This report on the Study of social public expenditure and its institutions stresses that Honduras has experienced moderate economic growth in the last decade, in line with the rest of the region. Desp...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 98797Fecha: 1 de junio de 2015
El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America, and one of the most densely populated in the world. El Salvador is among the countries most affected by weather-related events and other hazards...
Tipo: Country Assistance Strategy DocumentInforme#: 95185Fecha: 26 de mayo de 2015
The new Carbon Pricing Watch compiles the latest data on formal carbon pricing initiatives around the world. Several carbon taxes and one of the world's largest emissions trading systems started in th...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 166456Fecha: 26 de mayo de 2015
This story highlights the moving in the right direction, but far from reaching universal access to modern energy, doubling energy efficiency and doubling share of renewable energy in global energy mix...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 166510Fecha: 18 de mayo de 2015
The world economy is not what it used to be twenty years ago. For most of the 20th century, the world economy was characterized by developed (North) countries acting as 'center' to a 'periphery' of de...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 96467Fecha: 13 de mayo de 2015Autor:
De La Torre,Augusto ;
Didier Brandao,Tatiana ;
Ize,Alain ;
Lederman,Daniel ;
Schmukler,Sergio L.
Since the end of the Civil War in 1992, El Salvador has advanced on both the social and political fronts. Despite this progress and the recent reductions in income inequality, poverty remains high, la...
Tipo: Systematic Country DiagnosticInforme#: 97718Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2015Autor:
Calvo-Gonzalez,Oscar ;
Lopez,J. Humberto
This note is a summary of a report that considers urban areas as the complement to rural areas that will allow the Plurinational State of Bolivia to achieve the goals set forth in its Patriotic Agenda...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 97834Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2015Autor:
Trohanis,Zoe Elena ;
Zaengerling,Bontje Marie ;
Sanchez-Reaza,Javier
This story highlights education in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea was hit hard by the Ebola outbreak; at the height of the epidemic, five million children were affected by school closures. Schools ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 166476Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2015
Contrato de Prestación de Servicios Profesionales que celebran por una parte, el Gobierno Federal por conducto del Organismo Ejecutor que solicita el servicio, en su carácter de Ejecutor del Proyecto ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 119663Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2015
The definition of social protection (SP) programs varies widely, as do the types of interventions included and the specific outcomes sought. These programs can be implemented through public and/or pri...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 92970Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2015Autor:
Gennari,Floriza Freire ;
Arango,Diana Jimena ;
Mccleary-Sills,Jennifer Diane ;
Hidalgo,Nidia
This story highlights every year, approximately 1.3 million people die as the result of road traffic collisions, more than 3,500 deaths per day. To raise awareness of this critical issue, the World Ba...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 166809Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2015
Migration is transforming rural economies, landscapes, and potentially, gender relations. Migration is one of the drivers of the so-called feminization of agriculture in Latin America. This feminizati...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: AUS9147Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2015Autor:
Stanley,Victoria
This story highlights in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, 4 in 10 women in artisanal mining face sexual abuse to gain access to work or basic goods. Recent research suggests that such abuses are ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 166509Fecha: 30 de abril de 2015
Costa Rica stands out for being one of the most politically stable, progressive, and prosperous nations in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Political stability and inclusive social policies have...
Tipo: Country Partnership FrameworkInforme#: 94686Fecha: 23 de abril de 2015
Richard Fuller is President of Pure Earth, which serves as Secretariat for the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP). The nonprofit Pure Earth works to clean up contaminated sites in the poor...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 166812Fecha: 21 de abril de 2015
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) has negative impacts on physical and mental health. Health care settings provide a unique opportunity to identify VAWG survivors, provide critical support servi...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 92963Fecha: 1 de abril de 2015Autor:
Arango,Diana Jimena ;
Gennari,Floriza Freire ;
Hidalgo, Nidia ;
Mccleary-Sills,Jennifer Diane
For every three years a country is affected by major violence (defined as deaths due to war or excess homicides comparable to a major war), economic growth lags behind by 2.7 percentage points. Citize...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 92966Fecha: 1 de abril de 2015Autor:
Gennari,Floriza Freire ;
Hidalgo, Nidia ;
Mccleary-Sills,Jennifer Diane ;
Arango,Diana Jimena
Experiencing violence in schools can negatively impact girls' enrollment as well as the quality of the education they receive. Evidence suggests that sexual harassment is widespread in educational set...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 92968Fecha: 1 de abril de 2015Autor:
Arango,Diana Jimena ;
Gennari,Floriza Freire ;
Kiplesund,Sveinung ;
Mccleary-Sills,Jennifer Diane ;
Urban, Anne-Marie
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