicators, users can identify a series of problems and bottlenecks in programme implementation. Managers and other executives of the PR, the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) and the Sub-re-cipients (SR) can then take corrective action to improve grant performance. This way, the dashboard guides the analysis by PRs of their own performance and hence gives them an opportunity to detect problems in the use of the subsidy. In this way they can quickly adopt measures to make relevant corrections, based on a quarterly follow-up.

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Study of Caribbean SMEs

In 2015 and 2016, a study was carried out on the medium-sized, small and micro-enterprises in twelve Caribbean islands. Never before an investigation of SMEs in the Caribbean had been conducted in a framework that compared between the English-, French- and Dutch or Papiamento-speaking islands. At the request of the Competitiveness of Enterprise and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Programme (EU-COSME), CDR was performed a profile and performance survey of nearly 900 enterprises on the islands covered by the programme. As a result, data are now available on recent levels of sales, employment, enterprise manage-ment, and access to financial services, electricity and water consumption, waste manage-ment and the interest of the owner in making use of training and advisory services.

The study on Caribbean SMEs also covered the role of Business Support Organizations (BSO). Most are business associations, founded by entrepreneurs under their own responsibility. However, particularly in the Dutch Caribbean, the Chambers of Commerce play a unifying role and promote the SME sector by virtue of national legislation which enables them to take the lead in service and support actions. The BSO component was implemented using a performance assessment tool, which captures the entity’s assessment of governance, ma-nagement, service delivery, and attention for environmental and climate change challenges.

The study results reveal, firstly, the enormous variety of activities carried out by SMEs, often in direct relation with the tourism sector, which dominates the region’s economy. At the same time, the typical SME operates on a modest scale, 60% of businesses having only three or fewer employees (the owner included) and report gross sales of less than USD 60,000.

Financial Services for Sustainable Agriculture (SEFAS)

The SEFAS programme continued its agenda in 2016, despite no longer receiving resources from the Dutch agency HIVOS. With the support of Root Capital, a new project was implemented to link groups of producers and financial institutions in Central America. Within this framework, tech-nical assistance was provided to financial entities in the development of financial services adap-ted to the needs of the rural agricultural sector in the region.

In Guatemala, working alliances were created with the National Coffee Association (ANACAFE) and the Foundation FUNDASISTEMAS to promote access to credit for small groups of coffee pro-ducts. This resulted in the drafting of a Practical Guide for financial institutions on how to operate in the rural finance market in coordination with Root Capital and sponsored by the IDB-FOMIN.

In general, SEFAS has developed a “package” of services to provide technical support, training and tools to (micro-) financial institutions as well as producer groups, marketing platforms or en-tities specializing in advisory services to producer groups. In this way, it is sought to expand small rural enterprises’ access to financial services.

Reconstruction of Léogâne, Haití

After the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the “Programme to Support the Reconstruction of the Municipality of Léogâne” (RELEO) was launched. It aimed to respond to the emergency

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following the catastrophe that left thousands of victims and widespread material damage. In Léogâne the rubble of the destroyed houses was removed to improve the urban roads. Wor-ks to clean drainage and irrigation channels and street cleaning was performed. Twenty-one projects for the reconstruction of public services, such as municipal police commissaries, a cultural centre with a library, primary schools, a high school and the construction of the municipal park were launched under the RELEO Program. All projects were completed suc-cessfully. RELEO also allowed to strengthen fifteen municipal councils, eleven infrastructure maintenance committees and eighty schools with a teaching capacity and facilities for 4,500 students. All these activities have contributed to an improved spatial public infrastructure after the emergency in Léogâne.

Execution by Country and Theme

CDR’s work during 2015 and 2016 focused on a wide range of research activities, evaluations and project advisory services. Figure 1 shows projects carried out in each of the years by country and region. The execution of projects at regional level in this period is maintained, especially with projects in Central America and at a regional level.

