This revised edition: (a) reviews the available evidence on the role of telecommunications in economic development; (b) outlines the principles and techniques of economic analysis that can be used in ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 13231Fecha: 1 de enero de 1993Autor:
Saunders,Robert J. ;
Warford,Jeremy James ;
Wellenius,Bjorn
The World Bank invests a considerable proportion of its resources in efforts to increase food crop production and to increase incomes of the poor, both essential to overcoming the roots of malnutritio...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 11394Fecha: 1 de enero de 1993Autor:
Miller del Rosso, Joy
The report is a collective, interdisciplinary, technical and shared work that was begun when the Bolivian National Government Department of the Environment was created. The general framework of this ...
Tipo: Environmental Action PlanInforme#: E39Fecha: 1 de enero de 1993Autor:
Bolivia
As the recessionary environment of the 1980s has given way to a greater degree of macroeconomic stability in the Latin American and Caribbean region, poverty reduction efforts have become increasingly...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 13662Fecha: 1 de enero de 1993
In 1987 the World Bank embarked on a major effort to incorporate environmental concerns into all aspects of its work. Progress reports were prepared for the Development Committee in 1987, 1988, and 19...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 11261Fecha: 31 de diciembre de 1992
This paper was presented at a Conference to the International Forum on Public Management, Bogota, Colombia. It addresses some general definitions on the subject of corruption: a heavy load for ineffic...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 17575Fecha: 5 de noviembre de 1992Autor:
Vazquez-Caro,Jaime L.
After 30 years of public investment, agricultural research in Latin America is at a crossroads. The national institute model, established in the last 1950s, faces crises in funding. Some institutes ...
Tipo: Departmental Working PaperInforme#: 10397Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 1992Autor:
McMahon, Matthew ;
Latin America and the Caribbean
This report looks at recent case studies on the costs and efficiency of 4 very different projects in Latin America on distance education: 1) In the Dominican Republic, CENAPEC offers youths and adults...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 11395Fecha: 31 de octubre de 1992Autor:
Batista Araujo e Oliveira, Joao ;
Rumble, Greville
The Development Committee considered a number of important development issues at its 44th meeting, held in Washington, D.C., on September 21, 1992. One of the two main agenda items was resource flows ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: DEV30Fecha: 31 de octubre de 1992
This speech by Lewis T. Preston, President of the World Bank, was to the Board of Governors during the 1992 Annual Meetings. In his speech, Mr. Preston, among other themes, expressed his concern that ...
Tipo: President's SpeechInforme#: 35225Fecha: 1 de octubre de 1992Autor:
Preston,Lewis T.
This paper examines the change in poverty and inequality in Lima, Peru between 1985 - 86 and 1990. The data employed are from the 1985 - 86 and 1990 Living Standards Measurement Surveys. The results a...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: LSM86Fecha: 1 de octubre de 1992Autor:
Glewwe,Paul W. ;
Hall,Gillette H.
The conceptual issues of targeting are well understood. Targeting is desirable in that it can concentrate expenditures for poverty alleviation or social programs on those who need them most. The goal ...
Tipo: Departmental Working PaperInforme#: 11297Fecha: 30 de septiembre de 1992Autor:
Grosh, Margaret E. [editor]
This speech was made by Lewis T. Preston to the Board of Governors at the 1992 Annual Meetings. Preston addresses several issues as priorities in order to maintain the momentum of reform in this gener...
Tipo: President's SpeechInforme#: 11324Fecha: 22 de septiembre de 1992Autor:
Preston,Lewis T.
This is the annual report on the operation of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) required by Article 6(1) (g) of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disp...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 56361Fecha: 11 de septiembre de 1992Autor:
World Bank
Agriculture has been Paraguay's main source of growth since colonial times. Agricultural exports continue to be a major determinant of the rhythm of growth. New sources of growth (commerce, tourism, a...
Tipo: Country Economic MemorandumInforme#: 11122Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 1992
Venezuela joined the World Bank in 1946 and received its first loan in 1961. In the 1970s the relationship changed owing to oil price increases. Venezuela repaid its outstanding World Bank obligations...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 11243Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 1992
This country report, Strengthening Links to the World Economy for Costa Rica presents an analysis of how the public deficit is one of the largest obstacles to achieving macroeconomic stability and rea...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 26160Fecha: 31 de julio de 1992
The purpose of this study is to contribute directly to the current debate on higher education finance reform in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), on both practical and theoretical levels. Given m...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 10519Fecha: 1 de julio de 1992Autor:
Carlson,Samuel C. ;
Latin America and the Caribbean Technical Depart
The end of the Cold War presents enormous opportunities for collective international efforts to address a range of urgent global issues, including the challenges posed by poverty and human misery in l...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: DEV29Fecha: 30 de junio de 1992
This is the text of an address to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development given by Lewis T. Preston, President of the World Bank Group, Rio de Janeiro, June 1992.
Tipo: President's SpeechInforme#: 10728Fecha: 4 de junio de 1992
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