This accompanying brief on health serves as a to the corresponding chapter in the full guidance note (report 75102). The provides operational guidance to maximize the impact of investments on nutritio...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 75104Fecha: 1 de enero de 2013
With a population of 113 million and a per-capita Gross Domestic Product, or GDP of US$10,064 (current U.S. dollars), Mexico is one of the largest and highest-income countries in Latin America and the...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 75008Fecha: 1 de enero de 2013Autor:
Bonilla-Chacín, M.E. ;
Aguilera,Nelly
The improvement of corporate governance practices is widely seen as one important element in strengthening the foundation for individual countries long-term economic performance and in contributing to...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 77943Fecha: 1 de enero de 2013
Colombia is an upper middle-income country with substantial potential yet with relatively high rates of poverty and inequality. It has a solid and stable economy with a large domestic market and a ric...
Tipo: Country Partnership FrameworkInforme#: 60620Fecha: 1 de enero de 2013
This study presents an analysis of what happens to youth in Oaxaca upon reaching the age at which they will be expected to graduate from upper secondary education. Through a statistical analysis of va...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 80870Fecha: 1 de enero de 2013Autor:
Szekely Pardo,Esteban Miguel
World Bank relations with civil society continued to expand throughout the institution during 2010–12. This evolution was experienced across the spectrum of the "engagement continuum," which includes ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 80950Fecha: 1 de enero de 2013
The Latin America and Caribbean Region has been at the forefront of global biodiversity conservation, dedicating 20 percent of its land to protected areas compared to 13 percent in the rest of the dev...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 76890Fecha: 1 de enero de 2013Autor:
Tlaiye, Laura E. ;
Aryal, Dinesh
This study on Beyond the Contributory Pension, Fourteen Latin American experiences has fifteen chapters, which discuss and analyze the various policy initiatives aimed at expanding public coverage bey...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 82724Fecha: 1 de enero de 2013Autor:
Rofman,Rafael P. ;
Apella,Ignacio Raul ;
Vezza,Evelyn
This annual report shows the crucial role International Finance Corporation (IFC) has played in providing support for small and medium entrepreneurs, expanding access to finance for the poor, creating...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 81790Fecha: 1 de enero de 2013
Climate change is at the top of the development agenda in Central America. This region, together with the Caribbean, is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change in Latin America. Climate cha...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 79526Fecha: 1 de enero de 2013Autor:
Cestti,Rita E. ;
Escurra,Jorge Jose ;
Klytchnikova,Irina I. ;
Pagiola,Stefano P.
This paper focuses on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) as a learning lab for inclusive green growth in terms of urban and infrastructure services, as well as natural resources and rural services....
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 77444Fecha: 1 de enero de 2013Autor:
Ijjasz-Vasquez,Ede Jorge
At the request of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) council, the GEF evaluation office conducts a number of CPEs every year. In fiscal year 12, in addition to the CPE in Cuba, the GEF Evaluation O...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 76396Fecha: 1 de enero de 2013
Peruvian public policy is currently focused on economic growth with social inclusion. The Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS)-created in October 2011-leads the sector and promotes evi...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 79713Fecha: 1 de enero de 2013Autor:
Perova,Elizaveta ;
Vakis,Renos
This paper includes: (1) additional information on the project proposer, especially the project executing agency's experience with managing grants awarded by other institutions, financial management p...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 79493Fecha: 1 de enero de 2013
The pregnancy project sought to expose the existence, and challenge the validity, of stereotypes about Hispanic women. The charade explored the underlying motivations of the many who responded with a ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 83167Fecha: 1 de enero de 2013Autor:
Azevedo,Joao Pedro Wagner De ;
Favara,Marta ;
Haddock,Sarah Elizabeth ;
Lopez-Calva, Luis F. ;
Muller,Miriam ;
Perova,Elizaveta
This case study summarizes the responses to the questionnaire on The Nuts and Bolts of the Program Expanding Health Coverage to the Poor, developed within the framework of the World Bank's UNICO - Uni...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 74957Fecha: 1 de enero de 2013Autor:
Couttolenc,Bernard F. ;
Dmytraczenko,Tania
This paper focuses on recent and significant health reform implemented in 2005, known as Universal Access with explicit guarantees (Acceso Universal con Garantias Explicitas - AUGE or GES), which mand...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 74958Fecha: 1 de enero de 2013Autor:
Bitran Dicowsky,Ricardo A.
Jamaica's primary health care system was a model for the Caribbean region in the 1990s. Because of it, Jamaicans enjoy relatively better health status than people in other countries of similar income ...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 75005Fecha: 1 de enero de 2013Autor:
Chao,Shiyan
This study of a Uruguay that is more equitable states that the system of Uruguay social protection is working efficiently, with elevated fiscal costs but with manageable and appropriate impact. Most i...
Tipo: Other Social Protection StudyInforme#: 81235Fecha: 1 de enero de 2013Autor:
Rofman,Rafael P. ;
Rodriguez, Federico ;
Hernandez,Diego A. ;
Corbo, Gabriel ;
Grushka,Carlos ;
Colafranceschi, Marco ;
Vigorito Delgado,Andrea ;
Leavy,Maria Jose ;
Apella,Ignacio Raul ;
Vezza,Evelyn
The study includes: glossary; references; and annexes. A number of countries in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region have been severely hit by food-price crises in 2008 and are still very vuln...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 74302Fecha: 11 de diciembre de 2012
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