During the period 2015-16, the proportion of work requests with European and North American funding represented more than half of the cases. Important customers were the European Union (delegations in Central America and the Caribbean), the German bank KfW, as well as Root Ca-pital and Grant Management Solutions (both from Massachusetts, USA). In Costa Rica, UNDP was confirmed as a significant client in both years. A new client in Costa Rica was Banco Popular, keenly interested in strengthening the production infrastructure of the country’s rural sector.

Clients of Belgian and Dutch bilateral cooperation operate mainly through the non-govern-mental sector, such as the Federation of Development Cooperation NGOs (ACODEV/NGO Fe-deratie) in Belgium, and the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy and HIVOS. With these three agencies, CDR was able to work with actors in a variety of countries, which is part of its strategy, aiming at exchange of views and strategies between countries and sectors.

As for projects in a single country, unlike previous periods in which the number of projects in Nicaragua was important, in this period more projects were developed in Costa Rica and Haiti. In both cases with more projects in 2015 than in 2016.

Regarding the thematic areas covered, as in the previous period, the importance of Program-ming, Monitoring and Evaluation projects is maintained. For the period 2015-2016, there is an increase in projects in Markets and Value Chains (specifically in 2015) and projects in the sectors of Environment and Natural Resources in 2016. The latter theme stands out with the projects related to the management of rural water supply, developed in Costa Rica.

Audit

The financial statements for 2015 and 2016 were audited in accordance with generally ac-cepted accounting principles. The external audits in Costa Rica were carried out by Lic. Is-mael Acosta (CPA 3115) for the year 2015, followed by Lic. Abraham Vargas who completed the exercise over 2016.

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Figure 1. Number of Projects Implemented by CDR per Country/Region (2015-2016)

Figure 2. Number of Projects Implemented by CDR per Theme (2015-2016)

Transcontinental

South America

Latin America

Caribbean

Central America

Ecuador

Mexico

Haiti

Nicaragua

Honduras

Guatemala

Costa Rica

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14

2015 2016

Environment & Natural Resources

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

2015 2016

8 9 10

Human Development

Markets &Value Chains

Programming, Monitoring & Evaluation

Finance & Management

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Annexes

Annex 1. Consultant-Researchers

Core Staff

Hans Nusselder

MSc. Hans Nusselder (1957) was trained in both eco¬nomics and non-western sociology at the Vrije Univer¬siteit, Amsterdam. He joined CDR after carrying out research in Southeast Asia and working with several international organisations in Latin America, West Af¬rica and the Netherlands. His areas of specialization include formulation of programmes for produc-tive and human development, training and institutional support to producer organisations and international trade; the strengthening of financial structures in Cen¬tral America and the Caribbean; analysis and policy formulation on the private sector, civil society and sustainable development of international border areas supported by technical cooperation and local ins-titu¬tions. He is currently involved in the analysis of non-bank financial sector development in Latin Ameri¬ca and Africa, as well as impact studies, agro-commercialisation and formu-lation of regional development assistance programmes.

Paul Cloesen

MSC. Henri-Paul Cloesen (1959) is an agronomist (Plant management; tropical and subtro-pical crops) graduated from the University of Leuven, Belgium. He has broad experience in Management, Monitoring and Evaluation of Cooperation projects in agriculture and rural de-velopment in general. He worked on Economic Diversification, Agricultural Marketing, Rural Finance, SME Support, Information Systems, Emergency preparation, Biodiversity Conserva-tion and Environmental Protection. He also provided administrative and accounting support to rural Producers’ Associations. His work covers a wide range of tropical food and industrial crops, including the respective agro-industries, where he performed economic, social and environmental feasibility studies. He served as a consultant in various programs of bilateral and multilateral cooperation as well as for several NGOs.

Angelica Beatriz Ramírez Pineda

Ing. Angelica Beatriz Ramirez Pineda (1983) obtained a degree in Socioeconomic Development and Environment at the Pan American Agricultural School, Zamorano in Honduras. She has worked on projects related to microfinance and socio-economic monitoring in Central Ameri-

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ca, mainly developing research tools, collecting field information, performing statistical analyses and systematizations. Angelica has experience in designing projects for product diversification in the area of exports, as well as development of value chains and management of alliances. She has executed various missions in Latin America for the CBI, an agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. She has more than five years’ experience working with MSMEs in Latin America and has worked as a trainer in capacity building programmes to promote exports for nearly three years. She also has experience in building market information tools such as sector studies, product research and export guidelines.

