Despite Argentina's current annual investments for social policies focused on infrastructure sectors, it does social policies lack a coherent framework that guarantees basic levels of access by, and e...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 28121Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2003Autor:
Foster, Vivien
Social reforms typically require long-term, incremental policy changes. Traditional World Bank (WB) funding for discrete investments or technical assistance often had little broad policy impact. Even ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 53804Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2003Autor:
Javier, Evangeline ;
Paqueo, Vicente B. ;
Rawlings, Laura B. ;
Rodriguez, Alberto
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: 1 de diciembre de 2003Autor:
Grutzner, Julia ;
Salim, Emil
The development community is aligned around the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in an unprecedented manner. By focusing on the achievement of quantified and time-bound development targets covering...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 27647Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2003
This volume contains: Sector Development Plan; Success facts of the Basic Sector Reforms; New models for water services management; SODIS: Solar water clarification; Water impurity purification by art...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 31709Fecha: 1 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: 1 de diciembre de 2003Autor:
Grutzner, Julia ;
Salim, Emil
Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs give families cash to pay for basic health and school expenses (if children attend school and regularly visit health clinics). CCTs have two main objectives: ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 28434Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2003Autor:
Vermehren, Andrea
Over two billion people worldwide lack any type of formal social security protection. Poor people are the least likely to benefit from coverage, yet they are the most vulnerable to risk and economic s...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 34207Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2003Autor:
Churchill, Craig ;
Cohen, Monique ;
Latortue, Alexia ;
Mccord, Michael J.
This report, Payments and Securities Clearance and Settlement Systems in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union, is one of several public reports in the World Bank series, Western Hemisphere Payments an...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 38834Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2003
This Note is intended as a reference document for IFC's sponsors, but the primary target audience is practitioners and/or specialists working in a developing country context and in charge of identifyi...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 31872Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2003Autor:
Brusberg, Eric ;
Pollet, Ted ;
Sequeira, Debra Tina ;
Zevallos, Jose Vicente
The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Debt Initiative, designed to relieve the high external debt burdens of some of the poorest nations, was put in place by the World Bank and the IMF in 1996; a...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 27638Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2003
Editorial : 2004 - challenges for small and medium size cities. New models for sustainable delivery of water and sanitation services. A new instrument for development of water and sanitation services ...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 34810Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2003Autor:
Lopez R., Gabriel ;
Mcgregor Arnao, Jorge Luis ;
Uribe, Jorge Alberto
The bald hills outside Lima, Peru, are dotted with unregulated settlements. Compact dwellings, built of scrap wood, cement block and brick, extend out to the horizon. More sprouts up every month, and ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91987Fecha: 4 de noviembre de 2003
The World Bank and the Chilean government partnered in 1999 to launch the millennium science initiative (MSI), which aims to boost Chile's science and technology sector by supporting local scientists ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91967Fecha: 3 de noviembre de 2003
While not a new phenomenon in most of Latin America, crime and violence have increased dramatically in recent decades and are now recognized as a serious economic and social problem, particularly in t...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 35133Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2003Autor:
Staco, Veronique [researcher] ;
Van Bronkhorst, Bernice [assembler]
This study is about the socio-economic, political and cultural life of indigenous peoples in El Salvador. It reflects the limited capacity of public and private sectors in the formulation of policies ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 64748Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2003
This article discusses the poverty and inequality which remain the most important medium to long-term development challenges for Brazil and notes that there is no single, simple or quick solution to t...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 28433Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2003Autor:
Carletto, Andre L. ;
Verner, Dorte
In this issue: Highlights from the upcoming GEF Council Meeting. Focal point news. GEF/NGO network news. News from monitoring and evaluation. Other news.
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 37619Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2003
In social protection, Costa Rica has a well-established social assistance network to protect vulnerable groups, but it does not adequately reach the very poor. Costa Rica is not likely to be able to r...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 53805Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2003Autor:
Ribe, Helena G. ;
Víquez, Roxana
Forest fiscal systems - specifically concession and revenue systems - provide the tools for mobilizing forest revenues, motivating private industry operations, and meeting broader policy objectives, i...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 28299Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2003
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