The percentage of smallholders with access to finance is equally difficult to quantify. According to estimates, even promising approaches to expanding smallholder lending, such as value chain finance,...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 94905Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Hishigsuren,Gaamaa ;
Kioko,Catherine Makanda ;
Miller,Heather Anne ;
Spahr,Martin ;
Varangis, Panos
Despite international commitments, significant barriers remain in the process of recovering the proceeds of corruption from foreign jurisdictions. This volume identifies and analyzes the impact of the...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 63258Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Brun,Jean Pierre ;
Dunker,Gabriele ;
Gray,Larissa Alanna ;
Panjer,Melissa ;
Power,Richard John ;
Stephenson,Kevin Mark
Yet the current situation differs from 2007-2008 in critical respects. First, recent international price increases are more widespread across agricultural commodities than in 2008, when price spikes w...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 87932Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Cord,Louise J. ;
Sennhauser,Ethel ;
De La Torre,Augusto
Bitcoin has had a volatile journey since it was launched in 2009, attracting attention among conventional investors as well as the black market. Regulators and policy makers are also following Bitcoin...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 88164Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Rotman,Sarah Catherine
This issue of the Inequality in focus newsletter contains the following topics of interest: aspiration traps: when poverty stifles hope; and, explaining the gap between facts and perceptions of inequa...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 84370Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Flechtner, Svenja ;
Verme,Paolo
This paper on the role of the provinces as it obtains in the social protection in Argentina points out that the social protection system in Argentina developed gradually since the beginning of the las...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 90381Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Rofman,Rafael P.
This report, the puppet masters, deals with the corporate and financial structures that form the building blocks of hidden money trails. In particular, it focuses on the ease with which corrupt actors...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 65125Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Halter,Emily Marie ;
Harrison,Robert Mansour ;
Park,Ji Won ;
Sharman,Jason Campbell ;
Van Der Does De Willebois,Emile Johannes Marie
Since 2012, there has been a rapid increase in the number of mobile microinsurance (MMI) products. The use of relatively low-cost mobile channels in microinsurance offers the potential to reach poorer...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 88166Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Tellez Merchan,Camilo Andres ;
Zetterli,Peter
Over the course of history, dams have captivated the interest of society at large. Used to store large amounts of water, dams are also constructed to control flood waters and generate hydroelectricity...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 86500Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
De Nys,Erwin ;
Freitas, Paula ;
Muanis Persechini,Maria Ines
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent an important and growing burden to the health and economies of the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. However, some of this burden can be prevente...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 87821Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Bonilla-Chacin,Maria Eugenia ;
Barbieri,Maria Eugenia ;
Hernandez, Adriana Diaz del Castillo ;
Duran, Ethel Segura ;
Sarmiento, OIga L. ;
Rodriguez Ortega,Evelyne Eugenia ;
Sica Schimansky,Amanda ;
Lorenzo, Ana ;
Mora, Franco Gonzalez ;
Abascal, Winston
Cartagena, the historic city where the '1983 Cartagena convention for the Protection of the Caribbean' was signed, is meeting its responsibilities to protect the public health of its citizens as well ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 86305Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Browder,Greg J. ;
Duvi, Ricardi
This study aims to provide an overview of past and future population dynamics, analyzing their impact on social and economic development of Argentina. It tries to identify the opportunities and challe...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 88055Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Apella,Ignacio Raul ;
Gragnolati,Michele ;
Rofman,Rafael P. ;
Troiano,Sara
The Global Trade Logistics Advisory program is part of the Investment Climate Department of the World Bank Group. The Investment Climate Department helps governments implement reforms to improve their...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 91142Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014
Big challenges demand big solutions. This flagship report covers the International Finance Corporation's (IFC's) financial reporting, projects and commitments for FY2014. Over the past year, IFC inves...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 90949Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014
This publication is the Annual Bulletin of the World Bank for Andean countries for the period 2013-2014 and it covers the activities that had more outstanding technical cooperation, studies and repor...
Tipo: Annual ReportInforme#: 94378Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014
The fight against corruption is a developmental imperative. While international efforts have achieved some significant results, they also illustrate the extent of the challenges that remain. A key les...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 67627Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Barnes, Daniel W. ;
Berger,Tammar ;
Burdescu,Ruxandra ;
Gilman,Stuart ;
Habershon,Alexandra M. ;
Recanatini,Francesca ;
Reid,Gary J. ;
Trapnell, Stephanie E.
The Centres activities in fiscal year 2014 are presented in detail in this report. They demonstrate why the Centre is still considered the lead international institution in this field. ICSID benefits...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 93612Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014
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