When the Bank designed a set of projects in the mid-1980s to strengthen Indonesia's transport infrastructure, which was becoming overburdened by the country's rapid economic growth, efforts focused on...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22992Fecha: 1 de abril de 1999Autor:
Talvitie, Antti P.
The note describes the rationale, and objectives of the pilot micro-finance capacity-building initiative in Africa, to reinforce financial management, link African services providers to the Consultati...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 21201Fecha: 1 de abril de 1999Autor:
Helms, Brigit S. ;
Isern, Jennifer ;
D'Ambrosio-Vitale, Nathalie
Most people in developing countries lack access to formal financial services. After decades of experimentation in a multitude of credit projects, microfinance, a "new" field, emerged to respond to thi...
Tipo: ReportInforme#: 189124Fecha: 1 de abril de 1999Autor:
Almeyda, Gloria ;
Branch, Brian
The note reviews the potential of public expenditure reviews as objective analysis of a country's public spending issues, and in advancing the development agenda in the Bank's client countries. It exa...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 21255Fecha: 1 de abril de 1999Autor:
Swaroop, Vinaya
Prompted by the East Asian crisis and the need to address its urgent social dimension, the Bank was asked to develop "general principles of good practice" in social policies. In response to the reques...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 22375Fecha: 1 de abril de 1999
The note addresses the role of ombudsman offices, and what ensures its effectiveness. Good administration requires much more than acting legally, which include constitutional, and human rights abuses,...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 21254Fecha: 1 de abril de 1999Autor:
Manning, Nick ;
Galligan, D.J.
While the 1987 Power Rehabilitation Project in Bolivia, was confined to operational improvements of the state-owned power company, a recent Operations Evaluation Department (OED) study has found that ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22994Fecha: 31 de marzo de 1999Autor:
Barbu, Alain A. ;
Luzuriaga, Luis
Despite the emergence of the World Bank as the leader in the health, nutrition, and population (HNP) sector for developing countries, in India however, (where the Bank invested more in HNP than in any...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22989Fecha: 31 de marzo de 1999Autor:
Ridker, Ronald G. ;
Musgrove, Philip A.
The evolving nature of the World Bank's investments in the health, nutrition, and population (HNP) sector, led from to direct lending for primary health in the 1980s, to supporting health system refor...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22988Fecha: 31 de marzo de 1999Autor:
Johnston, Timothy A. ;
Stout, Susan A.
The assistance provided by the World Bank to the health sector in Mali has contributed to improved access to rural health services and increased availability of affordable essential drugs, according t...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22990Fecha: 31 de marzo de 1999Autor:
Johnston, Sheila Dohoo Favre ;
Raney, Laura
World Bank health programs in Brazil have been relevant, but results have been uneven, according to a recent study by the Operations Evaluation Department (OED). Bank-supported programs have helped to...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22991Fecha: 30 de marzo de 1999Autor:
Gauri, Varun
The recent inauguration of a new administration led by President Cubas presents an opportunity to activate economic growth by implementing policies that increase economic efficiency and attract privat...
Tipo: Country Economic MemorandumInforme#: 18392Fecha: 5 de marzo de 1999Autor:
Garcia, Valeriano F. ;
Gonzalez Aleu, Jose Antonio ;
Iglesias-Palau, Augusto A ;
Moore, Jason Michael ;
Rajapatirana, Don Sarath ;
Sappelli, Claudio ;
Thobani, Mateen
Among Latin American countries, Colombia has been a pioneer in policies and programs for the informal and microenterprise sectors. This support is the result of the efforts of a group of Non-governmen...
Tipo: ReportInforme#: 189129Fecha: 1 de marzo de 1999Autor:
Benjamin, Mcdonald P. ;
Ledgerwood, Joanna
Editorial - needs for sustainable sanitation services in rural areas. Entidades prestadoras de servicios de saneamiento (EPS), debts to (Fondo Nacional de Vivienda) (FONAVI) and the 27045 Law; by Mari...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 34796Fecha: 1 de marzo de 1999Autor:
Bodero, Maria Elena ;
Campos, Marco ;
Del Corral C., Luis
El banco Caja Social es un caso unico dentro de la comunidad de microfinanzas. A pesar de atender a mas de un mi116n de clientes no tiene la e:xposici6n inteinacional de otras organizaciones como el B...
Tipo: ReportInforme#: 189146Fecha: 1 de marzo de 1999Autor:
Paxton, Julia
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) recently completed an evaluation of "Experience with Conservation Trust Funds." The evaluation sought to determine the extent to which potential advantages of tru...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 21217Fecha: 1 de febrero de 1999Autor:
Harstad, Jarle [editor]
Debt management can reduce financial vulnerability by limiting liquidity, and rollover risks. This note reviews Argentina's debt management strategy, towards improving the country's credit rating to a...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 21252Fecha: 1 de febrero de 1999Autor:
Kiguel, Miguel Alberto
The note focuses on the speculative attack on domestic assets, which can occur irrespective of country's fiscal situation, suggesting political economy considerations may be the reason. However, recen...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 21251Fecha: 1 de febrero de 1999Autor:
Calvo, Sara Guerschanik
Terms of trade shocks may slow growth, worsen the distribution of income, and raise the odds of highly disruptive currency crises. This note raises questions on how can countries cope with terms of tr...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 21253Fecha: 1 de febrero de 1999Autor:
Hausmann, Ricardo
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) recently completed an evaluation of "Experience with Conservation Trust Funds." The evaluation sought to determine the extent to which potential advantages of tru...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 21216Fecha: 31 de enero de 1999Autor:
Harstad, Jarle [editor]
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