This report summarizes the discussions from the "Forum on Poverty, Inequality, and Vulnerability," organized in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 19-20, 1998, by the World Bank's Latin America and t...
Tipo: Departmental Working PaperInforme#: 19682Fecha: 20 de octubre de 1998
The World Bank has helped Albania, Georgia, and Latvia measure corruption and design strategies to combat it and improve governance. This note explains how empirical surveys can inform and transform t...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 18572Fecha: 1 de octubre de 1998Autor:
Kaufmann, Daniel ;
Pradhan, Sanjay ;
Ryterman, Randi
This paper reviews the current status of national policies for quality assurance. It offers a brief assessment of recent trends and identifies some areas of emerging consensus as well as issues still ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 21199Fecha: 1 de octubre de 1998Autor:
El-Khawas, Elaine ;
Depietro-Jurand, Robin A. ;
Holm-Nielsen, Lauritz B.
The most important change in the educational sector begun during the decade of the eighties and intensified during the nineties is the growth of global competition. Many states have concentrated their...
Tipo: LAC Human & Social Development Group Paper SeriesInforme#: 18833Fecha: 30 de septiembre de 1998Autor:
Delannoy, Francoise
Bank strategy for smaller enterprises has generally been to ease the scarcity of term finance by providing funds and improving the banking system's ability to lend to them. Thought to be labor-intensi...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22967Fecha: 30 de septiembre de 1998Autor:
Buckley, Robert ;
Rodriguez, Edgard ;
Galenson, Alic
Both the recurrent nature of disaster and the availability of technological, social, and organizational remedies make disaster relief an area where mitigation--policies and actions that are intended t...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22968Fecha: 30 de septiembre de 1998Autor:
Parker, Ronald S. ;
Kreimer, Alcira I.
This report concerns the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Fiscal year 1998 was a notable one for the Centre in many respects. In this period, ICSID's membership has ...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 41801Fecha: 18 de septiembre de 1998
This report records the accomplishments of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) through June 30, 1998, and highlights new GEF initiatives leading into the 21st century. The first section touches on t...
Tipo: Annual ReportInforme#: 19575Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 1998Autor:
Swift, Susan Drake
The Loan Administration Change Initiative (LACI) was launched in 1996 as part of the Strategic Compact with the goal of making the administration process more responsible to borrowers needs while incr...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 20870Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 1998
The study profiles five case studies of the International Finance Corporation-sponsored ventures, chosen because of their development potential, or, because of unusual setbacks, as the case may be. Th...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 23471Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 1998Autor:
Bouton, Lawrence ;
Karmokolias, Yannis ;
Elkan, Walter ;
Miller, Robert R. ;
Fitchett, Delbert A. ;
Jaspersen, Frederick Z.
Around the world, poor households save in various forms and for various purposes. Although empirical evidence suggests that the poor would deposit if appropriate financial institutions and savings fac...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 18655Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 1998Autor:
Mukherjee, Joyita ;
Wisniwski, Sylvia
Backed by strong support from international institutions and the donor community, including five structural adjustment operations from the World Bank, the Aquino and Ramos administrations have secured...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 27744Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 1998Autor:
Zanini, Gianni
This book aims at assisting policymakers and practitioners in developing countries, as well as staff members of international organizations interested in exploring alternative methods of financing edu...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 17047Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 1998Autor:
Patrinos, Harry Anthony ;
Ariasingam, David Lakshm
This is the twenty-first in the annual series assessing major development issues. This report acknowledges that knowledge, not capital, is the key to sustained economic growth and improvements in huma...
Tipo: World Development ReportInforme#: 18446Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 1998
Consultative group to assist the poorest (CGAP) was formally constituted on June 27, 1995, for a three-year period, with the participation of 10 bilateral and multilateral member donors. Its mission i...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 18596Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 1998Autor:
Malhotra, Mohini ;
Mukherjee, Joyita
The main objective of the participatory training initiative is to strengthen indigenous peoples organizations and to increase their options for ethno-development, interpreted as socioeconomic change t...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 42051Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 1998Autor:
Condor, Norma ;
Gigler, Bjorn-Soren ;
Martinez, Juan ;
Uquillas Rodas, Jorge E.
This study, as the title suggests, analyzes the result of some factors on educational achievements; namely, the incidence of expectations and gender issues. Following the Federal Law mandate of 1993 i...
Tipo: LAC Human & Social Development Group Paper SeriesInforme#: 18832Fecha: 31 de agosto de 1998Autor:
Tulic, Maria Lucrecia ;
Cominetti, Rossella ;
Ruiz, Gonzalo
The Local Level Institutions (LLI) Study is designed as a comparative study from across three countries: Bolivia, Burkina Faso, and Indonesia. This report mainly comprises questionnaires particularly ...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 22807Fecha: 31 de agosto de 1998
This year marks the twentieth year of the UNDP-World Bank Water and Sanitation Program. The author traces the developments in the water and sanitation sector since the program's inception in 1978, and...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 18861Fecha: 19 de agosto de 1998Autor:
Black, Maggie
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