This story highlights every year, approximately 1.3 million people die as the result of road traffic collisions, more than 3,500 deaths per day. To raise awareness of this critical issue, the World Ba...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 166809Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2015
The definition of social protection (SP) programs varies widely, as do the types of interventions included and the specific outcomes sought. These programs can be implemented through public and/or pri...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 92970Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2015Autor:
Gennari,Floriza Freire ;
Arango,Diana Jimena ;
Mccleary-Sills,Jennifer Diane ;
Hidalgo,Nidia
Migration is transforming rural economies, landscapes, and potentially, gender relations. Migration is one of the drivers of the so-called feminization of agriculture in Latin America. This feminizati...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: AUS9147Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2015Autor:
Stanley,Victoria
This story highlights in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, 4 in 10 women in artisanal mining face sexual abuse to gain access to work or basic goods. Recent research suggests that such abuses are ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 166509Fecha: 30 de abril de 2015
Costa Rica stands out for being one of the most politically stable, progressive, and prosperous nations in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Political stability and inclusive social policies have...
Tipo: Country Partnership FrameworkInforme#: 94686Fecha: 23 de abril de 2015
Richard Fuller is President of Pure Earth, which serves as Secretariat for the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP). The nonprofit Pure Earth works to clean up contaminated sites in the poor...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 166812Fecha: 21 de abril de 2015
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) has negative impacts on physical and mental health. Health care settings provide a unique opportunity to identify VAWG survivors, provide critical support servi...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 92963Fecha: 1 de abril de 2015Autor:
Arango,Diana Jimena ;
Gennari,Floriza Freire ;
Hidalgo, Nidia ;
Mccleary-Sills,Jennifer Diane
For every three years a country is affected by major violence (defined as deaths due to war or excess homicides comparable to a major war), economic growth lags behind by 2.7 percentage points. Citize...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 92966Fecha: 1 de abril de 2015Autor:
Gennari,Floriza Freire ;
Hidalgo, Nidia ;
Mccleary-Sills,Jennifer Diane ;
Arango,Diana Jimena
Experiencing violence in schools can negatively impact girls' enrollment as well as the quality of the education they receive. Evidence suggests that sexual harassment is widespread in educational set...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 92968Fecha: 1 de abril de 2015Autor:
Arango,Diana Jimena ;
Gennari,Floriza Freire ;
Kiplesund,Sveinung ;
Mccleary-Sills,Jennifer Diane ;
Urban, Anne-Marie
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) has negative impacts on physical and mental health. Health care settings provide a unique opportunity to identify VAWG survivors, provide critical support servi...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 92967Fecha: 1 de abril de 2015Autor:
Arango,Diana Jimena ;
Gennari,Floriza Freire ;
Hidalgo, Nidia ;
Mccleary-Sills,Jennifer Diane
Los migrantes están expuestos a cotidianas y sistemáticas violaciones de sus derechos humanos. El marco internacional de derechos humanos reconoce todos los derechos humanos a todos los migrantes, sin...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 193238Fecha: 1 de abril de 2015Autor:
Cernadas, Pablo Ceriani ;
LeVoy, Michele ;
Keith, Lilana
This issue of the international center for settlement of investment disputes (ICSID) provides an overview of the ICSID caseload involving member states of the European Union (EU). It is based on ICSID...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 99391Fecha: 1 de abril de 2015
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) affects survivors' ability to achieve individual potential and contribute to the economy. Unequal gender norms within a household can limit a womans control ov...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 92969Fecha: 1 de abril de 2015Autor:
Arango,Diana Jimena ;
Gennari,Floriza Freire ;
Hidalgo. Nidia
Does what economies export matter for development? If so, can industrial policies improve on the export basket generated by the market? This book approaches these questions from a variety of conceptua...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 70325Fecha: 30 de marzo de 2015Autor:
Lederman,Daniel ;
Maloney,William F.
This series was created in 2003 to promote debate, disseminate information and analysis, and convey the excitement and complexity of the most topical issues in economic and social development in Latin...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 67523Fecha: 30 de marzo de 2015Autor:
Ribe,Helena G. ;
Robalino,David A. ;
Walker,David Ian
The informal use of untreated wastewater for agricultural irrigation, either through direct application or diluted in natural waterways, is standard practice in Bolivia. At least 5,000 hectares of lan...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 95298Fecha: 24 de marzo de 2015Autor:
Cisneros Merino,Rodrigo Hernan ;
Sanz Uriarte,Zael ;
Teran,Jose Antonio
Government representatives and experts from around the world gathered in Japan in March 2015 to develop a post-2015 framework for global disaster risk reduction. On the eve of the meetings, the risks ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 166455Fecha: 12 de marzo de 2015
Global environment facility (GEF) 2020 provides a path forward for the GEF to become a champion of the global environment. As noted in the GEF-supported millennium ecosystem assessment, healthy ecosys...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 99353Fecha: 10 de marzo de 2015
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