This inaugural issue of CIVIS outlines the vision for the newly created Cities Alliance program. The World Bank and the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), have joined forces to lau...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 32985Fecha: 12 de junio de 2000
From the 'agricultural credit era' (1950s-1970s) through the 'micro-enterprise era', institutional arrangements and product designs that characterized financial services to the poor were underpinned b...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33444Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2000Autor:
Rutherford, Stuart Edward
The note reviews England's experience on the potential of small claims procedures in expanding access to justice, which allow legal redress in situations where formal litigation would be too costly. B...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 21591Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2000Autor:
Baldwin, John
The note reviews three successive transport projects in Ghana (First and Second Transport Rehabilitation, and National Feeder Roads Rehabilitation Projects), which contributed to the success of the co...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 23003Fecha: 31 de marzo de 2000Autor:
Reja, Binyam
The Bank's recent study of involuntary resettlement show that if countries do not have both the capacity and the commitment to handle involuntary resettlement well, they should not embark on a large d...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22996Fecha: 29 de febrero de 2000Autor:
Picciotto, Robert ;
Rice, Edward B. ;
Van Wicklin Iii, Warren A.
This edition of the Pension Reform Primer examines the global trend in early retirement among rich and poorer countries, the reasons for people retiring early, the burden of early retirement on the pe...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33386Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000
Collecting contributions is more complicated in a decentralized pension system, based on individual accounts, than in a public system. Many public plans provide a defined benefit pension based on only...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33402Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000
This issue of CIVIS profiles the Swaziland Urban Development Project (SUDP). In response to increasing urbanization, the Government of Swaziland in the early 1990s made urban sector development and po...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 32984Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000
This Note on public management of pension funds concludes that publicly-managed pension reserves are often used to finance non-pension policy. Public pension fund managers tend to invest based on obje...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33385Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000
The value of funded pensions can depend critically on the funds' investment performance. To try and protect people's savings, governments often regulate pension funds strictly, particularly when contr...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33383Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000
The results of World Bank operations have continued to improve steadily. More than three-quarters of development projects supported by the Bank have achieved satisfactory outcomes, including 7 percent...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22969Fecha: 31 de diciembre de 1999Autor:
Buckley, Robert M.
The World Bank has usually "done the right thing" in the Zimbabwe health sector, but has not always "done things right," according to a recent Operations Evaluations (OED) study. Bank policy advice an...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22970Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1999Autor:
Johnston, Timothy A.
For almost 50 years judges, lawyers, and policymakers in the United States have experimented with ways to speed up the processing of civil and criminal cases. Several lessons have emerged from this ef...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 21584Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1999Autor:
Messick, Richard ;
Shuker, Nan ;
Pace, Nicholas ;
Ostr
This note, based on a recent study by the Operations Evaluation Department, analyzes the effectiveness of the training and visit (T&V) system of agricultural extension service management in Kenya, thr...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 23002Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1999Autor:
Gautam, Madhur
The note analyzes the effective assistance provided by the International Development Association (IDA) to Bangladesh, and reviews successes brought about by the partnership forged with the Government....
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22993Fecha: 30 de septiembre de 1999Autor:
Robinson, Roger J.
Evaluation strengthens accountability (by assessing performance), improves the quality of operations (by disseminating lessons from experience), and informs strategy, resource allocation, and personne...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22999Fecha: 30 de septiembre de 1999Autor:
Fostvedt, Nils
Experience in Thailand sheds light on one of the key dimensions of land administration: its contribution to improving natural resource management and reducing rural poverty. The two projects under rev...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22978Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 1999Autor:
Heath, John Richard
The overall performance of World Bank operations has improved over the 1990s, despite major increases in project demandingness and complexity and a challenging global environment, according to Operati...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 23001Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 1999Autor:
Hanna, Nagy K.
This note presents the lessons from the assessments that are likely to be most useful to country directors, and task teams preparing new adjustment operations. The five adjustment loans (two in Argent...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 26710Fecha: 30 de agosto de 1999Autor:
Morrow, Daniel
The economic analysis of law is an indispensable conceptual tool for designing and reforming legal systems. It does not necessarily deal with markets, prices, and what are conventionally thought to be...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 21574Fecha: 31 de julio de 1999Autor:
Shavell, Steven
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