The value of funded pensions can depend critically on the funds' investment performance. To try and protect people's savings, governments often regulate pension funds strictly, particularly when contr...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33383Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000
The World Bank has, over the past two years, revisited its rural development strategy and in turn developed a new one, through a renewed commitment to sound development in the rural sector, and seeks ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 18583Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000Autor:
Lutz,Ernst ;
Binswanger,Hans P. ;
Hazell,Peter B. ;
Mccalla,Alexander F.
The results of World Bank operations have continued to improve steadily. More than three-quarters of development projects supported by the Bank have achieved satisfactory outcomes, including 7 percent...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22969Fecha: 31 de diciembre de 1999Autor:
Buckley,Robert M.
If development is to become sustainable, human behavior must change. Corporations, consumers, and public agencies all need to switch away from activities that degrade the environment and invest instea...
Tipo: Departmental Working PaperInforme#: 21652Fecha: 31 de diciembre de 1999
The study reviews current gender issues in Argentina, specifically, because of the Bank's interest in identifying: gender gap implications for the country's economic, and social development; how do in...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 20911Fecha: 31 de diciembre de 1999Autor:
Correia,Maria C.
The World Bank has usually "done the right thing" in the Zimbabwe health sector, but has not always "done things right," according to a recent Operations Evaluations (OED) study. Bank policy advice an...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22970Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1999Autor:
Johnston,Timothy A.
This publication, Enlaces is another contribution to the Bank's Voices of the Poor series of publications. An unprecedented effort to gather views, experiences and aspirations of more than 60,000 poor...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 24984Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1999Autor:
Werbrouck,Pierre
This paper outlines a method for estimating the interest rate that an microfinance institution (MFI) will need to realize on its loans, if it wants to fund its growth primarily with commercial funds a...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 18656Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1999Autor:
Rosenberg,Richard
Any delinquency or recovery percentage is a ratio-the result of dividing some numerator on the top of the fraction by some denominator on the bottom. Unless we know exactly what goes into the numerato...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 33460Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1999Autor:
Christen,Robert P. ;
Rosenberg,Richard
For almost 50 years judges, lawyers, and policymakers in the United States have experimented with ways to speed up the processing of civil and criminal cases. Several lessons have emerged from this ef...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 21584Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1999Autor:
Messick, Richard ;
Shuker, Nan ;
Pace, Nicholas ;
Ostr
The GEF recently completed an Interim Assessment of Biodiversity Enabling Activities, which help recipient countries develop national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs) as required by A...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 26341Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1999Autor:
Harstad,Jarle
Micro-finance institutions (MFIs) increasingly see financial viability as a core element of their business strategy. To implement this strategy, MFI managers must analyze their financial statements fo...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 18659Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1999Autor:
Helms,Brigit S.
This note, based on a recent study by the Operations Evaluation Department, analyzes the effectiveness of the training and visit (T&V) system of agricultural extension service management in Kenya, thr...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 23002Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1999Autor:
Gautam,Madhur
Why do we need a world bank? What is the role of the World Bank? What are the World Bank programs? Where does the World Bank get its money? Where does the money go? Who runs the World Bank? The public...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 21168Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 1999
Is pollution simply the price of development? Recent evidence shows that many developing countries have already turned the corner in the fight against industrial pollution. The cleanup has begun becau...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 19851Fecha: 31 de octubre de 1999
Consultants employed by Bank borrowers and financed by the Bank or under trust funds are hired according to the Bank's Consultant Guidelines. The Guidelines specify the borrowers' obligations to submi...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 20009Fecha: 1 de octubre de 1999
The five papers comprising this report present five experiences from different sectors and countries of how civil society organizations in World Bank-financed projects or processes can: correct poorly...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 20908Fecha: 1 de octubre de 1999Autor:
Aparicio, Teresa ;
Garrison, John ;
Dolphin, Nichola
The Brown-Bag Seminar Series, initiated in April 1999, presents a forum for ongoing theoretical debates and operational innovations regarding civil society participation and its potential contribution...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 20909Fecha: 1 de octubre de 1999Autor:
Bain,Katherine A. ;
Shrader,Elizabeth ;
Galeano,Nora ;
Azcueta,Miguel ;
Garrison,John W. ;
Cesilini,Sandra ;
Arboleda,Jairo A. ;
Grossman, Claudio ;
Bernbaum, Marcia ;
Kleymeyer, Charles D. ;
Salcedo, Daniel ;
Piester,Kerianne
The Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP) produced this guide to appraising microfinance institutions (MFIs) for the use of its staff and consultants. This format is an outline of informatio...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 34260Fecha: 1 de octubre de 1999Autor:
Helms,Brigit S. ;
Peck Christen, Robert ;
Rosenberg,Richard
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