Stervins Alexis

Dr. Stervins Alexis (1967), a Civil Engineer from the Institut Supérieur Technique d’Haiti, ob-tained his Ph.D. degree in Global Change and Sustainable Development from the University Alcalá de Henares in Madrid. He has fifteen years of experience in formulation, management and monitoring of plans, programmes and projects in regional, local and rural development, social infrastructure, natural resource management and support to organisation building. He specialised in local development processes, natural resource management, risk prevention and management, and disaster relief. These areas include assignments in hydrographic basin and territorial planning, research in tropical ecosystems and assessment of natural and an-thropogenic impact. He studied the effects of climate change, pollution and habitat fragmen-tation in the course of long-term consultancies and research in various Caribbean countries.

Alejandro Uriza

Lic. Alejandro Uriza (1977) studied Agricultural Economics at the National University of Ni-caragua (UNAN), subsequently specialising in Marketing and Publicity at the Technological Institute of Monterrey and the American University in Nicaragua. He has more than ten years of experience in various fields such as formulation and evaluation of regional, national and community projects in rural areas, development of business plans, quantitative and in-dep-th evaluations at community level, technical assistance and training for organizations and businesses. He worked with Zamorano University in studies on the environmental impact of pesticides and post-Mitch projects of USAID. For five years he has served as head of commu-nications for the Federation Red NicaSalud, being in charge of a communications and tech-nical assistance program to 29 national and international organizations with community work in the country. In recent years he performed a series of consultancies for project evaluations and programs at national and regional levels and advised on the development of business plans, financial sustainability strategies and marketing plans.

Associate Consultants

Ariana Araujo Resenterra

Msc. Ariana Araujo Resenterra (1981) is an anthropologist from the University of Costa Rica and she obtained her master’s degree in Development Studies with a specialization in Local and Regional Development from the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague (ISS). She has ample knowledge and professional experience in the field of local and regional development, natural resource management, gender, agriculture, and in the formulation, implementation

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and evaluation of projects. Her professional experience also includes the analysis of develo-pment policy and programs financed by international cooperation or governments. She has become specialized in action-research processes using participatory methodologies with diverse social groups and organizations in the context of the Central American region.

Milán Baez

Milán Báez (1975) obtained his degree as an economist (Universidad Nacional), MBA, with specialization in finance from the Technological Institute of Costa Rica. His record includes 15 years of professional experience, of which 11 years in the financial sector as a senior corpora-te analyst with various banking institutions in the financial sector. He has a long track record in due diligence assessments for financial institutions, in structuring operations within the SME sector and larger sized corporations. Over the last years, he has worked in financial training programmes as well as in linking training to financial services offered to small farmer organi-zations, microfinance institutions as well as banks in the Central American region.

Arie Sanders

Ir. Arie Sanders (1966) is an agro-economist trained at Wageningen Agricultural University. He made a solid trajectory in the CDR, with a combination of applied academic research and su-pport for evaluation programs and missions in Central America. His areas of expertise include the financial sustainability of rural financial intermediaries, the impact of credit at the level of the rural producer family and the interacting models of credit, production, and migration in several Central American countries. His geographical experience as a consultant covers the Central American Isthmus, the Caribbean, the Andes and the Southern Cone of Latin Ame-rica, enriched by assignments sponsored by various multilateral organizations. He currently works for the Zamorano University, Honduras.

Iris Villalobos

Lic. Iris Villalobos (1956) graduated in Business Administration from the Universidad Nacional of Costa Rica. She is an advanced specialist in financial education in Central America, linked for over fifteen years to the development of numerous financial intermediaries in the region, has assumed financial management responsibilities and conducted external appraisal and evaluation missions. She possesses an integral knowledge of sophisticated appraisal techni-ques accumulated during her work with various financial institutions, providing training and advice during their process of incorporation into the formal financial sector. Recently she has been involved in the formulation of financial business plans and evaluation of the credit com-ponents of NGOs and multilateral development programmes.

