The Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (cao) is an independentpost that reports directly tothe president of the World BankGroup. Its mandate is twofold: first, to help the ifc and migaaddress—in a manner th...
Tipo: Annual ReportInforme#: 108401Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2002
This paper is part of a research and dissemination initiative which the Water and Sanitation Program is carrying out into private sector participation and the poor in the urban water sector. Proposals...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 25697Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2002
This paper surveys that cash transfers are the preferred means of assistance to the poor, or those who face a probable risk. There are few statutory cash assistance schemes in developing countries, an...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 25298Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2002Autor:
Tabor,Steven R.
According to the International Labor Organization, 120 million children work full-time worldwide. Virtually all live in poor countries. Legislation has been passed to ban child labor, but it is not en...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 26720Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2002Autor:
Harry Anthony Patrinos, and Christiaan Grootaert
Poverty will not be reduced on a large scale, without tapping into the energy, skills, and motivation of the millions of poor people around the world. This book offers a framework for empowerment, tha...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 24800Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2002Autor:
Narayan, Deepa [editor]
This report describes a petroleum exploration capacity building program organized by SMAP, CODENPE (Consejo de Nacionalidades y Pueblos del Ecuador) and Subsecretaria Ambiental del Ministerio de Energ...
Tipo: ESMAP PaperInforme#: 25219Fecha: 31 de agosto de 2002
This sourcebook presents a conceptual framework for social analysis and describes how task teams can incorporate its principles into project design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. It i...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 30442Fecha: 7 de agosto de 2002Autor:
Dani,Anis A.
Among policymakers and economists, there is a widely held perception that microenterprises1 face severe financing shortages that limit their growth opportunities. Resolving the problems of access to f...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 26716Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2002Autor:
Susana M. Sanchez, Sophie Sirtaine, and Rita Valente
Participatory Poverty Assessments (PPAs) use participatory research methods to understand poverty from the perspective of the poor by focusing on their realities, needs, and priorities. The principle ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 19083Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2002Autor:
Kende-Robb,Caroline M.
Without better policies and institutions, social and environmental strains may derail development progress, leading to higher poverty levels and a decline in the quality of life for everybody, accordi...
Tipo: World Development ReportInforme#: 24711Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2002
The report builds a brief review of problems encountered in key sectors among Latin American countries, and features current gender issues and problems, as the basis for discussion, and action. Furthe...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 29348Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2002Autor:
Correia, Maria ;
Pena, Valeria
Through decentralization, and directives such as the Supreme Court judgment on solid waste management, local bodies in India are taking on responsibility for an increasing range of basic services. Thi...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 23771Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2002
Current coffee prices are at record lows and below the cost of production for many producers in Central America. Moreover, the coffee crisis is structural, and changes in supply and demand do not indi...
Tipo: Policy Research Working PaperInforme#: WPS2993Fecha: 19 de julio de 2002Autor:
Varangis, Panos ;
Siegel, Paul ;
Giovannucci, Daniel
Afro-Colombians make up 90 percent of the population in the rainforest-covered Chocó region along Colombia's Pacific coast. In 1994, the World Bank approved a Natural Resources Management Program to h...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91735Fecha: 1 de julio de 2002
This paper focuses on the initial thinking within the Latin America and Caribbean region of the World Bank (LCR) on empowerment, its operational implications and the specific contributions that the re...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 28306Fecha: 1 de julio de 2002
This document covers the lessons learned about setting up Public Private Partnerships for Handwashing. Part 1 explores the rationale for handwashing programs and for Public Private Partnerships; Part ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 33512Fecha: 1 de julio de 2002
Two of the main obstacles to improving public health services for Mexico's poor have been the population dispersion in rural areas, and the difficult geographic obstacles to reaching those in remote v...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91737Fecha: 1 de julio de 2002
The CrediAmigo microfinance program in Brazil, managed by the Banco do Nordeste (BN) shows how an international financial institution like the World Bank can be a useful catalyst in the development of...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33453Fecha: 1 de julio de 2002Autor:
Peck Christen, Robert ;
Schonberger,Steven N.
Magdalena Medio is one of the poorest and most violent areas of Colombia and a microcosm of the actors and issues underlying Colombia's armed conflict with guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries, with ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 26714Fecha: 1 de julio de 2002
In 1999 confronted by some of the most bleak health indicators in Latin America, the Bolivian government asked the World Bank to help it with a program to bring better health care to poor families thr...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91758Fecha: 1 de julio de 2002
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