Brazil is one of the few countries to secure real progress in the Education for All (EFA) process. This issue, part of the special series for EFA in Latin America and the Caribbean, includes: outsta...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 35658Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006
This guide reflects the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) experience with credit bureau markets; its purpose is to provide a comprehensive overview of the development of credit bureaus. IFC's ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 38857Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006
Governments and donor organizations increasingly recognize that rigorous evaluations of public interventions should be part of the social policy decision-making process. Yet there is frequently a gap ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33364Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006Autor:
Blomquist,John D.
The focus of the note is on non-contributory social programs for low-income households, or other vulnerable groups in OECD countries. These programs, typically referred to as social safety net (SSN) p...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 35631Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006Autor:
Tesliuc,Emil Daniel
This second fully revised edition presents the experiences of a set of leading companies in Latin America in reforming and improving how their firms are governed, and the results these changes have ac...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 49606Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006Autor:
Global Corporate Governance Forum ;
IFC ;
Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Develo
Groundwater and surface water are intimately linked, being part of the same overall hydrological cycle. Aquifers discharge to surface water bodies, and can be recharged by them, depending on local con...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 44293Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006Autor:
Garduno,Hector ;
Foster,Stephen ;
Nanni,Marcella ;
Kemper,Karin Erika ;
Tuinhof,Albert ;
Koundouri,Phoebe
The past two years witnessed an unprecedented advocacy campaign by global civil society to promote the 2005 year of development. An estimated 150 million citizens around the globe mobilized to call on...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 51430Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006Autor:
Garrison,John W.
Food-based safety net programs provide food, either directly, or through instruments (such as food stamps or coupons) that may be used to purchase food. More generally, these programs serve a variety ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33356Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006Autor:
Weigand,Christine
This study analyzes the general situation and main political changes with regard to indigenous peoples in Latin America; more specifically the countries of: Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico and Per...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 38612Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006Autor:
Hall,Gillette H. ;
Patrinos,Harry Anthony
This report analyzes the Bank's assistance to support pension reform to determine if the Bank's strategy was relevant and if it was followed. The evaluation assesses whether pension reform decisions r...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 35521Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006Autor:
Andrews,Emily S. ;
Bateman,Hazel ;
Ferraresi,Pier Marco ;
Fornero,Elsa ;
Palmer,Ed ;
Piggott,John ;
Rofman,Rafael P. ;
San Martino,Jorge Antonio ;
Valdes Prieto,Salvador ;
Wang,Debby Kim
Groundwater resources management has to deal with balancing the exploitation of a complex resource (in terms of quantity, quality, and surface water interactions) with the increasing demands of water ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 44297Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006Autor:
Tuinhof,Albert ;
Dumars,Charles ;
Foster,Stephen ;
Kemper,Karin Erika ;
Garduno,Hector ;
Nanni,Marcella
In response to shrinking budgets and growing demands, many developing countries have adopted formal or informal user fees in government health facilities. While they raise revenue, in the absence of s...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 33359Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006Autor:
Bitran Dicowsky,Ricardo A. ;
Giedion,Ursula
Transition economies are commonly understood to be countries that have moved or are moving from a primarily state-planned to a market-based economic system with private ownership of assets and market-...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33352Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006Autor:
Del Ninno,Carlo
Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are an innovative and increasingly popular approach to social assistance. They provide money to poor families contingent upon certain behavior, usually investments in...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33365Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006Autor:
Rawlings,Laura B.
In many low income African countries, three factors are placing an undue burden on the elderly: 1) the burden on the elderly has enormously increased with the increase in mortality of prime age adults...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33369Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006Autor:
Subbarao,Kalanidhi
The determination of the price of emission reductions (ERs) of the Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF) has always been a critical aspect in implementation. All the parties of the PCF, including the country ho...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 33332Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006
Health services can make an important contribution to improved health conditions among disadvantaged groups. Yet as the contents of this volume make clear, the health services supported by governments...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 34716Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006Autor:
Gwatkin,Davidson R ;
Wagstaff, Adam ;
Yazbeck,Abdo S. ;
Qamruddin,Jumana N. ;
Waters,Hugh R. ;
Grabowsky, Mark ;
Farrell, Nick ;
Chimumbwa, John ;
Nobiya, Theresa ;
Wolkon, Adam ;
Selanikio, Joel ;
Montagu,Dominic ;
Prata, Ndola ;
Campbell, Martha M. ;
Walsh, Juli ;
Orero, Solomon ;
Thiede, Michael ;
Palmer, Natasha ;
Mbatsha, Sandi ;
Anwar, A.T.M. Iqbal ;
Killewo, Japhet ;
Chowdhury, Mahbub-E-Elahi ;
Dasgupta, Sushil Kanta ;
Schwartz,James Brad ;
Bhushan,Indu ;
Ranson,Michael Kent ;
Joshi, Palak ;
Shah, Mittal ;
Shaikh, Yasmin ;
Peters, David ;
Rao, Krishna ;
Ramana,Gandham N.V. ;
Malhotra,Anju ;
Mathur, Sanyukta ;
Pande,Rohini P. ;
Roca, Eva ;
Gasparini,Leonardo Carlos ;
Panadeiros, Monica ;
Barros, Aluisio J.D. ;
Victora,Cesar Gomes ;
Cesar, Juraci A. ;
Neumann, Nelson Arns ;
Bertoldi, Andrea D. ;
Valdivia Huaringa,Jose Martin
Honduras has collected promising and interesting experiences in common disinfection of the water supply for consumption in rural and urban communities. Honduras has been responsible for introducing an...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 38747Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006
This evaluation of the Bank's assistance on trade-related issues focuses on the period between fiscal years 1987 and 2004. The majority of developing countries have significantly improved their enviro...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 35921Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006
The institutional environment can determine the effectiveness and efficiency of social safety net programs. An otherwise perfectly designed program may fail if it does not take into account the role o...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33357Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006Autor:
Weigand,Christine
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