The World Bank Group and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) in particular, has for many years supported Indonesias efforts to transform its economy and improve the lives of ...
By providing technical expertise and grant financing, IBRD helped the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais overhaul costly and opaque procurement systems, resulting in savings to the government of US$77 mi...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91803Fecha: 6 de abril de 2010
Botswanas HIV/AIDS epidemic has affected nearly one quarter of the countrys population, and IBRD has formed a partnership with the government to boost prevention efforts across the country. The proj...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91814Fecha: 5 de abril de 2010
When the Board of the World Bank created the Inspection Panel 15 years ago, the primary objective was clear and important: to strengthen our accountability to the people affected by Bank financing and...
Tipo: Annual ReportInforme#: 51372Fecha: 5 de abril de 2010
This study stresses that despite the achievements, the result of the implementation of the Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a matter of debate. The authors discussed the representativeness and legitima...
Tipo: Public Expenditure ReviewInforme#: 57690Fecha: 1 de abril de 2010
Following a decade of rapid economic growth and social development, the Dominican Republic (DR) today faces important challenges that threaten the prospects for continued rapid progress. Among the mai...
Tipo: Country Partnership FrameworkInforme#: 49620Fecha: 1 de abril de 2010
Faced with persistently high unemployment, particularly among college graduates, Tunisia has been working with IBRD to improve its global competitiveness and accelerate economic growth. Since the late...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92646Fecha: 1 de abril de 2010
Illiteracy and malnutrition are not easily visible: a child might appear healthy but be growing too slowly. A child may be enrolled at school and able to read but be below the age-appropriate standard...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91802Fecha: 1 de abril de 2010
This report is the product of a research project rigorously evaluating the net impacts of participation in small and medium enterprise (SME) programs in four Latin American countries, Chile, Mexico, C...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 52668Fecha: 1 de abril de 2010Autor:
Tan,Hong W. ;
Lopez-Acevedo,Gladys C.
The Fourth Overall Performance Study (OPS4) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) provides an assessment of the extent to which the GEF is achieving its objectives and informs the fifth GEF repleni...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 57590Fecha: 1 de abril de 2010
The national power transmission utility, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), has tapped International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) funding and technical assistance o...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91681Fecha: 1 de abril de 2010
Between 2004 and 2007, no annual official statistics on poverty existed in Peru. This was due to serious problems with the household survey used to estimate poverty and implemented by the National Sta...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 56684Fecha: 1 de abril de 2010Autor:
Vakis,Renos ;
Schmidt,Matthias
Successful economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean, as in other regions, hinges upon the availability of reliable and affordable energy supplies. IBRD is working with govern...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91822Fecha: 1 de abril de 2010
Development practitioners are acutely aware of the need to find more effective ways to improve basic living conditions for the poor, as traditional approaches of delivering public support have not alw...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 54852Fecha: 1 de abril de 2010Autor:
Johannes,Lars ;
Mimmi,Luisa Maria ;
Mumssen,Yogita
The coverage and quality of Turkeys health sector was lagging behind other middle-income countries despite solid economic success in recent years, but by turning to IBRD expertise and funding, the go...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91805Fecha: 1 de abril de 2010
This Results Profile focuses on Argentina that delivers care to mothers and children. Argentina entered the Twenty First century with nearly one-third of its population lacking secure access to basic ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 95541Fecha: 30 de marzo de 2010
India's Bihar state is home to some of India's poorest people but a new reform effort by the Bihar government, backed by World Bank funding and technical support has helped it improve public finance m...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91815Fecha: 30 de marzo de 2010
This Results Profile talks about the social protection in Latin America and the Caribbean. Poverty and inequality are critical issues in growing economies and tend to pass from generation to generatio...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 95534Fecha: 29 de marzo de 2010
This Results Profile talks about portable water that improves life for millions in Manila. Over the past 15 years, Manila’s growing urban population has demanded a significant increase in water supply...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 95527Fecha: 25 de marzo de 2010
Botswana’s HIV/AIDS epidemic has affected nearly one quarter of the country’s population and undermined significant socioeconomic development achievements realized over the past three decades. In 2009...
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