The Guatemala Poverty Assessment (GUAPA) report was part of a broader, multi-year program of analytical work and technical assistance that signals the commitment of the World Bank to poverty reduction...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 26909Fecha: 1 de abril de 2003Autor:
Tesliuc, Emil Daniel ;
Lindert, Kathy A.
In the mid-1990s, many Mexicans lived in poverty without adequate access to health and social services. Of a total population of 84 million, 25 percent were considered poor and 16 percent, extremely p...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 26907Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2003Autor:
Marquez, Patricio Vicente ;
De Geyndt, Willy L.
This note provides practical guidance on rural transport interventions in multi-sectoral and community driven projects. It is targeted at people and agencies involved with physical access issues at th...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 84210Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2003
Small businesses are important for employment creation and growth in Chile. They provide 73 percent of all private sector employment; half in micro-businesses (own account and firms employing fewer th...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 26908Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2003Autor:
Hanna, James C.
Knowledge based economies have an advantage in today's liberalized global market. OECD countries with extensive knowledge assets are able to drive rapid technological progress and reap the benefits in...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 26906Fecha: 7 de febrero de 2003Autor:
Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen, Andreas Blom, Patricia Garcia
Historically, Colombia's "safety nets" were economic growth and a now unsustainable expansion of social services, notably in health, education, and pensions. Social assistance (SA) was not included in...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 26905Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2003Autor:
Rawlings, Laura B.
A significant proportion of donor funding in microfinance takes the form of credit components in multi-sectoral projects. Credit is often seen as a tool for achieving the goals of a range of projects ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 34190Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2003Autor:
Clark, Heather Anne
The importance of economic considerations in groundwater management, and protection lies in that economics deals with the allocation, and use of scarce resources. As long as a resource is abundant, th...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 30099Fecha: 1 de enero de 2003Autor:
Foster, James Stephen ;
Garduno, Hector ;
Kemper, Karin Erika ;
Nanni, Marcella ;
Tuinhof, Albert
The note reviews how urban wastewater relate to groundwater, to what extent is wastewater a groundwater pollution hazard, and what types of measures are available for reducing risks, and increasing be...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 30104Fecha: 1 de enero de 2003Autor:
Foster, James Stephen ;
Garduno, Hector ;
Kemper, Karin Erika ;
Nanni, Marcella ;
Tuinhof, Albert
The largest hydrographic basin in the world, the Amazon is the source of 20 percent of all the fresh water on the planet. The Basin covers some 600 million hectares in nine countries, over half of whi...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 26727Fecha: 1 de enero de 2003
An estimated 40 million of the 115 million children out of school have disabilities. The vast majority of these children have moderate impairments that are often not visible or easily diagnosed. Disab...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 26602Fecha: 1 de enero de 2003Autor:
Peters, Susan J.
The note explains groundwater resources are never strictly non-renewable. But in certain cases the period needed for replenishment (100s to 1000s of years) is very long in relation to the normal time-...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 30101Fecha: 1 de enero de 2003Autor:
Foster, James Stephen ;
Garduno, Hector ;
Kemper, Karin Erika ;
Nanni, Marcella ;
Tuinhof, Albert
Groundwater, as a vital natural resource for the reliable and economic provision of potable water supply, merits protection in both the urban and rural environment. It thus plays a fundamental (but of...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 30100Fecha: 1 de enero de 2003Autor:
Dumars, Charles ;
Foster, James Stephen ;
Garduno, Hector ;
Kemper, Karin Erika ;
Nanni, Marcella ;
Tuinhof, Albert
PROGRESA (Programa de Educacion, Salud y Alimentacion) is an innovative Mexican program that provides cash transfers to poor rural households, on condition that their children attend school and their ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 26785Fecha: 1 de enero de 2003Autor:
Quentin Wodon, Benedicte de la Briere, Corinne Siaens, and Shlomo Yitzhaki
This briefing note explains the technical strategies to confront situations of excessive, and unstable groundwater exploitation, but the institutional framework for implementation is dealt with elsewh...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 30091Fecha: 1 de enero de 2003Autor:
Foster, James Stephen ;
Garduno, Hector ;
Kemper, Karin Erika ;
Nanni, Marcella ;
Tuinhof, Albert
The note addresses the importance of groundwater abstraction rights, and why water rights' systems are needed. The right to abstract (or divert), and use water (including groundwater), can be granted ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 30093Fecha: 1 de enero de 2003Autor:
Dumars, Charles ;
Foster, James Stephen ;
Garduno, Hector ;
Kemper, Karin Erika ;
Nanni, Marcella ;
Tuinhof, Albert
The note highlights the importance of stakeholder participation in groundwater management, because groundwater stakeholders are those who have an important interest in the resources of a specified aqu...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 30094Fecha: 1 de enero de 2003Autor:
Dumars, Charles ;
Foster, James Stephen ;
Garduno, Hector ;
Nanni, Marcella ;
Tuinhof, Albert ;
Kemper, Karin Erika
The note characterizes groundwater systems, reviews key concepts and frequent misconceptions, and explains how aquifers differ from one another. Groundwater flows generally take place in a myriad of i...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 30090Fecha: 1 de enero de 2003Autor:
Foster, James Stephen ;
Garduno, Hector ;
Kemper, Karin Erika ;
Nanni, Marcella ;
Tuinhof, Albert
The note provides an introduction to groundwater resource management, its scope and practice, and aims at clarifying the difference between surface water and groundwater, as follows. Groundwater diffe...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 30089Fecha: 1 de enero de 2003Autor:
Dumars, Charles ;
Foster, James Stephen ;
Garduno, Hector ;
Kemper, Karin Erika ;
Nanni, Marcella ;
Tuinhof, Albert
The note reviews country legislation over groundwater resources, specifying many governments have introduced legislation to regulate groundwater development, and to constrain activities that might com...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 30092Fecha: 1 de enero de 2003Autor:
Dumars, Charles ;
Foster, James Stephen ;
Garduno, Hector ;
Kemper, Karin Erika ;
Nanni, Marcella ;
Tuinhof, Albert
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