The Country Social Analysis (CSA) is a new type of study financed by the Bank that proposes and offers, within a social development perspective, discussions on the main opportunities, and restrictions...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 30483Fecha: 1 de enero de 2004Autor:
Carter, Miguel ;
Gacitua-Mario, Estanislao ;
Silva-Leander, Annika
With the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean has been one of the regions of the world with the greatest inequality. This report explores why the region suffers from such p...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 28989Fecha: 1 de enero de 2004Autor:
De Ferranti, David ;
Ferreira, Francisco H. G. ;
Perry, Guillermo E. ;
Walton, Michael
This report points out that in 2000 nearly one billion urban residents throughout the world were lacking adequate sanitation and health with the figure in rural areas being even greater. However, with...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 46874Fecha: 1 de enero de 2004
This report describes the experience developed jointly by the Uruguayan National Department of Public Education (ANEP) and the World Bank in the implementation of a School Inclusion Fund (FIE). The go...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 123976Fecha: 1 de enero de 2004
In 2003, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) instituted a number of important institutional changes: 1) the GEF Council agreed that Executing Agencies should benefit from direct access, through the ...
Tipo: Annual ReportInforme#: 30501Fecha: 1 de enero de 2004
Land policies are of fundamental importance to sustainable growth, good governance, and the well-being of, and the economic opportunities open to, both rural and urban dwellers - particularly the poor...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 26384Fecha: 1 de enero de 2004Autor:
Deininger, Klaus W.
Examining the experience of the U.S.-Mexico remittances corridor over the last eight years, this title derives specific lessons that could be applicable to other remittance corridors when shifting fro...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 31671Fecha: 1 de enero de 2004Autor:
Hernandez-Coss, Raul E.
An effective state is essential to achieving socio-economic and sustainable development. With the advent of globalization, there are growing pressures on governments and organizations around the world...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 29672Fecha: 1 de enero de 2004Autor:
Kusek, Jody Zall ;
Rist, Ray C.
Individuals and societies can respond in a variety of ways when faced with the prospect of economic losses from shocks like natural disasters, sickness, sudden death, disability and unemployment. Soci...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 53806Fecha: 1 de enero de 2004Autor:
Packard, Truman G.
This comprehensive study identifies the concepts that are central to assessing the effect of infrastructure reform on the poor, based on a detailed analysis of the effects of a decade of reforms in La...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 23950Fecha: 1 de enero de 2004Autor:
Estache, Antonio ;
Foster, Vivien ;
Wodon, Quentin T.
The IFC/MIGA Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) is an independent post, which reports directly to the President of the World Bank Group. The post was established in 1999. Its mandate is to assist the ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 108840Fecha: 1 de enero de 2004
This book has as its central thesis that urban growth in all parts of the world is inevitable and is welcome. Despite some concerns that the local governments will not be able to address the problems ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 48155Fecha: 1 de enero de 2004Autor:
Freire, Mila (ed.) ;
Polese, Mario (ed.) ;
Echeverria, Pamela (ed.)
The Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat is a vital interface between global policies in the economic, social and environmental spheres and national action. The ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 78771Fecha: 1 de enero de 2004
This Annual Review of Environment Matters, dedicated to Economic Growth and the Environment, brings together a wide variety of external and internal viewpoints on the challenges ahead, and the progres...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 30956Fecha: 1 de enero de 2004Autor:
Acharya, Anjali ;
Ahmend, Kulsum ;
Aparakka-Hermantha, Ayesha ;
Cardenas Jimenez, Alberto ;
Gelb, Alan Harold ;
Ghosh, Prodipto ;
Hamilton, Kirk E. ;
Ijjasz-Vasquez, Jorge [editor] ;
Miller, Doug ;
Pearce, David ;
Seymour, Francis ;
Warford, Jeremy James ;
Watson, Robert ;
Wheeler, David ;
Xie Zhenhua
The report contributes to the attainment of a common tool for all social actors in Ecuador, i.e., National and local governments, mining enterprises and workers, rural communities, indigenous populati...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 30415Fecha: 1 de enero de 2004
This Guide sets out principles and advice for the procurement of HIV/AIDS medicines and related supplies for programs scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) and associated health services, such as ba...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 29707Fecha: 1 de enero de 2004Autor:
Tayler, Yolanda
This Report covers the period July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004 (fiscal 2004), mandated as an Annual Report, and as a public document, to describe the Bank Group's efforts in investigations and sanctions....
Tipo: Board ReportInforme#: 31575Fecha: 1 de enero de 2004
Groundwater is an extensive, concealed and inaccessible resource, and (in contrast to surface water) changes in quantity and quality are often very slow processes occurring below large land areas. The...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 30107Fecha: 1 de enero de 2004Autor:
Foster, James Stephen ;
Garduno, Hector ;
Kemper, Karin Erika ;
Nanni, Marcella ;
Tuinhof, Albert
This poverty assessment was launched with three broad objectives: (1) to update the poverty profile for Nicaragua with data from the 2001 LSMS survey and assess key changes between 1998 and 2001; (2) ...
Tipo: Poverty AssessmentInforme#: 26128Fecha: 23 de diciembre de 2003
In July 2001, the extractive industries review (EIR) was initiated with the appointment of Dr. Emil Salim, former Minister of the Environment for Indonesia, as eminent person to the review. The EIR wa...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 84286Fecha: 13 de diciembre de 2003Autor:
Grutzner, Julia ;
Salim, Emil
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