Globalization has been taking place for centuries, moving from the colonization of the inhabited parts of the world to the appearance of nations, from conquests to independent countries, from sailboat...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 52676Fecha: 1 de enero de 2007Autor:
Goldin,Ian A. ;
Reinert,Kenneth A.
Since the mine’s inception in 1993, opposition to its operations had been growing, although such opposition had remained concentrated within rural groups. On several occasions, local inhabitants had e...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 112737Fecha: 1 de enero de 2007
Since the early 1990s, the importance of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to global health has gained increased recognition. This report contains an agenda for action in response to the growin...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 40527Fecha: 1 de enero de 2007Autor:
Adeyi,Olusoji Owolabi ;
Smith,Owen K. ;
Robles,Sylvia
The Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), a trade union, was founded in 1972 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat State, India, to empower poor women who earn a living outside the formal sector through their own...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 42024Fecha: 1 de enero de 2007
This evaluation examines the track record of the regional development programs that the World Bank has supported over the past 10 years. While these are relatively few in number, together they offer v...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 43997Fecha: 1 de enero de 2007
In the majority of the small localities of Peru, the municipalities offer water services and sanitation, and take all the decisions about the service and tariffs. Of the 650 small localities of the co...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 39666Fecha: 1 de enero de 2007
With the support of the ACCES (Acceso Con Calidad a la Educacion Superior, in Spanish) Project Colombia shifted its tertiary education policy, implementing comprehensive reforms to improve equity of t...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 39512Fecha: 1 de enero de 2007Autor:
Blom,Andreas ;
Cerdan-Infantes,Pedro
In regard to Peru, the Municipal Scorecard 2007 complements other studies, such as the Doing Business Report and Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) of the World Bank Group. This paper offers an in-de...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 39921Fecha: 1 de enero de 2007
The primary objective of the Municipal Scorecard 2007 is to provide information to local authorities with which they can initiate reforms to improve the business climate in their jurisdictions. The sc...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 43743Fecha: 1 de enero de 2007
This book examines four major areas of institutional reform: a) political institutions and the state organization; b) fiscal institutions, such as budget, tax and decentralization institutions; c) pub...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 38780Fecha: 1 de enero de 2007Autor:
Lora, Eduardo [editor] ;
Fukuyama,Francis
Editorial: Social inclusion and water and sanitation sector by 2007; data, notes and drops; lessons and experiences: Report of the International Workshop of Andean Amazonia; Modernization of the manag...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 46196Fecha: 1 de enero de 2007
The Municipal Scorecard 2007 focused on processes at 65 municipalities in 5 countries: Bolivia (9), Brazil (25), Honduras (9), Nicaragua (10) and Peru (12). A sample of business owners and municipal e...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 39917Fecha: 1 de enero de 2007
The World Bank committed $30.6 billion in transport-related projects during the past decade, making it one of the largest sectors. The evaluation looks into the Bank's experience in the sector, and as...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 43998Fecha: 1 de enero de 2007
Conceived in 1944 to reconstruct war-torn Europe, the World Bank Group has evolved into one of the world's largest sources of development assistance, with a mission of fighting poverty with passion by...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 40519Fecha: 1 de enero de 2007
There are many causes, consequences, and connections of deforestation and forest poverty in the tropical world. This report specifically addresses the potential dilemma of trade-offs between poverty ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 36789Fecha: 1 de enero de 2007Autor:
Buys,Piet ;
Chomitz,Kenneth M. ;
De Luca,Giacomo Davide ;
Thomas,Timothy S. ;
Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Sheila
Housing is one of the most important sectors of the economy -- in developing countries as in richer ones -- with large positive externalities in terms of economic growth, public health and societal st...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 38748Fecha: 1 de enero de 2007Autor:
Jha,Abhas Kumar
This study was initiated in 1999 with the objective of identifying the most promising path to development in light of emerging global and regional changes. The purpose of this volume is to examine the...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 38333Fecha: 1 de enero de 2007Autor:
Nabeshima,Kaoru ;
Yusuf,Shahid
To combat the country's stubbornly high poverty rate and replace a set of food-subsidy and other poverty relief programs that did not work, Mexico launched the Health, Nutrition and Education Program ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 43720Fecha: 1 de enero de 2007
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