Editorial - reforms to move on. Water hand-pumps: between offer and demand; by Emilio Mayorga, ITDG. The "condominial " model for sanitation, a low cost option; by Carmen Arevalo, PAS/Banco Mundial. S...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 34799Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2000Autor:
Arevalo-Correa,Carmen ;
Campos,Marco ;
Leon Suematsu,Guillermo Israel ;
Mayorga, Emilio ;
Rojas,Ricardo ;
Valencia, Luis
This working paper was prepared in the context of the Western Hemisphere Payments and Securities Clearance and Settlement Initiative. This initiative is conducted by the World Bank in partnership with...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 45231Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2000Autor:
De La Lastra, Inigo ;
Guadamillas,Mario ;
Holttinen, Eija
The paper synthesizes the information generated by one stage of activities of the Urban Peace Program, which focuses on the dynamics of violence in Latin America and the Caribbean, its effects on poor...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 23232Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2000Autor:
Moser, Caroline ;
McIlwaine, Cathy
This report resumes the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for Honduras, under preparation in October 1998, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch, but interrupted due to the mobilization ...
Tipo: Country Partnership FrameworkInforme#: 20072Fecha: 27 de enero de 2000
The study documents how people living in poor urban communities in Colombia, perceive violence, and identifies, the categories of violence affecting communities, the costs of different types of violen...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 20747Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000Autor:
Moser,Caroline O. ;
McIlwaine, Cathy
This study recognizes that cities and towns form the front line in a global campaign to address issues of poverty and development opportunity. Guided by a vision of sustainable cities that are livable...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 20356Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000
This edition of the Pension Reform Primer examines the global trend in early retirement among rich and poorer countries, the reasons for people retiring early, the burden of early retirement on the pe...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33386Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000
Very little is known about the actual impact of projects on the poor. Many are reluctant to carry out impact evaluations because they are deemed expensive, time consuming, and technically complex, and...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 20745Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000Autor:
Baker,Judy L.
Collecting contributions is more complicated in a decentralized pension system, based on individual accounts, than in a public system. Many public plans provide a defined benefit pension based on only...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33402Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000
The paper analyzes the adjustment process in the aftermath of speculative attacks against the currencies of six countries - Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Korea, and Thailand. Even though the M...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 19607Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000Autor:
Perry,Guillermo ;
Lederman,Daniel
Following on the work of previous, recent publications - Voices of the Poor, and the World Development Report 2000/01 - this report provides missing mechanisms by which people, and countries emerge fr...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 23463Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000
World Bank projects increasingly attempt to hand over responsibility of development activities to local communities. Consequently, communities are increasingly involved in procurement and disbursement...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 20414Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000Autor:
De Silva,Samantha
The theme of this 22nd edition of the World Development Report is the changing development landscape in the 21st century. The Report focuses on two forces of change: the integration of the world econo...
Tipo: World Development ReportInforme#: 19279Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000Autor:
Altaf, Anjum ;
Dillinger,William R. ;
Evenett,Simon J. ;
Fay,Marianne ;
Henderson,John Vernon ;
Kenny,Charles J. ;
Wu, Weiping ;
Yusuf,Shahid
The study documents how people living in poor urban communities in Guatemala perceive violence. Specifically, it identifies the categories of violence affecting poor communities, the costs of differen...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 23211Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000Autor:
Moser,Caroline O. ;
McIlwaine, Cathy
Millions of households in the developing world still lack access to safe and reliable energy-and pay high prices for poor-quality substitutes. Addressing their needs poses a major challenge for develo...
Tipo: Annual ReportInforme#: 20824Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000Autor:
Brook,Penelope J. ;
Smith, Suzanne [editors]
This issue of CIVIS profiles the Swaziland Urban Development Project (SUDP). In response to increasing urbanization, the Government of Swaziland in the early 1990s made urban sector development and po...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 32984Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000
In the 1990s Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) began to resurface from the lost decade of the 1980s after a sustained reform effort by the countries to enhance the role of market forces and increa...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 20655Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000Autor:
De Ferranti,David ;
Perry, Guillermo E. ;
Gill,Indermit S. ;
Serven,Luis ;
Ferreira,Francisco H. G. ;
Ilahi,Nadeem ;
Maloney,William F. ;
Rama,Martin G.
In recognition of the fundamental importance of an appropriate regulatory environment to accelerate connectivity, and access to information services, this handbook provides a practical reference sourc...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 24742Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000Autor:
Intven, Hank [editor] ;
Oliver,Jeremy ;
Sepulveda,Edgardo
This Note on public management of pension funds concludes that publicly-managed pension reserves are often used to finance non-pension policy. Public pension fund managers tend to invest based on obje...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33385Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000
This book is the first in a three-part series, about the common patterns that emerged from the poor people's experiences in many different places. Chapter 1 sets out the conceptual framework and metho...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 20246Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000Autor:
Naraya, Deepa ;
Patel, Raj ;
Schafft, Kai ;
Rademacher
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