The World Bank is financing an increasing number of community-based social services projects. The objective of this paper is to review and categorize the extent, scope and mechanisms of these projects...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 23307Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2001Autor:
Mcleod,Dinah K. ;
Tovo,Maurizia
This report focuses on understanding key issues related to poverty, vulnerability and social policy in the context of a changing Uruguayan economy. Because the country is highly urbanized (90 percent)...
Tipo: Public Expenditure ReviewInforme#: 21262Fecha: 17 de julio de 2001
While Latin America and the Caribbean is the wealthiest of the developing regions, though the least dependent on agriculture, despite vast natural resources, and abundant tropical and temperate natura...
Tipo: Departmental Working PaperInforme#: 24530Fecha: 17 de julio de 2001
The objective of the First Workshop to Fight Poverty, "Self-governance for Rural Progress," organized by the Proyecto Combate a la Pobreza Rural y Recursos Naturales under the Ministry of Agriculture ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 31234Fecha: 1 de julio de 2001Autor:
Boyer,M. Gabriela ;
Halsband Leveratto,Elena Silvia ;
Moscoso, Agustin ;
Rudas Cuellar, Gloriela
Development organizations throughout the world are often in need of knowing how to contact donors who could provide them services and funding. This guide has been prepared to help development professi...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 28572Fecha: 1 de julio de 2001Autor:
Boyson, Jack K. ;
Sera, Yumi [editor]
The first workshop aimed at fighting poverty, " Local Governance for Rural Progress," jointly organized by the Panama Ministry of Agricultural Development and the World Bank, in connection with the Ru...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 30336Fecha: 1 de julio de 2001Autor:
Guzman, Armando ;
Santucci,Fabio Maria ;
Guadagni,Maurizio
This is the International Finance Corporation (IFC) annual report for FY2000, which outlines its increased gross approvals, led by a record of new investments in Sub-Saharan Africa; the realization of...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 23445Fecha: 30 de junio de 2001
Decentralization holds a lot of promise, but whether it improves public service delivery depends on the institutional arrangements governing its implementation. Several conditions must be met before t...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 24839Fecha: 1 de junio de 2001Autor:
Kahkonen,Satu Kristiina Jyrintytar ;
Lanyi, Anthony
This study on micro water supply systems deals with the sustainability of water supply systems in multiple locations. The study was initiated in response to a request from the New Delhi office of the ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 43618Fecha: 1 de junio de 2001
A GEF special study on stakeholder participation and social issues, including science and technology, was conducted for 30 GEF-financed biodiversity conservation and sustainable use projects which hav...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 26783Fecha: 1 de junio de 2001Autor:
Harstad, Jarle [editor]
This report is a summary of the 2001 Global Development Finance (GDF) publication. It contains analysis and commentary on recent developments in international finance, with particular focus on the gl...
Tipo: Global Development Finance - formerly World Debt TablesInforme#: 27748Fecha: 30 de mayo de 2001
Most studies of microfinance programs in Bangladesh indicate that the poor, and especially poor women, have been effectively targeted, and that microfinance programs have been successful in opening up...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33451Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2001Autor:
Hashemi,Syed Mesbahuddin
The World Bank Institute (WBI) has responded to the challenges of urban development and city management by launching a number of important initiatives. Chief among these is the program on Urban Challe...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 21642Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2001Autor:
Freire, Mila ;
Stren, Richard [editors]
Editorial - community contracting, and empowerment. Notes for capacity building methods : the two waters; by Mercedes Zevallos, UNICEF. El Ingenio, Nasca : La Asociacion de Usuarios, an alternative mo...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 34803Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2001Autor:
Randin, Nicolas ;
Valencia, Luis ;
Vasquez Becerra, Jorge ;
Vera Villanueva,Rafael ;
Zevallos Castaneda,Maria Mercedes
Since the 1997-98 financial crises in emerging markets, considerable progress has been made in identifying the components of the global financial system and in articulating and applying standards and ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 48165Fecha: 1 de abril de 2001
The paper presents the main approaches, and tools to measuring poverty, and vulnerability. This involves among other things, the important issues of the setting of poverty lines, of the statistical us...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 25534Fecha: 1 de abril de 2001Autor:
Duclos, Jean-Ives
Social investment funds are being used in a growing number of countries, to alleviate the impact of political, social, and economic crises, cushion the impact of adjustment programs, generate employme...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 23162Fecha: 1 de abril de 2001Autor:
Weissman,Juliana
The objectives of this document are: a) Complement the social study started in 1994, specifically in relation to the socio-cultural, political and economic profile of the indigenous peoples of Guatema...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 64939Fecha: 1 de abril de 2001Autor:
TOVAR GOMEZ, MARCELA
After reviewing the current state of standards and trade in Central America, the authors suggest top priorities for reform from a trade policy perspective in a new and increasingly important area of p...
Tipo: Policy Research Working PaperInforme#: WPS2576Fecha: 31 de marzo de 2001Autor:
Hufbauer, Gary Clyde ;
Kotschwar, Barbara ;
Wilson,J
The Operations Evaluation Department's (OED) 1999 evaluation of Bank assistance to Indonesia, found that projects were not sufficiently geared to poverty reduction, and that agriculture projects had n...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 23017Fecha: 31 de marzo de 2001Autor:
Campbel-Page, Elizabeth [editor] ;
Heath, John ;
McEuen, Caroline [editor] ;
McNees, Pat [editor]
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