This report aims to identify the determinants of learning in Mexico, focusing on equity, cross-country comparisons and national studies. The present report provides new analytical work on the determin...
Tipo: Education Sector ReviewInforme#: 31842Fecha: 21 de julio de 2005
The tax treatment of funded pensions is a critical policy choice in pension reform. In countries with mature funded systems, like the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33389Fecha: 13 de julio de 2005Autor:
Whitehouse,Edward R.
The transition from a wholly public, pay-as-you go pension system to one where pensions are also provided by individual, privately managed pension accounts does not directly affect those receiving pen...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33388Fecha: 12 de julio de 2005
This annual report on the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) covers the fiscal year ending June 30, 1990, and includes the accompanying financial statements. This annual report for 1990 h...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 34025Fecha: 9 de julio de 2005
Microcredit can help improve access to financial instruments by underserved people in the formal banking sector. The difference of microcredit from formal credit is not just the lesser amount and volu...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 34870Fecha: 1 de julio de 2005
This working paper presents a detailed standard methodology for country tables and comparative tables on payment and securities settlement systems. This model is part of the methodology used for the a...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 45226Fecha: 1 de julio de 2005Autor:
Garcia Garcia Luna,Jose Antonio
Gender equality is an important indicator of a country's progress toward sustainable development and is one of the Millennium Development Goals. Yet World Bank teams often find gender equality a diffi...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 34211Fecha: 1 de julio de 2005Autor:
Bhansali,Lisa
This Global Corporate Governance Forum toolkit emphasizes the purpose and benefits of developing corporate governance codes of best practice. Whilst globalization of economies has increased, and inter...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 34669Fecha: 1 de julio de 2005
The book has a comprehensive introduction and two main parts. Part I presents the conceptual underpinnings for the Bank's thinking on pension systems and reforms, including structure of Bank lending i...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 32672Fecha: 1 de julio de 2005Autor:
Holzmann,Robert ;
Hinz,Richard Paul ;
Von Gersdorff,Hermann A. ;
Gill,Indermit S. ;
Impavido,Gregorio ;
Musalem,Alberto Roque ;
Rutkowski,Michal J. ;
Palacios,Robert J. ;
Sin,Yvonne Yee Mun ;
Subbarao,Kalanidhi ;
Schwarz,Anita M.
This note centers on the Honduras Access to Land Pilot Project (PACTA). PACTA's objectives are twofold, to: (1) facilitate access to land for landless households through the land market; and (2) promo...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 34210Fecha: 1 de julio de 2005Autor:
Galeana,Fernando ;
Korczowski,Thomas J. ;
Pichon,Francisco J. ;
Reyes,Hiska Noemi
A Country-Level Effectiveness and Accountability Review (CLEAR) took place in Nicaragua from February 13, 2005, to March 4, 2005, to analyze donor effectiveness in supporting microfinance. Overall, th...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 34093Fecha: 1 de julio de 2005Autor:
Duarte,Sandra Regina Dias De Oliveira ;
Duflos,Eric Bertrand Pierre ;
Flaming,Mark Wayne ;
Helms,Brigit S. ;
Siedek,Hannah Philippa Maria ;
Summerlin,Reuben
The coverage of old-age protection systems is a central concern in developing countries. While most countries mandate that workers make contributions to a retirement-savings plan, fewer than ten per c...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33392Fecha: 1 de julio de 2005
Across the world, new measures are being introduced to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism. All financial service providers, including those working with low-income communities, are...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33459Fecha: 1 de julio de 2005Autor:
Bun,Chinyere Ugonnaya Egwuagu ;
Hernandez-Coss,Raul E. ;
Isem, Jennifer ;
Proteous, Davi
On April 26, 2005, ICSID celebrated the fortieth anniversary of the signing of the ICSID Convention. As a multilateral legal framework for international investment dispute settlement, the ICSID Conven...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 34647Fecha: 1 de julio de 2005
This World Bank Annual Report highlights the focus of the Bank activities in addressing worldwide poverty, describing the Bank work in promoting sustainable, economic growth, and in channeling needed ...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 32403Fecha: 30 de junio de 2005Autor:
Gagnet, Cathy [editor]
Critics of globalization adduce that poor countries are losers in global integration. This report challenges that paradigm, arguing that globalization produces prosperity, a higher standard of living,...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 34860Fecha: 30 de junio de 2005Autor:
Dollar,David R.
Despite positive economic signals in 2002 and 2003, Ecuador's public finances remain precarious because of weaknesses in government systems and oversight for the non-financial public sector and depend...
Tipo: Country Financial Accountability AssessmentInforme#: 32833Fecha: 30 de junio de 2005
This Annual Report records the achievements of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency during fiscal year 2005. MIGA's investment insurance, dispute mediation services, and technical assistance g...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 34446Fecha: 30 de junio de 2005
This report points out that in Argentina, as in many other countries, the need for access to housing by the low-income sector is a topic of vital importance. The recent economic crisis has affected th...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 48150Fecha: 30 de junio de 2005
The Country Financial Accountability Assessment (CFAA) for Uruguay analyzes two principal roles: (1) to identify the strengths and weaknesses of Public Financial Management (PFM) arrangements in Urugu...
Tipo: Country Financial Accountability AssessmentInforme#: 32851Fecha: 29 de junio de 2005
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