The Dominican Republic has low economic mobility, with less than 2 percent of its people climbing to a higher income group during the decade, compared to an average 41 percent in the Latin America and...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 85760Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Baez Ramirez,Javier Eduardo ;
Lopez-Calva,Luis-Felipe ;
Castaneda Aguilar,Raul Andres ;
Sharman, Ali
Road traffic crashes kill over 1.2 million people a year, a death toll that exceeds fatalities due to malaria and approaches deaths attributable to tuberculosis (TB). According to World Bank statistic...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 87931Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Negrete, Urzua
The focus note is organized into six sections. The first section provides an overview of the microfinance sector and the regulatory framework in West African Economic Monetary Union, or WAEMU and Econ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 88168Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2013Autor:
Riquet,Corinne ;
Poursat,Christine
This study explores the evolution of violence in schools generated by soccer fan clubs and measures the resilience mechanisms used by secondary school students in the face of this phenomenon.
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 83274Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2013
This case demonstrates some of the challenges base-of-the-pyramid (BoP) consumers face with the products and providers they use, and how access to effective non-judicial recourse options can help brid...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 88167Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2013Autor:
Chapman,Megan Swann ;
Mazer,Rafael Keenan
In recent years, the development community has sustained support for microfinance but broadened funding to encompass a wider goal of financial inclusion. International funders have been adapting prior...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 88163Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2013Autor:
Dashi,Edlira ;
Lahaye,Estelle Marie ;
Rizvanolli, Ralitsa
Branchless banking services have taken on a significant challenge: developing new channels through which to provide financial services to customers who have mostly used only cash before. Understanding...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 88165Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2013Autor:
Mckay,Claudia Vonderohe ;
Seltzer,Yanina Ester
This paper on basic school supplies in Paraguay claims that despite the conceptual and methodological limitations that still have most empirical studies on the impact of school factors on student perf...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 83885Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2013
This report, State of the art of the teaching profession in Paraguay: inspiring ideas for the elaboration of educational policies, analyzes the teaching profession in Paraguay in light of some promisi...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 98203Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2013
The Diagnostic Review of Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy provide a detailed institutional, legal and regulatory assessment for consumer protection in four segments of the financial sector: ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 82692Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2013Autor:
Byskov,Steen ;
Caal Catun,Byron Guillermo ;
Den-Toll,Karen Lillian ;
Jaeger,Johanna ;
Karmali,Nadeem M. ;
Rutman,Jose Isaac ;
Thomas, David
Costa Rica is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the World due to the tectonic interaction of the Cocos and Caribbean plates. Earthquakes, and other natural hazards, place major stress on t...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 82614Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2013
The Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF) is a diagnostic tool to assess the status of land governance at country level using a participatory process that draws systematically on existing eviden...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 119617Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2013
The diagnostic review for consumer protection and financial literacy (CPFL) provides a detailed assessment of the institutional, legal, and regulatory framework for consumer protection in four segment...
Informe#: 84655Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2013Autor:
Byskov,Steen ;
Caal Catun,Byron Guillermo ;
Den-Toll,Karen Lillian ;
Izaguirre Araujo,Juan Carlos ;
Jaeger,Johanna ;
Karmali,Nadeem M. ;
Rutman,Jose Isaac ;
Thomas, David
This report describes a baseline measure of the financial capability of the Mexican adult population. Chapter one describes the Mexican context and the rationale for the financial capability study. Ch...
Tipo: Other Financial Sector StudyInforme#: 82134Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2013Autor:
Bruhn,Miriam ;
Reddy,Rekha ;
Tan,Congyan
Este informe semestral, producido por la Oficina del Economista Jefe para América Latina y el Caribe del Banco Mundial, examina los retos a los que América Latina y el Caribe (LAC por sus siglas en in...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 191430Fecha: 31 de octubre de 2013Autor:
De La Torre, Augusto ;
Yeyati, Eduardo Luis Levy ;
Loor, Samuel Jaime Pienknagura
Electricity consumption in Turkey has increased by close to 7% per year since 1990, and is expected to grow annually by around 6% in the next decade, meaning that greater investments are needed. The g...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 180239Fecha: 28 de octubre de 2013Autor:
World Bank
This policy note uses a comprehensive definition of equity which implies that citizens should have equal access to opportunities, to live with dignity and have autonomy and the opportunity to particip...
Tipo: Policy NoteInforme#: ACS6811Fecha: 26 de octubre de 2013Autor:
Alvarez Arostegui,Horacio ;
Van Der Borght,Rafael ;
Sanchez Martin,Miguel Eduardo ;
Pillay,Anne ;
Redondo,Gisela
This Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) with the United States of Mexico covers the fiscal years 2014 to 2019 and is fully aligned with the goals of the National Development of the Mexico Plan (PND) 2...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 97073Fecha: 23 de octubre de 2013
In this introductory note and recommendations matrix for Policy Notes for Dominican Republic, 2013 for the first time the Dominican Republic has agreed to a National Strategy of development (END) 2010...
Tipo: Policy NoteInforme#: 87119Fecha: 8 de octubre de 2013Autor:
Redondo,Gisela ;
Sanchez Martin,Miguel Eduardo
In recent years, the world has suffered a multitude of crisis. Financial and economic turmoil have disrupted the world economy through loss of income, jobs, and social stability. Intense natural disas...
Tipo: World Development ReportInforme#: 81785Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2013Autor:
Loayza,Norman V. ;
Otker-Robe, Inci
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