The book presents estimates of total wealth for nearly 120 countries, using economic theory to decompose the wealth of a nation into its component pieces: produced capital, natural resources and human...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 34855Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009Autor:
Bolt, Katharine ;
Hamilton,Kirk E. ;
Lange,Glenn-Marie ;
Markandya,Anil ;
Ordoubadi, M. Saeed ;
Pedroso-Galinato, Suzette ;
Ruta,Giovanni ;
Silva,Patricia ;
Tajibaeva,Liaila
This is the annual report on the operation of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) required by Article 6(1) (g) of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disp...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 57496Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009
Throughout the world, the brutality of war and conflict hardens hearts and silences voices. Its cruelty extinguishes dreams, shrinks souls, and steals from young and old alike the gift of hope and ima...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 50461Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009
The purpose of this report is to review the state of the transportation infrastructure and the Paraguay development policies that govern it, to propose policy options that contribute long-term to achi...
Tipo: Policy NoteInforme#: 47064Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009Autor:
Abad-Oholeguy,Julieta Helena ;
Silva,Maria Marcela ;
Cammarota, Mario ;
Sgut,Martin ;
Burgos,Javier
Economic growth will be unbalanced, but development can still be inclusive-that is the message of this year's World development report, the thirty-first in the series. As economies grow from low to hi...
Tipo: World Development ReportInforme#: 43738Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009Autor:
Coulibaly,Souleymane ;
Deichmann,Uwe Klaus ;
Silva Freire,Maria Emilia ;
Gill,Indermit S. ;
Goh,Chorching ;
Kopp,Andreas Dietrich ;
Lall,Somik V. ;
Montenegro,Claudio E. ;
Packard,Truman G. ;
Ross Larson,Bruce Clifford ;
Ross-Larson, Bruce [ editor ] ;
Uchida,Hirotsugu
Can small and medium enterprises (SME) be banked profitably, and is the market today an attractive one? How do banks overcome the challenges and capture the opportunities offered by the SME segment, p...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 51805Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009
For Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the challenge this year has been promoting foreign direct investment (FDI) into developing countries at a time when investment flows are slumping. ...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 52033Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009
Based on analysis of recent data on the evolution of global temperatures, snow and ice covers, and sea level rise, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has recently declared that "warm...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 47604Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009Autor:
De La Torre,Augusto ;
Fajnzylber,Pablo ;
Nash,John D.
Urbanization is a defining phenomenon of this century, and where this demographic transformation is occurring is in the developing world. It is expected that over the next 20 years there will be almos...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 78719Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009
During FY 2002-2007 the World Bank engaged with 118 countries on social safety net (SSN) issues, providing lending in 68, analytic products in 86, training in 87, and a combined package of all three s...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 47291Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009Autor:
Andrews,Colin
This paper offers a new set of data compiled from individual World Bank country reports and covering 87 developing and transition countries during 1996-2006. The findings show that mean spending on sa...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 47292Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009Autor:
Andrews,Colin
The aim of this paper is to document innovations, synthesize the experience gained and contribute to a better understanding of the relationship between governance and performance in the service delive...
Tipo: Other Social Protection StudyInforme#: 70759Fecha: 15 de diciembre de 2008
The release of this year's global economic prospects finds the world economy at a crossroads. Markets all over the world are engulfed in a global economic crisis, with stock markets sharply down and v...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 46819Fecha: 9 de diciembre de 2008
The Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), a Brazilian mining company, was selected as the developer for the Moatize Coal Project in Mozambique. Located in the Zambezi Valley, one of the least developed ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 81693Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2008
This study is made to develop a new environmental paradigm for Chile which consists of the creation of a Ministry of the Environment and an Environmental Superintendent (SMA), among other organization...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 70637Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2008Autor:
O'Ryan G., Raul
In Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC) studies on accounting and audit practices prepared by the World Bank in three Central American countries since 2005, the need to strengthen ac...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 53582Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2008
This volume helps fill the gap left from insufficiently archived details of family planning programs carried out in many developing countries from the 1950s through the 1980s of their operations, thei...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 40535Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2008Autor:
Robinson, Warren C. (editor) ;
Ross, John A. (editor)
In 1997 International Finance Corporation (IFC) advised the Government of Panama on the privatization of its utility Instituto de Recursos Hidraulicos y de Electrificacion (IRHE) and its restructuring...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 53262Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2008
The objective of this report -- and consistent with the terms of reference (TOR) agreed upon with Comision Nacional del Medio Ambiente-Chile (CONAMA) -- is to propose methodological guidelines for the...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 70641Fecha: 30 de noviembre de 2008
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