A little over 10 years ago, only slightly more than one quarter of Peruvians living in rural areas had access to a road in good condition, hampering their efforts to get to markets, send their childre...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91683Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2010
Russian men and women face far shorter life expectancies than people in developed countries, as much as 16 years shorter than their neighbors in Europe. Since 2003, the International Bank for Reconstr...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 58559Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2010
Despite a decade of sweeping health care reforms and high per capita health spending, Argentina entered the 21st century with nearly one-third of its population lacking secure access to basic health c...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91693Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2010
Given Uruguay's comparatively small size (its population is just over 3 million people), it is not surprising that its public utilities - water, electricity, and until recently telecommunications - ar...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91688Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2010
In Peru, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is helping the government bring electrical power to rural communities through a program to extend the electricity grid or inst...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 59249Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2010
Bulgaria's efforts to transition to a market economy were rewarded by membership in the European Union (EU) in 2007 but the country still faced steep challenges to elevate the income of its more than ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91692Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2010
In the past, Colombia faced urban transport problems that significantly lowered the quality of life of urban Colombians. Starting in the late 1990s, the programa nacional de transporte urbano helped t...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91679Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2010
In the metropolitan Manila area, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has supported two utilities in expanding affordable and efficient water and sewerage services to benefit s...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 64756Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2010
This brief shows that because of low rainfall and irregularity of distribution, water represents a social and major economic problem within Maghreb countries. Since independence, Morocco has strongly ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91774Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2010
For more than a decade, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has helped countries in Latin America and the Caribbean pioneer conditional cash transfers as a proven approach to ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91823Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2010
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) support to Turkey's energy reforms have helped the government turn a monolithic, state-run sector into a competitive energy market that has...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91685Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2010
Argentina's road sector remains under significant pressure to deliver high-quality services, with traffic growing at an unprecedented 40 percent since 2003. This growth implies a rate higher than 10 p...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 93298Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2010
After emerging from civil conflict at the end of 2001, Macedonia recognized the need to reform its education system, helping schools better cope with a range of challenges, from teacher development to...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91690Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2010
This report presents the strategic plan for the Peruvian Telecommunications Investment Fund (FITEL) undertaken between August 2009 and March 2010. This strategic plan has included three workshops, det...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 70742Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2010
This Results Profile talks about Afghanistan’s girls’ schools and their achievement in a difficult environment. Under Taliban rule (1996-2001), the country was plagued by continuing conflict, and inte...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 94928Fecha: 25 de febrero de 2010
This Results Profile focuses on transport in Colombia. Public transportation in Colombia was traditionally perceived as inefficient, unsafe, and polluting. The streets of Colombian cities were crowded...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 94926Fecha: 24 de febrero de 2010
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