Most participants in the microfinance movement of recent decades see their goal as improving the availability and quality of financial services for poor and near-poor clients. Thus far, much of the mo...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 33478Fecha: 1 de julio de 2004Autor:
Jayadeva, Veena ;
Peck Christen, Robert ;
Rosenberg, Richard
This paper develops a diagnostic and propose recommendations necessary for strengthening the institutional capacity of government entities responsible for regulating and supervising public service del...
Tipo: Other Infrastructure StudyInforme#: 32094Fecha: 1 de julio de 2004Autor:
Caballero Argauez, Carlos ;
Jadresic, Alejandro ;
Ramirez Gomez, Manuel
On one level, poverty exacerbates gender disparities. Inequalities between girls and boys in access to schooling or adequate health care are more acute among the poor than among those with higher inco...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 21776Fecha: 1 de julio de 2004Autor:
King, Elizabeth M. ;
Mason, Andrew D.
Water resources management represents one of Mexico's most urgent environmental challenges today, and one that impacts heavily on the economy. Mexico continues to grapple with water management problem...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 34636Fecha: 30 de junio de 2004Autor:
Asad, Musa S. C. ;
Garduno, Hector
Historically, governments have used credit schemes as a way to transfer resources to specific target populations. The negative impact of most of these schemes has led many donors and experts to advoca...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 34239Fecha: 30 de junio de 2004Autor:
Duflos, Eric Bertrand Pierre ;
Imboden, Kathryn
Editorial - non-traditional technologies to expand coverage and reach the poorest. The experience of Parauapebas, Para, Brazil : provision of water services using ' condominiales ' networks; by Joao M...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 34811Fecha: 30 de junio de 2004
This report discusses the affects of rapid economic growth and increased urbanization on the environmental quality of the Dominican Republic's natural resource base (e.g., water resources management--...
Tipo: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA)Informe#: 29627Fecha: 29 de junio de 2004
The AIDS epidemic has emerged as a devastating global crisis that continues to worsen and has become a major obstacle to economic and social development. So important is this issue that an eminent gro...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 37212Fecha: 21 de junio de 2004
This report assesses accounting, financial reporting and auditing practices within the corporate sector in Chile, using International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and International Standards o...
Tipo: Accounting and Auditing Assessment (ROSC)Informe#: 35017Fecha: 15 de junio de 2004
The report provides an assessment of accounting, financial reporting, and auditing practices within the corporate sector in Peru, using International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and Internat...
Tipo: Accounting and Auditing Assessment (ROSC)Informe#: 35170Fecha: 10 de junio de 2004
This brief includes the following headings: introduction; building on experience - scaling up; two sizes, two approaches; results on the ground; ensuring provision of services to the poor; beyond the ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 30730Fecha: 1 de junio de 2004Autor:
Libhaber, Menahem ;
Troyano, Fernando ;
Ulloa, Luis Fernando
In Peru, the low potable water coverage and sanitation affect the quality of life of the population. The objective of the study is to describe and to analyze the practices and perceptions of hygiene ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 37308Fecha: 1 de junio de 2004
This field note explains the process by which the use of some organic material, such as manure, can be an effective practice to reduce the odor in rural dry pit latrines through decomposition of organ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 46902Fecha: 1 de junio de 2004
El Salvador's Education with Community Participation Program(EDUCO) began in 1991, from State and local communities' efforts to create pre-school and basic education services in rural areas. EDUCO bec...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 30731Fecha: 1 de junio de 2004Autor:
De Varela, lorena ;
Guzman, Jose Luis ;
Meza Lara, Darlyn Xiomara
The note presents some initial lessons learned from the experience of the Rural Water Supply Pilot Project in Paraguay. The project seeks to promote access by small entrepreneurs in the water sector i...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 31715Fecha: 1 de junio de 2004Autor:
Bakalian, Alexandre Edouard ;
Drees-Gross, Franz R. ;
Schippner, Beatriz ;
Schwartz, Jordan Z.
The document reflects on ways to adopt new hygiene practices in a sustained manner, arguing on the motivation and obstacles for change. It further expands on how to deliver effective messages to reach...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 33514Fecha: 1 de junio de 2004Autor:
Florez De Cilloniz, Maria Del Rocio
This report, Payments and securities clearance and settlement systems in Guatemala, is one of several public reports in the World Bank series, Western Hemisphere Payments and Securities Clearance and ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 38829Fecha: 1 de junio de 2004
This volume contains: Legal framework for water and sanitation: a national challenge; by Leonardo Gonzalez. Water supply and sanitation services for rural towns and small municipalities; by Marco Pere...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 31757Fecha: 1 de junio de 2004Autor:
Aguilar, Patricia [editor] ;
Aliaga, Boris ;
Aviles, Dr. Jose ;
Ballesteros, Mario ;
Ballesteros, Mario [editor] ;
Borja, Juan Fernando ;
Chaves Gonzalez, Diego ;
Espinoza, Patricia ;
Gonzalez, Leonardo ;
Heidebrock, Denis ;
Mosquera, Deyssi [editor] ;
Novillo, Zoila ;
Ortiz, Eduardo ;
Oscar Castillo [editor] ;
Perez, Marco Tulio ;
Rueda, Wilson ;
Vera Villanueva, Rafael ;
Villarroel, Jaime ;
Yepez, Marco
This report presents the results of an assessment of poverty conditions in Mexico, and of the Government strategies to reduce poverty. It constitutes the first phase of a longer-term work program on p...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 31115Fecha: 1 de junio de 2004Autor:
Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys C. ;
Walton, Michael
Interest rate ceilings are found in many countries throughout the world. With the expansion of microfinance in developing countries, many legislators and the general public have found it difficult to ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 34238Fecha: 30 de mayo de 2004Autor:
Duval, Ann
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