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Figure V.10
Latin America and the Caribbean (selected countries): proportion of
total developed country imports (by value) from developing and least
developed countries, admitted free of duty, 1996-<strong>20</strong>08 ........................................... 212
Latin America and the Caribbean (selected countries): agricultural,
textile and clothing products subject to average customs duties,
most-favoured-nation (MFN) treatment and preferential tariffs
applied by developed countries, 1996-<strong>20</strong>08 ............................................................. 213
Latin America and the Caribbean: structure of global exports
since the early 1980s ................................................................................................ 218
Latin America and the Caribbean: distribution of investment in R&D,
1999 and <strong>20</strong>08 (or latest figure available) ................................................................ 222
Figure V.11 Expenditure on research and <strong>development</strong> by financing source, <strong>20</strong>07
(or most recent year available) ................................................................................. 223
Boxes
Box I.1 The Luz para todos programme in Brazil ................................................................ 35
Box I.2 Sustainable construction .......................................................................................... 40
Box I.3
Mainstreaming disaster-risk reduction into public investment
decisions in Latin America and the Caribbean......................................................... 54
Box I.4 Sustainable consumption and production in the region ........................................... 63
Box I.5 Pesticide risk reduction ............................................................................................ 67
Box I.6 Gender and land tenure ............................................................................................ 69
Box I.7 Urban sustainability in six metropolitan cities in Latin America
and the Caribbean ..................................................................................................... 80
Box I.8 The eco-efficiency of urban infrastructure ............................................................... 82
Box I.9 Initiatives for improving public transportation systems in the region...................... 83
Box II.1 Latin America and the Caribbean in international and regional forums
on the environment and <strong>sustainable</strong> <strong>development</strong> .................................................... 97
Box II.2 Latin America and the Caribbean: projected trends in primary
production capacity as a result of climate change .................................................... 106
Box II.3 Latin America and the Caribbean and the clean <strong>development</strong> mechanism .............. 113
Box II.4 Central America: biodiversity reduction scenarios with and without
climate change .......................................................................................................... 118
Box II.5 Conventions on biodiversity and protected species ................................................. 119
Box II.6
Box II.7
Brazil: Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Deforestation
in the Legal Amazon ................................................................................................ 125
Latin America and the Caribbean: promotion of forest management for
non-wood forest products – case study in Boyacá (Colombia)................................ 126
Box II.8 Desired role of women in forest conservation ......................................................... 127
Box II.9 Local water governance in Central America ............................................................ 132
Box II.10 Women and <strong>sustainable</strong> water management ............................................................ 134
Box II.11
Costs of coral reef degradation for human populations in the
Caribbean region ...................................................................................................... 136
Box II.12 Latin America and the Caribbean: main problems of marine regions ..................... 137
Box II.13 Electronic waste: a challenge for Latin America and the Caribbean ....................... 144
Box III.1 Socio-environmental conflicts in Latin America and the Caribbean ....................... 156
Box III.2 Gender-responsive budgeting in Ecuador ................................................................ 161
Box III.3
Latin America and the Caribbean: relationship between childhood living
conditions and educational attainment ..................................................................... 162