This document draws a profile on the strengths and weaknesses of the national system for innovations in Argentina, in order to identify efficient policies. Argentina has established strong institution...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 35119Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2005Autor:
Thorn,Kristian
This report provides an assessment of Uruguay's corporate governance policy framework, enforcement, and compliance practices. It highlights recent improvements in corporate governance regulation, make...
Tipo: Corporate Governance Assessment (ROSC)Informe#: 38590Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2005
Since 1999, the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) has received 41 complaints. Of that total, 10 complaints were rejected, 26 have been assessed, 12 have been closed, and 19 are still ongoing. A summa...
Tipo: Annual ReportInforme#: 63957Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2005
In this issue: Sustainability and impact of rural sanitation. A model of community management. Urban development. Lessons learned from a project. Sectoral chronology.
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 40396Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2005
Many governments in the Latin America and Caribbean region (LAC) have gained an increased understanding of the value of M&E to help both governments and donors alike better understand what public inve...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 34642Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2005Autor:
Burdescu,Ruxandra ;
Mackay,Keith ;
Rojas, Fernando ;
Saavedra,Jaime ;
Del Villar Baston,Azul
This Country Assistance Evaluation (CAE) assesses the outcomes of the World Bank's assistance to Bolivia during the period July 1, 1998 through June 30, 2004.' It examines the relevance and realism of...
Tipo: IEG EvaluationInforme#: 33493Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2005
Data gathered during studies conducted over the past four years in Mexico City, Mexico (Distrito Federal); Bogota, Colombia, and in several Brazilian cities suggests that in these countries somewhere ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 34212Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2005Autor:
Solo,Tova M.
The purpose of this note is to review the worldwide experience with the performance-based contracting (PBC) approach, highlight the main advantages, the steps involved and the results generated. The d...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33947Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2005Autor:
Queiroz,Cesar Augusto ;
Qureshi,Navaid A. ;
Stankevich,Natalya
The implementation of a real time gross settlement (RTGS) mechanism for settling operations in a systemically important payments system contributes on a substantial way to the financial stability and ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 45225Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2005Autor:
Bernal R, Joaquin ;
Merlano G, Carolina
This report provides an assessment of Uruguay's corporate governance policy framework, enforcement and compliance practices. It highlights recent improvements in corporate governance regulation, makes...
Tipo: Corporate Governance Assessment (ROSC)Informe#: 68898Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2005
Economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean in the last 40 years has been disappointing. Gaps between it and the developing countries instead of closing have been widened, and the East Asian co...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 34862Fecha: 30 de agosto de 2005Autor:
Perry,Guillermo
Many microfinance institutions (MFIs) in developing and transition economies have received foreign funding, especially the larger MFIs, and, in recent years, bilateral and multilateral donors have pro...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 34127Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2005Autor:
Ivatury,Gautam J. ;
Abrams,Julie Barnett
This note reviews the available evidence on developing effective policies against child labor, outlining it requires attention to gender differences among working children. This is so because standard...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33753Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2005Autor:
Holtz, Paul [editor]
Globally, 1.2 billion people are extremely poor surviving on less than one dollar a day and three-quarters live in rural areas. Poverty is predominantly a rural phenomenon. Extremely poor people spend...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 34124Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2005Autor:
Acevedo, Joao Pedro ;
Ayee,George Gift Akoete ;
Brar,Amitabh ;
Pearce,Douglas ;
Peck Christen, Robert ;
Reinsch,Myka Victoria ;
Rubio, Frank ;
De Vletter,Fion
Inappropriate land policies can be limitation for economic and social development: insecure land tenure, out-of-date regulations, and dysfunctional agrarian institutions hamper/constrain private inves...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 34861Fecha: 30 de julio de 2005Autor:
Deininger,Klaus W.
This report reflects progress made in the state of public procurement since the Country Procurement Assessment Report issues for Colombia in June 2001. The principal conclusion of this study is that t...
Tipo: Country Procurement Assessment (CPAR)Informe#: 33260Fecha: 28 de julio de 2005
Over the past decade, the World Bank has made considerable progress toward greater transparency. Under its 2002 information disclosure policy, the Bank makes an enormous amount of operational informat...
Tipo: Board ReportInforme#: 26120Fecha: 25 de julio de 2005
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