Koen Voorend

MSc. Koen Voorend (1981) holds a master’s degree in International Economics Studies from the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands, and a Masters in Development Studies, spe-cializing in Development Economics from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague. He has experience in the study of trade and its economic impact in developing countries, specifi-cally in South Africa and Central America. He has worked on rural development issues in countries in transition, mostly in the Caucasus and Central Asia and has experience in urban

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development studies, particularly with a focus on the development of informal settlements and labour market studies, specifically on paid domestic work. Currently he holds a position as researcher at the Institute of Social Research at the University of Costa Rica, and is spe-cializing in the study of welfare, gender, labour markets, trade and economic policies and participates as lecturer of the School of Communication of the University of Costa Rica.

Gustavo Novillo

Ing. Gustavo Novillo (1961) is a commercial engineer with a specialization in Marketing obtained in Machala, Ecuador. As a specialized professional, he has experience and vision for sustaina-ble development, which is reflected in a career marked by leadership skills and experiences in development management, strategic planning, management of various NGOs, specialized consultancies and management of public and private programmes and projects. He has the capacity to propose alternatives and to apply solutions for the achievement of sustainable de-velopment. Mr. Novillo features a history of timely delivery, efficiency and effectiveness in large projects, both for participating groups and funding organizations. He has also directed and coor-dinated multidisciplinary teams.

Andrea Peña

Dr. Andrea Peña de Alexis (1966) is an agronomist from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo. She holds a Ph.D. in Environment and Quality of Life of the University of the Bas-que Country, Spain, and has twenty years of experience with sustainable development and environmental education in local communities. She has also conducted research on forest ecology, especially in tropical forests and natural resource management in the biosphere of the Dominican Republic (clean energy generation) and has experience in environmental management, particularly in environmental and social auditing. Her specialization is in the coordination, execution, monitoring and monitoring of projects - especially bi-national - in the transboundary region with Haiti, covering management of watersheds and environmen-tal impact. At present, she teaches at universities in Spain and the Dominican Republic on topics such as ecology and restoration of ecosystems.

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n P

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. 201

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g.

2015

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c.

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n Jo

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. 20

16

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e E

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mm

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uro

pe

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dy

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r o

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sin

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lve

co

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urv

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ear

ly 9

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ME

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n t

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nd

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ent

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pub

lica

tion

HA

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n.-

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. 20

16

Th

e c

on

stru

ctio

n o

f e

du

catio

nal

infr

astr

uct

ure

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mai

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ly r

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d n

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d in

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ti. T

his

ass

ign

me

nt

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rs t

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su

pe

rvis

ion

of

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wo

rks

of

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n n

atio

nal

sc

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cute

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y th

e c

om

pan

ies

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antia

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d E

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ight

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vid

ed

with

re

gar

d t

o t

he

fin

ish

ing

o

f ce

ilin

gs,

pla

ste

r an

d p

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ing

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rk. G

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n p

revi

ou

s p

roje

cts

of

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mila

r n

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re, i

t is

re

aso

nab

le t

o e

xpe

ct

a lif

etim

e o

f th

e n

ewly

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ilt s

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at le

ast

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ne

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N

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apita

l Mo

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SE

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ot

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ital

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pub

lica

tion

CA

Jan

.-D

ec.

20

16

Ro

ot

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ital i

s an

eth

ical

fin

anci

er

that

has

ob

tain

ed

ID

B r

eso

urc

es

to p

rom

ote

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anci

ng

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ag

ricu

ltu

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sect

or

in C

ent

ral A

me

rica

. To

ge

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r w

ith C

DR

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an

d m

icro

finan

ce in

stitu

tion

s in

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ate

mal

a an

d H

on

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s, w

ork

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do

ne

on

th

e d

eve

lop

me

nt o

f fin

anci

al

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du

cts

for

gro

up

s o

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all p

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uce

rs (m

ain

ly c

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e

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, as

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ll as

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e c

reat

ion

of

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teg

ic

allia

nce

s fo

r m

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ting

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tfo

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and

th

e p

rovi

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n o

f Te

chn

ical

Ass

ista

nce

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ot

Cap

ital

*Th

emes

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lan

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ng

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d E

valu

atio

n; M

CV

: Mar

kets

an

d V

alu

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t an

d N

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man

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ate

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No

Them

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try.

