While substantial progress has been made over the past generation, the statistics on poverty continue to shock. Three out of five people in the world -- some 3 billion people -- live in the world's po...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 11969Fecha: 1 de marzo de 1994
Water resources have been one of the most important areas of the Bank's lending during the past three decades. Water is an increasingly scarce resource requiring careful economic and environmental man...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 12335Fecha: 1 de marzo de 1994
Major reforms in the institutional structure and spending responsibilities of subnational governments in Chile are being enacted into law. The new legislation will make subnational governments a much ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 12680Fecha: 1 de febrero de 1994
This policy paper discusses the evolving role of the World Bank in the housing sector and provides a new agenda for housing policy and institutional reform in developing countries. It explains the rat...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 11820Fecha: 1 de febrero de 1994
This paper represents the first steps in the development of a framework for measuring the incremental costs of climate change mitigation projects by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). The GEF i...
Tipo: Global Environment Facility Working PaperInforme#: 12990Fecha: 1 de enero de 1994Autor:
Ahuja,Dilip R.
This document summarizes a recent World Bank study called, "Gender Discrimination in the Labor Market and the Role of the Law: Experiences in Six Latin American Countries." It reviews the trends of w...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 13582Fecha: 1 de enero de 1994Autor:
Winter,Carolyn
Cassava represents the difference between hunger and sustenance for millions of the world's poor. It is the world's highest source of calories, and the fourth highest in the tropics (behind rice, sug...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 12257Fecha: 1 de enero de 1994Autor:
Wigg,David Martin W.
The last few years have seen an unprecedented increase world-wide in private participation in infrastructure financing. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), which has been involved in the fina...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: IFD23Fecha: 1 de enero de 1994Autor:
Bond,Gary E. ;
Carter,Laurence W.
In 1987 the World Bank Group embarked on a major effort to incorporate environmental concerns into all aspects of its work. This is a summary of the fifth major report on progress since that time. It ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 13587Fecha: 1 de enero de 1994
The World Bank's environmental work is changing its emphasis from the design and codification of Bank policies to supporting their implementation; a stronger focus on the development of institutional ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 12350Fecha: 1 de enero de 1994
This paper discusses the reduction of government activity that can be achieved through the participation of the private sector in service. It also raises the question whether it is appropriate to invo...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 48157Fecha: 1 de enero de 1994
This is a fact-finding, policy-oriented study about working women in 15 Latin American and Caribbean countries which aims (i) to establish patterns and trends in women's characteristics in the labor m...
Tipo: Departmental Working PaperInforme#: 10077Fecha: 1 de enero de 1994Autor:
Psacharopoulos, George ;
Tzannatos, Zafiris [edito
This report reviews the abundant evidence of how much women contribute to development in Latin American and Caribbean countries. It proceeds to identify the reasons why these regions have not been as ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 13583Fecha: 1 de enero de 1994Autor:
Winkler, Donald R. ;
Guedes, Andrea
This note reviews the economic, social, and political welfare of indigenous peoples in Latin America, and examines the environmental aspects of the region's economic development, as priorities for the...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 19823Fecha: 31 de diciembre de 1993Autor:
Uquillas Rodas,Jorge E. ;
Rivera,Jean-Carlo
The success of development in East Asia is legendary. No other group of developing countries has done as well in fostering growth, reducing poverty, integrating with world markets, or raising standard...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 12466Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1993Autor:
Leipziger,Danny M. ;
Thomas,Vinod
The major conclusions and recommendations of this report are as follows: 1) to meet anticipated requirements for the domestic and export markets, especially to Brazil. Bolivia's proven reserves will n...
Tipo: ESMAP PaperInforme#: ESM164Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1993
This paper summarizes the findings of a research program on the institutional framework of urban management. Urban management is concerned with the policies, plans, programs, and practices that seek t...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 12503Fecha: 30 de noviembre de 1993Autor:
Davey,Kenneth J.
The Development Committee held its 47th meeting in Washington, D.C. on September 27, 1993. There were two main items on their agenda: first, Adjustment Experience of Low-Income Countries and Implicati...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: DEV32Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 1993
This speech was made by Lewis T. Preston to the Board of Governors at the 1993 Annual Meetings. Preston discusses the rapid pace of global change in the political, economic and technological sectors. ...
Tipo: President's SpeechInforme#: 12510Fecha: 25 de septiembre de 1993Autor:
Preston,Lewis T.
With the ratification of the ICSID convention by ten more countries, the center?s membership grew to 109 during fiscal 1993. A further three countries signed the convention during the year, bringing t...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 75852Fecha: 8 de septiembre de 1993Autor:
World Bank
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