This report emphasizes that cross-border tertiary education refers to the movement of people, programs, providers, curricula, projects, research and services in tertiary (or higher) education across n...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 41332Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009
The current global economic slowdown and associated financial instability are expected to significantly reduce flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2009 and beyond. The actual steepness of FDI ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 49118Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009
The World Bank Group (WBG) works with developing country partners and provides them customized demand-driven support through its various instruments, from financing to technical assistance to policy a...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 51499Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009
This book, finance for all, presents first efforts at developing indicators illustrating that financial access is quite limited around the world and identifies barriers that may be preventing small fi...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 41792Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009Autor:
Beck,Thorsten ;
Demirguc-Kunt,Asli ;
Honohan,Patrick Thomas
This review highlights three main findings. First, school feeding programs in low-income countries exhibit large variation in cost, with concomitant opportunities for cost containment. Second, as coun...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 48742Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009Autor:
Bundy,Donald A. P. ;
Burbano, Carmen ;
Grosh,Margaret Ellen
This guide aims at strengthening and institutionalizing monitoring and evaluation system in Latin America and the Caribbean. This material helps supporting the training of public officials, contains g...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 80142Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009Autor:
Medina Giopp,Alejandro
The broad objective of this study is to analyze areas in which the climate change agenda intersects with multilateral trade obligations. The study identifies the key issues at stake, as well as possib...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 41453Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009Autor:
Govindarajalu,Chandrasekar ;
Kee,Hiau Looi ;
Kishore,Sunanda ;
Mani,Muthukumara S. ;
Morita,Sachiko ;
Seki,Cizuka ;
Sugathan,Mahesh ;
Tatsui, Eri
This publication details 14 firms recognized for better corporate governance practices that had suffered less damage than average listed Latin American companies during the finanicial crisis. It offer...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 62996Fecha: 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
Doing Business 2009 is the sixth in a series of annual reports investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 47717Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009
In this publication, the authors explore ways in which education bordering tertiary efforts could benefit countries development to build capacity. The book also seeks to guide the policy efforts relat...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 70974Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009Autor:
Vincent-Lancrin, Stéphan (ed.)
This paper reviews from a critical perspective the evolution of inequality in income distribution in Argentina from the mid-seventies until the mid-2000. The work presents new empirical evidence and e...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 56939Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009Autor:
Cruces,Guillermo A. ;
Gasparini,Leonardo Carlos
This gender resource document, made possible through a fruitful collaboration between the Global Reporting Initiative and International Finance Corporation (IFC), will be valuable for companies and ot...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 51374Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009Autor:
Miles,Katherine Sarah ;
Niethammer,Carmen
Social Protection (SP) and Social Safety Net (SSN) programs channel a large amount of public resources, it is important to make sure that these reach the intended beneficiaries. Error, fraud, or corru...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 52150Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009Autor:
Tesliuc,Emil Daniel ;
Milazzo,Annamaria
This report for the International finance Corporation (IFC) incorporates a strong thematic, visual, and story-telling approach to describing IFC's activities and results. It provides a comprehensive p...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 50887Fecha: 1 de enero de 2009
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
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
The World Bank group, among the world's largest development institutions, is a major source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. In fiscal 2009, the World Ba...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 50175Fecha: 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
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
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