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ate

Sum

mar

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lient

16-0

4P

ME

Ad

viso

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r th

e c

reat

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of

a re

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al s

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chan

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nd

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bal

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ribut

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pro

ve-

men

t of h

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nditi

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g th

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idem

ics

of A

IDS

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ercu

losi

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d m

alar

ia. T

o

ensu

re th

e eff

ectiv

e us

e of

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fund

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sour

ces,

a re

gio

nal

mec

hani

sm is

req

uire

d fo

r ind

epen

den

t ove

rsig

ht, a

lign-

men

t of o

ngo

ing

inve

stm

ents

and

str

ateg

ic g

uid

ance

for

new

inve

stm

ents

. The

Reg

iona

l Sup

ervi

sing

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hani

sm

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s an

inst

rum

ent t

o m

oni

tor g

over

nanc

e an

d e

nsur

e

alig

nmen

t of t

he a

ctio

ns w

ith th

e g

ener

al g

uid

elin

es. T

he

tech

nica

l ass

ista

nce

pro

vid

ed fo

cuss

ed o

n th

e es

tab

lish-

men

t of t

he R

SM

in L

atin

Am

eric

a an

d th

e C

arib

bea

n.

Glo

bal

Fu

nd

16-0

5M

RN

Eval

uat

ion

of

citr

us

and

co

con

ut

pla

ntat

ion

s

Pa

ul C

loes

en, B

eliz

e P

roje

ct D

ue D

i-lig

ence

, Ag

rono

my

rep

ort

, Mo

ring

a

Pa

rtne

rshi

p, M

ar.

2016

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LFe

b.-

Mar

. 20

16

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far

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ss B

eliz

e, c

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ivat

ing

mai

nly

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ng

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rap

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uit

and

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con

uts

, we

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valu

ate

d a

s p

art

of

du

e

dili

ge

nce

for

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vest

me

nt. C

ult

ura

l an

d p

hyto

san

itary

p

ract

ice

s w

ere

exa

min

ed

, as

we

ll as

th

e a

vaila

bili

ty o

f h

um

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urc

es.

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du

ctio

n p

ote

ntia

l an

d p

rod

uct

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sts

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stim

ate

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nd

er

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th

reat

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est

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d d

ise

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s, in

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bly

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us

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g

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ing

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pub

lica

tion

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Mar

.-A

pr.

20

16

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e G

lob

al F

un

d a

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cou

ntri

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ceiv

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du

ct a

n E

ligib

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ir C

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ntry

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chan

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man

age

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nt t

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l th

at h

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s to

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ntify

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ths

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akn

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n s

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at

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nu

a-lly

, me

asu

ring

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lian

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f C

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ith t

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elig

ibili

ty

req

uire

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pub

licat

ion

CA

Jan

.-D

ec.

20

16

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ess

to

fin

anci

al s

erv

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y su

stai

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le a

gri

cult

u-

ral p

rod

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rs in

th

e C

en

tral

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eri

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re

gio

n is

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i-te

d, b

ut

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y st

ron

gly

ne

ed

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dit

sup

po

rt in

ord

er

to

rem

ain

co

mp

eti

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e F

inan

cial

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rvic

es

for

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stai

-n

able

Ag

ricu

ltu

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rog

ram

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s to

fac

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te

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cal a

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al fi

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cial

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ps.

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en

imp

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en

ted

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ince

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29

No

Them

e*

Titl

e &

Rep

ort(

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try.

