This story highlights this is the year for action on gender equality, World Bank Group Senior Director for Gender Caren Grown says, with the launch of new global anti-poverty goals and the 20 annivers...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 166751Fecha: 6 de marzo de 2015
This report analyzes export competitiveness in the Dominican Republic drawing from the Trade Competitiveness Diagnostic methodology (Farole and Reis, 2012). Dominican exports fare well in terms of per...
Tipo: Foreign Trade, FDI, and Capital Flows StudyInforme#: AUS6804Fecha: 2 de marzo de 2015Autor:
Iwulska,Aleksandra ;
Jouanjean,Marie Agnes ;
Moberg,Lotta Malin Johanna ;
Reyes,Jose Daniel ;
Sanchez Martin,Miguel Eduardo ;
Ugarte Romero,Cristian ;
Van Der Borght,Rafael ;
Wagle,Swarnim ;
Velasquez,Giselle
Panamas economic growth has been at the top of the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region in recent years. The countrys rapid growth has been largely pro-poor and translated into significant pove...
Tipo: Country Assistance Strategy DocumentInforme#: 93425Fecha: 2 de marzo de 2015
Although international funders have been longstanding supporters of financial inclusion, their commitments have been put to the test in the past five years. The financial crisis led to a more challeng...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 96286Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2015Autor:
Lahaye,Estelle Marie ;
Dashi, Edlira ;
Dolke, Eda ;
Soursourian,Matthew Jacob Klein
For almost a century, the Dominican Republic has faced considerable governance and corruption challenges. High levels of corruption were present long time ago, and still prevail today, even if their c...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 154789Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2015Autor:
Kaufmann,Daniel ;
Senderowitsch,Roberto Adrian ;
Gallina,Andrea
Renato and Hecinta are raising six young children in a rural area of Mozambique’s northern Nampula Province. On just half a hectare, they grow rice, maize, beans, cashew, peanuts, cabbage, and tomatoe...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 96284Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2015Autor:
Anderson,Jamie Barbara ;
Ahmed,Wajiha
Air quality is best addressed through projects purposely designed to take on air pollution rather than as an add-on component in other types of projects. Building better infrastructure for air quality...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 166620Fecha: 19 de febrero de 2015
The environmental, health, and safety (EHS) guidelines are technical reference documents with general and industry-specific examples of good international industry practice (GIIP). When one or more me...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 110350Fecha: 12 de febrero de 2015
Argentina reduced its HIV/AIDS burden by 21 percent from 2000 to 2010, saving an estimated 4,379 lives. This makes Argentinas HIV/AIDS burden the second lowest in South America after Chile. Argentina...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91293Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2015Autor:
Lavadenz,Fernando ;
Miachon Silva,Lais
The Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF) is a diagnostic tool to assess the status of land governance at country level using a participatory process that draws systematically on existing eviden...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 119615Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2015
While Islamic finance is a growing industry with more than 1,000 Islamic finance institutions and combined assets in excess of $1.3 trillion (Reuters 2013), the development of sharia-compliant microfi...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 95213Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2015Autor:
Alvarez,Kaylene ;
El-Zoghbi,Mayada
Basados entrevistas y reuniones con miembros de entidades públicas y representantes del sector privado llevadas a cabo durante 2014, el presente diagnóstico presenta un análisis del potencial de desar...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 105317Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2015
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, provides a wide range of specialized advisory services designed to help strengthen companies by improving corporate governanc...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 178259Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2015Autor:
Karapetyan,Davit ;
Orton,Oliver James
The focus of this document is to provide a wide range of ideas and options to improve the inclusion of environmental sustainability throughout the road transportation project cycle (system planning, p...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 93903Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2015Autor:
Hirsch, Art ;
Montgomery,Robert Hale ;
Schirmer, Howard Jr.
This paper on Challenges and Opportunities in Uruguay, 2015 to 2020, asserts that Uruguay's new government has a clear vision of Uruguay by 2020. This comprehensive report gives priority only to a sub...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 96832Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2015
Poor children face barriers to healthy development even before they are born. Their mothers may not have nutritious food or proper prenatal care, which can harm a babys brain development when it need...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 95197Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2015Autor:
Gertler,Paul J. ;
Givagnoli, Paula ;
Martinez,Sebastian
Bolivia is a lower-middle income country, but one of the poorest in South America, with a per capita GNI of US$ 5,750 in 2013 and an average GNI growth rate of 4.4 percent during the last ten years. N...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92272Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2015Autor:
Cortez,Rafael A. ;
Lavadenz,Fernando ;
Medici,Andre C. ;
Saadat,Seemeen
Mobile network operators (MNOs) such as Safaricom in Kenya; Vodacom, Tigo, and Airtel in Tanzania; and Econet in Zimbabwe are collectively underscoring the importance and potential of MNO-led business...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 95201Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2015Autor:
Chen,Gregory C. ;
Hanouch,Michel
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