What is LACEEP?

LACEEP is the Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program. Supported by the Canadian International Development Research Center (IDRC) and the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), LACEEP is a capacity building effort that provides research grants in environmental and resource economics to Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) researchers. It provides not only financial support, but also meetings, close advice and supervision by specifically appointed scientists, access to literature, publication outlets, and opportunities for comparative research.

LACEEP's research program focuses in general onapplied, policy relevant research.

LACEEP officially initiated activities in June 2005, but was publicly inaugurated at the 2nd Congress of the Latin American and Caribbean Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (Oaxaca, Mexico)in March 2005.

Which is our target group?

The program is aimed at junior researchers who are citizens of any country in LAC. 

Applicants should have prior training in economics, preferably at the master level or higher, and should preferably be attached to an institution in the LAC region.

LACEEP is constantly building up a database of students, researchers and practitioners of environmental economics and related fields throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.