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Sum

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16-0

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RN

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mo

crat

ic D

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gu

e fo

r E

nviro

nm

ent

al S

ecu

rity

(PP

DS

A)

Ha

ns N

usse

lder

and

Ste

rvin

s A

lexi

s,

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lua

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n fin

al d

el P

rog

ram

a

de

Rec

ons

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n C

ord

aid

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D

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16).

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gra

ma

Diá

log

o D

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ra la

Seg

urid

ad

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mb

ient

al (

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DS

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lua

ció

n fin

al”,

Sa

n Jo

sé, D

ec. 2

016

.

AL

y

CA

RM

ay-

Oct

. 20

16

Co

lom

bia

, Gu

ate

mal

a, a

nd

El S

alva

do

r fa

ce c

hal

len

ge

s in

em

erg

ing

fro

m in

tern

al c

ivil

con

flic

ts. A

t th

e s

ame

tim

e, t

he

ir g

ove

rnm

ent

s h

ave

be

en

imp

lem

ent

ing

new

p

ub

lic p

olic

ies

in t

he

env

iron

me

ntal

se

cto

r. T

he

PD

D-

SA

ass

iste

d p

olit

ical

par

ties,

civ

il so

cie

ty a

nd

wo

me

n

lead

ers

at

the

nat

ion

al a

nd

re

gio

nal

leve

ls, p

rom

otin

g

dia

log

ue

pla

tfo

rms

and

se

eki

ng

re

solu

tion

me

chan

ism

s fo

r p

rob

lem

s in

th

e m

inin

g s

ect

or

(Co

lom

bia

) an

d w

ate

r re

sou

rce

s m

anag

em

ent

(Gu

ate

mal

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d E

l Sal

vad

or

). In

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h o

f th

e t

hre

e c

ou

ntri

es

pro

gre

ss h

as b

ee

n m

ade

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tho

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h t

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po

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n o

f ci

tize

ns

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me

n in

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ti-cu

lar

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s th

reat

en

ed

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er

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min

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rce

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ion

al p

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e a

gre

em

ent

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rvey

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on

g A

SA

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in N

ort

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rn C

ost

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ica)

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élic

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am

irez,

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na A

rauj

o a

nd

Ros

a L

eón,

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orm

e fin

al -

Ca

ract

eri-

zaci

ón d

e 11

2 A

soci

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min

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s y

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ant

aril

lad

os C

omun

ale

s (A

SAD

AS)

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cant

ones

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Sa

n C

arlo

s y

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rap

iquí

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ct. 2

016

.

CR

Jul.-

Nov

. 20

16

In C

ost

a R

ica

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re a

re a

bo

ut

150

0 lo

cal w

ate

r su

pp

ly

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em

op

era

tors

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SA

DA

S),

cove

ring

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% o

f th

e p

op

u-

latio

n. T

he

se o

rgan

izat

ion

s ar

e e

xam

ple

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f co

mm

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ity

man

age

me

nt o

f w

ate

r re

sou

rce

s. T

his

stu

dy

char

acte

-riz

ed

112

of

the

m, o

pe

ratin

g in

San

Car

los

and

Sar

apiq

uí,

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rev

eal

ed

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at a

lth

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gh

th

at r

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ion

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atio

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age

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ake

rs. A

t its

re

qu

est

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effe

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nte

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ub

sid

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he

ca

se o

f N

icar

agu

a, t

ech

nic

al a

ssis

tan

ce w

as p

rovi

de

d

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ns N

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MU

NN

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e B

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ch, t

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mai

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ng

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in

Be

lgiu

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ind

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de

nt e

valu

atio

n w

as m

ade

of

two

co

unt

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rog

ram

me

pro

po

sals

for

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pe

rio

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017

-20

21,

for

Hai

ti an

d R

wan

da

resp

ect

ive

ly.

Th

ey fo

cuse

d o

n

the

pro

tect

ion

of

vuln

era

ble

ch

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n a

nd

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ricu

ltu

ral

dev

elo

pm

ent

, mai

nly

with

wo

me

n.

AC

OD

EV

SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA · SEPTEMBER 2017

Centre for RuralDevelopment Studies