The self-help group (SHG) model is the dominant form of microfinance in India. SHGs have grown explosively in recent years. It is reported that by March 2006, 2.23 million SHGs were reaching about 33 ...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 40961Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2007Autor:
Christen, Robert Peck ;
Hashemi,Syed Mesbahuddin ;
Isern,Jennifer ;
Pillai,Anuradha ;
Prakash,Lingamallu Brahma ;
Rosenberg,Richard
As the global economy rapidly changes and new technologies are introduced, more highly skilled workers are required. In the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), firms struggle to fill skil...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 42390Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2007Autor:
Blom,Andreas ;
Hobbs,Cynthia
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) today have an increasingly broad range of financing sources at their disposal. This allows for greater funding diversification, but it also makes decisions about capit...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 40960Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2007Autor:
Deshpande,Gauri Rani ;
Nestor, Camilla ;
Abrams,Julie Barnett
The main issues to be analyzed in the study were identified at a workshop held on September 19, 2006, in Tegucigalpa. It was decided that the study would be divided into two components: (a) the first ...
Tipo: Energy StudyInforme#: 42023Fecha: 10 de julio de 2007
This Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) progress report is focused on the Dominican Republic's development since the 2005 CAS. The CAS is closely aligned with the Government's agenda for national devel...
Tipo: CAS Progress ReportInforme#: 40090Fecha: 6 de julio de 2007
Strengthening corporate financial reporting is important for Argentina, as the country seeks to foster confidence in the local business community in order to stimulate investments, both local and fore...
Tipo: Accounting and Auditing Assessment (ROSC)Informe#: AAA35Fecha: 1 de julio de 2007
The Annual Performance Report (APR) prepared by the Evaluation Office of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) provides an assessment of the results of the completed projects of the GEF, the processes...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 57575Fecha: 1 de julio de 2007
This study demonstrates that before the outbreak of cholera in Latin America and the Caribbean in 1991, almost all countries in the region focused their attention on quantity rather than quality of dr...
Tipo: Other Infrastructure StudyInforme#: 71660Fecha: 1 de julio de 2007
Pensions panorama provides a compendium of facts and analysis that should inform policy making and public debate about retirement-income systems around the world. The section following the introductio...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 37961Fecha: 1 de julio de 2007Autor:
Whitehouse,Edward R.
One of the Dominican labor market characteristics, as that in most countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, is the high percentage of population employed in the informal sector. This situation le...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 71656Fecha: 1 de julio de 2007
This note provides selected measurements of public sector size for the countries and territories of the Americas and discusses the resulting differences across countries and territories and across the...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 41105Fecha: 1 de julio de 2007Autor:
Carrizosa,Mauricio
The project PROPILAS pilot has been implemented by CARE PERU in the department of Cajamarca from 1999, with the financing of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (COSUDE) and the technical...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 42018Fecha: 1 de julio de 2007
The present document contains the result of the study on local small-scale businesses (OLPEs) which provide potable water and sanitary sewage system services in the suburban areas of the main cities o...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 41244Fecha: 1 de julio de 2007
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) set a record in fiscal 2007 for new investment commitments. This report explores IFC's increasing development impact and provides information on its investm...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 41234Fecha: 30 de junio de 2007
In this report several records stand out from fiscal year 2007: Nearly half (48 percent) of projects supported by MIGA were in IDA-eligible countries, bringing MIGA's outstanding exposure in IDA count...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 43496Fecha: 30 de junio de 2007
This World Bank annual report focuses on the work of the World Bank Group as it relates to countries and people striving to overcome poverty in all regions, especially in Africa. The World Bank Group ...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 41188Fecha: 30 de junio de 2007
Following the cessation of hostilities agreement between the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea, the Ethiopian government approached the World Bank for assistance in financing a comprehensive post-wa...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92829Fecha: 27 de junio de 2007
In recent years, the Government of Colombia (GoC) has placed a high priority on competitiveness. Increasing globalization trends and Colombia's decision to increase trade integration, with the negotia...
Tipo: Other Infrastructure StudyInforme#: 42269Fecha: 26 de junio de 2007
Liberalization of the Indian economy, its gradual integration with the world economy, and rapid transformation into a knowledge-based society are increasing the demand for a well-trained workforce tha...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92818Fecha: 26 de junio de 2007
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