Since traditional coffee cultivation can harm the ecosystem, efforts have been made to develop methods that will help maintain biodiversity. Shade-grown coffee seems to be one answer. As part of a Cof...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91794Fecha: 17 de septiembre de 2002
With more than half of its two million inhabitants living in unplanned squatter settlements, the Venezuelan capital of Caracas is faced with immense challenge in delivering basic services to its peopl...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91790Fecha: 17 de septiembre de 2002
This Results Profile briefly mentions the World Bank's $2 billion in loans to support the Brazilian government's water resource activities. As a result, the number of people with a reliable access to ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91944Fecha: 17 de septiembre de 2002
Under the Program for Normalization of Informal Areas, Light Serviços de Electricidade SA, Rio's main power provider, is working in the city's low-income communities to establish and upgrade power net...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91943Fecha: 17 de septiembre de 2002
This note on the process of preparation of reforms in the water sector for the benefit of the poor in Katmandu is part of an investigative initiative. It stresses the reality that the private sector h...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 46910Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2002
This paper discusses the range of food-based transfers that are typically used in social safety net programs. The authors have tried to provide guidance as to the appropriate context for different kin...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 29735Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2002Autor:
Coates, Jennifer ;
Lorge Rogers, Beatrice
This paper will consider a range of consumer-oriented subsidy instruments, including general subsidies, and tax exemptions as well as targeted quotas. Section II discusses the distribution, or inciden...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 25299Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2002Autor:
Alderman, Harold H.
Microfin is designed to support your business planning processes, by generating an integrated, detailed set of five-year projections to help you assess the viability of your plan. This handbook explai...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 34258Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2002Autor:
Lunde, Shirley
OED's first Annual Report on Evaluation Capacity Development (AREC) finds that the World Bank is increasing its support for Evaluation Capacity Development (ECD) activities and is currently active in ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 27641Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2002
Why do microfinance institutions (MFIs) charge such high interest rates to the poor? This brief highlights some of the key issues related to microcredit interest rates and the role of donors. Microcr...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 34186Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2002Autor:
Goodwin-Groen, Ruth Patricia
According to the World Resources Institute, at current rates of deforestation and land clearance, 5 to 10 percent of tropical forest biodiversity will vanish over the next three decades. There are man...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 27685Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2002
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have been adopted by the international community as a series of development targets to be accomplished over the period 1990-2015. The MDGs are an expanded set o...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 26717Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2002Autor:
Hicks, Norman L. ;
Wodon, Quentin T.
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
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