While Bangladesh has made impressive gains in access to education, governance constraints have contributed to the poor quality of education at all levels. The World Bank has supported the implementati...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92820Fecha: 26 de junio de 2007
In 1999, 23 percent of the Nicaraguan population age 10 and older was illiterate; in poor rural areas, the rate was actually 51 percent. International Development Association (IDA) started supporting ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92814Fecha: 25 de junio de 2007
In the 1990s the government drastically reduced its intervention in agriculture, but this liberalization was not accompanied by the provision of credit or technical assistance to farmers. The agricult...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92815Fecha: 25 de junio de 2007
In the 1990s, Mozambique's government had undertaken a substantial program of macroeconomic and policy reforms. The agricultural sector public expenditure program (PROAGRI) pioneered a sector-wide app...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92806Fecha: 13 de junio de 2007
Years of violence and conflict in Rwanda - after the collapse of the Arusha peace process in April 1994 and the ensuing genocide - spilled over into neighboring countries, fuelling, in particular, war...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92805Fecha: 12 de junio de 2007
A World Bank project launched experimentally in 1992 offered a welcome alternative to dire poverty or hard-knock immigration. The idea was to: offer small loans to trustworthy villagers and wait for t...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92421Fecha: 10 de junio de 2007
The competitiveness project was designed to present and test options for improving the business environment in Nicaragua and to pilot new business development services (BDS), especially through develo...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92803Fecha: 8 de junio de 2007
Nicaragua is one of the poorest countries in Latin America and highly dependent on foreign aid. Despite recent steady progress in poverty reduction, at the launch of the program in 2004, some 46 perce...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92804Fecha: 8 de junio de 2007
The chapters, or "policy notes," of this report, creating the foundations for equitable growth in Mexico 2006-2012, are dedicated to trying to solve parts of the puzzle as to why Mexico's level of eco...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 40966Fecha: 1 de junio de 2007
Few investors will risk putting all of their money into a single asset based on a 30-year forecast, yet narrowly-interpreted least-cost energy planning has often done just that. In Mexico, regulatory ...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 40760Fecha: 1 de junio de 2007Autor:
Farchy,Daniel J.
The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), administered by the World Bank, helps countries find sustainable solutions to ensure efficient delivery of the quality water supply and sanitation services the ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 40394Fecha: 1 de junio de 2007
The study on the inclusion of equity approach Gender in Water and Sanitation Sector in Honduras has as the main objective to develop information on the situation of gender relations within of water an...
Tipo: Women in Development and Gender StudyInforme#: 46513Fecha: 1 de junio de 2007
This report focuses on the achievements of forestry pastoral Project (RISEMP) in the pilot area of Costa Rica. Specifically, it focuses on the effect of the payment on the changes described in land us...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 86275Fecha: 1 de junio de 2007Autor:
Ibrahim,Muhammad Akbar ;
Gobbi, José ;
Casasola, Francisco ;
Chacón, Mario ;
Ríos, Ney ;
Tobar, Diego ;
Villanueva, Cristóbal ;
Sepúlveda, Claudia
The report focuses on recognizing inappropriate behaviors in the Bank's workplace, that may include harassment, discrimination, abuse of power, and all other behaviors which show disrespect, intimidat...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 23944Fecha: 1 de junio de 2007
On April 20, 2007, Banco Compartamos, a microfinance institution (MFI) that was launched in 1990 and originally funded by grants from various sources, including Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 40959Fecha: 1 de junio de 2007
In this issue: Data, notes and drops -- National University of Engineering (UNI) investigation project concluded. Canadian Servicio Universitario Mundial (SUM) Canada and Peru's Asociacion de Municipa...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 40395Fecha: 1 de junio de 2007Autor:
Castillo,Oscar
The objective of this paper is to discuss some obstacles and opportunities presented by population processes in order to prioritize areas for investment and analytical work as background information f...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 40583Fecha: 1 de junio de 2007
A landlocked country mostly desert and subject to drought, Mali must manage water resources in ways that provide the maximum benefit to its growing population. The Niger River and the rich green plain...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92882Fecha: 23 de mayo de 2007
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