Document to serve as a basis for the deliberations of the Panel of Financing for Sustainable Development organized jointly by ECLAC, UNDP and UNEP. Produced within the framework of the Regional Preparatory Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean for the World Conference on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, South Africa, 2002), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 23 and 24 October 2001 The document and case studies are products of a joint ECLAC/UNDP project , financially supported by the United Nations Development Programme.