The goals of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) are to ensure that all people can access quality health services, to safeguard all people from public health risks, and to protect all people from impoveri...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 88862Fecha: 28 de octubre de 2015Autor:
Maeda,Akiko ;
Cashin,Cheryl ;
Harris, Joseph ;
Ikegami,Naoki ;
Reich,Michael Robin
Experience shows that there is often ample room for more effective and efficient use of investment tax incentives in low-income countries. Tax incentives generally rank low in investment climate surve...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 100756Fecha: 15 de octubre de 2015
When residents tell tourists that it never rains in Lima, they are a mere .3 inches from the truth. Climate change threatens the future of water in Lima, where 1.5 million residents are underserved. T...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 166775Fecha: 5 de octubre de 2015
This World Bank annual report covers the period from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015. Overall, 2015 is set to be a pivotal year in global development aspirations. With the Millennium Development Goals (...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 99910Fecha: 2 de octubre de 2015
Panama has experienced impressive and significant economic growth, emerging as one of the better performers in Central America in recent years and one of the fastest growing economies worldwide. From ...
Tipo: Public Expenditure ReviewInforme#: 102301Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2015Autor:
Acosta,Pablo Ariel ;
Almeida,Rita Kullberg ;
Lao Peña, Christine ;
Carpio,Carmen ;
Monsalve Montiel,Emma Mercedes ;
Otero,Diego Postigo ;
Bench,Natalia Santiago ;
Lindert,Kathy A.
The evolution of Costa Rica’s social sectors over the past decade has been dichotomous. On the one hand, economic growth has remained relatively high, however poverty and inequality have not declined ...
Tipo: Public Expenditure ReviewInforme#: 97416Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2015Autor:
Acosta,Pablo Ariel ;
Almeida,Rita Kullberg ;
Pena,Christine Lao ;
Avitabile,Ciro ;
Cavagnero,Eleonora Del Valle ;
Esperato Martinez,Alexo Ramon ;
Monsalve Montiel,Emma Mercedes ;
Seely,Evan Sloane ;
Montenegro Torres,Fernando Xavier
Environmental and social responsibility is becoming more and more important in today’s global economy. There are thousands of environmental and social codes and standards in the world today. The codes...
Tipo: ReportInforme#: 112104Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2015Autor:
Moss,Craig Allan ;
Hwang,Jane C.
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 100046Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2015Autor:
Klytchnikova,Irina I. ;
Sadler,Marc Peter ;
Townsend,Robert ;
Edmeades,Svetlana ;
Choudhary,Vikas ;
Hussain,Sarwat ;
Kray,Holger A. ;
Fernandes,Erick C.M. ;
Moses,Eugene D ;
Cantrell,James T. ;
Morales,Xenia Zia ;
Pietrowski,Michele Sue
Peru’s recent robust growth has raised its economic prospects and has been broadly shared. The next step in development - high-income status - is challenging for all middle income countries and requir...
Tipo: Country Economic MemorandumInforme#: 99400Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2015Autor:
Vostroknutova,Ekaterina ;
Rodriguez, Alberto ;
Saavedra,Pablo ;
Panzer,John
The objective of this report is to assess PFM systems existing at the level of PBA with a particular focus on the health and education sectors, and to understand linkages existing between the institut...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 104076Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2015Autor:
Solanot,Alejandro Roger ;
Bessette,Franck ;
Grofsmacht,Ana Maria ;
Nogueira-Budny,Daniel
As a small economy, Uruguay’s growth and poverty reduction prospects are closely related to its performance in international markets. This report analyzes export dynamics in Uruguay over the period 20...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 101540Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2015Autor:
Portugal Perez,Luis Alberto ;
Reyes,Jose Daniel ;
Varela,Gonzalo J.
After a decade of strong growth, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) started to decelerate in mid-2011, on the wake of falling commodity prices and slower growth in the rest of the world, particular...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 100083Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2015Autor:
De La Torre,Augusto ;
Ize,Alain ;
Beylis,Guillermo Raul ;
Lederman,Daniel
Transport infrastructure and services development has historically been largely gender-blind, in otherwords, it has not taken gender roles and men’s and women’s different uses of transport into accoun...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 155960Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2015Autor:
Dominguez Gonzalez,Karla ;
Arango,Diana Jimena ;
Mccleary-Sills,Jennifer Diane ;
Bianchi Alves,Bianca
Los fondos para la realización de este estudio fueron provistos en parte por el Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos de América para el proyecto Supporting the Roadmap to 2016: Extending the ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 130683Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2015
The world economy is not what it used to be twenty years ago. For most of the 20th century, the world economy was characterized by developed (North) countries acting as 'center' to a 'periphery' of de...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 96467Fecha: 30 de septiembre de 2015Autor:
De La Torre,Augusto ;
Didier Brandao,Tatiana ;
Ize,Alain ;
Lederman,Daniel ;
Schmukler,Sergio L.
This handbook aims to help local government practitioners, particularly staff of medium and large cities, improve strategic management of municipal finances. The demands for pragmatic knowledge are fu...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 88878Fecha: 23 de septiembre de 2015Autor:
Farvacque-Vitkovic, Catherine [editor] ;
Kopanyi, Mihaly [editor]
In addition to case work, the Secretariat engaged in numerous outreach efforts, conducting over 90 presentations in countries such as Austria, Barbados, China, the Czech Republic, India, Mauritius, Me...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 100145Fecha: 4 de septiembre de 2015
This background paper describes five different tools that can be used for the assessment of tax incentives by governments in low income countries’ (LICs). The first tool (an application of cost-benefi...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 100757Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2015
Around the world, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender people and others with diverse sexual orientation and gender identities are targets of brutal physical and psychological violence. Across the globe, ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 155959Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2015Autor:
Crehan,Phil ;
Mccleary-Sills,Jennifer Diane
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