Transparency Initiative Construction Sector (CoST) is designed to promote international transparency and accountability of public infrastructure projects. A Multi-Sectoral Group (MSG), with equal repr...
Tipo: Other Infrastructure StudyInforme#: 71678Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2011
The purpose of this report is to inform practitioners on gender dynamics in Bolivia as they relate to natural resource management and climate change. This is done to provide new knowledge for mainstre...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 71736Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2011Autor:
Ashwill,Maximillian Shen ;
Blomqvist,Morten ;
Salinas,Silvia ;
Ugaz Simonsen,Kira Helene
The Singapore economy has undergone significant stages of development since the 1960s. It has grown from its traditional role as a regional port and distribution center in the 1960s to an internationa...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 43968Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2011Autor:
Fredriksen,Birger J. ;
Goh, Chor Boon, ;
Lee, Sing-Kong ;
Tan,Jee-Peng
Honduras is a lower middle income country with broad macroeconomic, governance, security and growth challenges. Human development challenges persist, particularly with regards to educational attainmen...
Tipo: Country Assistance Strategy DocumentInforme#: 63370Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2011
Bolivia has undergone a period of profound change since the Government of President Morales came to power in January 2006. The Morales administration has implemented an array of economic and social po...
Tipo: Country Partnership FrameworkInforme#: 65108Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2011
El Directorio Ejecutivo del Banco Mundial aprobó el Proyecto de Desarrollo Sustentable para la Cuenca Matanza Riachuelo en agosto de 2009 a fin de apoyar al Saneamiento Ambiental Integral de la Cuenca...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 89389Fecha: 30 de octubre de 2011Autor:
Mejía, Abel ;
Yassuda,Eduardo ;
Jiménez, Blanca ;
Orozco, Álvaro ;
Pfander, Andrés ;
Perez De Odriozola,Marta Susana ;
Travaglianti,Esteban Fernando ;
González, Luz María ;
Markandya,Anil
The chapters presented in this volume adopt a variety of these methodological tools in order to explore the extent to which discrimination against women and demographic minorities is pervasive in Lati...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 52098Fecha: 2 de octubre de 2011Autor:
Nopo Aguilar,Hugo Rolando ;
Chong Lam,Alberto Elias ;
Moro, Andrea
Finance is an important ingredient for development, as it allows rural and agricultural communities to become successful in creating livelihoods and improving food security. The world is facing a num...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 70163Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2011
Annually, Guatemala loses over US dollar 300 million in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Scaling up core micronutrient nutrition interventions would cost less than US ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 77167Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2011
The World Bank is currently supporting the US$20 million Nutrition and Social Protection Project with more than half of financing supporting the Community Based Nutrition Program. It aims to prevent c...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 77172Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2011
Over one-third of child deaths are due to undernutrition, mostly from increased severity of disease. The economic costs of undernutrition include direct costs such as the increased burden on the healt...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 77144Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2011
Over the past five years, the microcredit sector has experienced unprecedented growth. The number of borrowers served by microfinance institutions (MFIs) has increased threefold to reach 120 million c...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 68097Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2011Autor:
Lyman,Timothy ;
Lythgoe, Tony ;
Miller, Margaret ;
Reille,Xavier ;
Sankaranarayan, Shalini
Most donors and investors supporting financial inclusion do so with an aspiration to improve poor peoples lives. In recent years, the movement toward responsible finance has shaped the industrys bel...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 95386Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2011Autor:
Koning,Antonique M. ;
Mckee,Katharine
This speech was delivered by Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank, at George Washington University in Washington, DC, on September 14, 2011. The speech explains the importance of modernizin...
Tipo: President's SpeechInforme#: 111979Fecha: 14 de septiembre de 2011Autor:
Zoellick,Robert B.
This preliminary scoping report of the reconciliation of mining and hydrocarbon sector payments and revenues for Guatemala is a result of Guatemala's acceptance as a candidate for the Extractive Indu...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 72817Fecha: 11 de septiembre de 2011
Executive Directors continued to play an important role as the World Bank faced many challenges in a global post crisis economy. The Board considered a number of key documents in preparation for the c...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 64440Fecha: 9 de septiembre de 2011
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