Climate change is happening faster and in a dramatically more visible way in the Earth's cryosphere than anywhere else on earth. Cryosphere is defined as elements of the Earth system containing water ...
Tipo: Other Environmental StudyInforme#: 82409Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2013Autor:
Bodin, Svante ;
Nordberg, Lars ;
Pearson, Pam ;
Pettus, Ashley
The feasibility study for the design and implementation of a coverage index macro against drought for food security level in Guatemala conducted by the World Bank shows that it is technically feasible...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 90645Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2013
This Inequality in Focus newsletter includes the following headings: Analyzing the World Banks goal of achieving shared prosperity; Managing risk is essential to reducing poverty and inequality.
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 82533Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2013Autor:
Ashwill,Maximillian Shen ;
Demombynes,Gabriel ;
Ferreira, Francisco ;
Lopez-Calva,Luis-Felipe ;
Mulligan,Mary Anne ;
Narayan,Ambar ;
Newman, John ;
Olinto,Pedro ;
Reva,Anna ;
Saavedra,Jaime ;
Tiwari,Sailesh
In Chile, responsibility for planning and structuring of investment in public entity of civil infrastructure lies with the Ministry of Public Works (MOP). During the study that has been carried out it...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 88275Fecha: 29 de septiembre de 2013Autor:
World Bank
This book is specifically designed for bank supervisors, some of whom may be looking for ways to devise a program of anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) supervision. O...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 48895Fecha: 23 de septiembre de 2013Autor:
Chatain,Pierre-Laurent ;
Mcdowell,John ;
Mousset,Cedric
From 2000-10, the Dominican Republic sustained high levels of economic growth. However, without a standardized poverty measurement methodology, it was difficult to assess the effect of this growth on ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 81786Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2013Autor:
Baez, Javier E. ;
Sanchez Martin,Miguel Eduardo ;
Schutte,Rebecca Fair
Data is essential to inform decisions aimed at reducing disaster risk. In the Caribbean, considered one of the most vulnerable regions in the world, governments face two fundamental decisions when it ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 82613Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2013
This report is based on seven papers for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 published in The Lancet (December 13, 2010; 380). This publication summarizes the global GBD 2010 findings as well as ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 80851Fecha: 27 de agosto de 2013Autor:
Human Development Network the World Bank ;
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Univ
For middle-income and developing countries as well as some industrial nations a major challenge for building and sustaining successful research universities is determining the mechanisms that allow th...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 64668Fecha: 27 de agosto de 2013Autor:
Altbach, Philip G. [editor] ;
Salmi, Jamil [editor]
This study provides an overview of current and future bioenergy developments, describes the impacts related to poverty and the environment, assesses the opportunities and challenges, and outlines how ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 52454Fecha: 27 de agosto de 2013Autor:
Cushion,Elizabeth ;
Dieterle,Gerhard ;
Whiterman, Adrian
Financial consumer protection regulation reflects the regulator's and policy makers' concerns with the relationship between financial institutions and their clients. Most emerging markets and developi...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 95389Fecha: 16 de agosto de 2013Autor:
Dias,Denise Leite
Hand washing with soap and water is a simple way to reduce the spread of disease. It doesn't require complicated technology, it's usually affordable and even young children can do it. Yet many people ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 79748Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2013Autor:
Galiani,Sebastian Franco ;
Gertler,Paul J. ;
Orsola Vidal,Alexandra
In January 2012 a new banking business was about to emerge in the Philippines. After being in the wholesale microfinance lending business for two years, BanKO (which is licensed as a savings and thrif...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 80649Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2013Autor:
Hanouch,Michel ;
Rotman,Sarah Catherine
Since 2006, there has been an explosion of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) projects in Brazil, as well as efforts to pass PES laws at federal, state, and municipal levels. Even in this short...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 86270Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2013Autor:
Pagiola,Stefano P. ;
von Glehn, Helena Carrascosa ;
Taffarello, Denise
This Inequality in Focus newsletter includes the following headings: The challenge of high inequality in China; Inequality and unrest in Brazil: a conversation with Ricardo Paes de Barros.
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 82522Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2013Autor:
Ashwill,Maximillian Shen ;
Demombynes,Gabriel ;
Ferreira, Francisco ;
Lopez-Calva,Luis-Felipe ;
Mulligan,Mary Anne ;
Newman, John ;
Olinto,Pedro ;
Reva,Anna ;
Sicular,Terry
Fiscal consolidation remains the central challenge facing Honduras, mainly due to increasing current expenditures. The widening fiscal deficit has been driven by a significant increase in current expe...
Tipo: Public Expenditure ReviewInforme#: 82662Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2013Autor:
Arias Moncada,Ramon Ernesto ;
Biletska,Nataliya ;
Tolsa Caballero,Nuria ;
Calvo-Gonzalez,Oscar ;
Carias Davila,David ;
Djiofack,Calvin Zebaze ;
Medvedev,Denis ;
Miranda,Gustavo Ezequiel ;
Qian,Rong ;
Ramirez Arras,Karina ;
Razafimandimby,Luc ;
Sethi,Geeta ;
Vinuela,Lorena ;
Zoratto,Laura De Castro
The report of the management capacity of road safety in Colombia analyzes the reasons for this situation in terms of the institutional, system performance and traffic management capabilities for new p...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 82004Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2013
This publication contains a summary description of probabilistic modeling of disaster risk that can be generated as a result of natural hazards. Both conceptual bases are presented as a series of appl...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 80173Fecha: 8 de julio de 2013Autor:
Yamin, Luis Eduardo ;
Ghesquiere,Francis ;
Cardona, Omar Dario ;
Ordaz, Mario Gustavo
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