India has ambitious goals to deliver electronic welfare payments, banking services, and digital local government services to each of its 638,000 villages. The road is fraught with challenges as about ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 95211Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2015Autor:
Banerjee,Shweta S.
Worldwide, some 57 million primary school age children don't have the chance to go to school. Many factors hold these children back: poverty, poor health and overcrowded or faraway facilities. The pro...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 94784Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2015Autor:
Adelman,Melissa Ann ;
Holland,Peter Anthony ;
Marcus,Aliza
Green bonds are mobilizing billions of dollars a year for development projects that countries and cities need, carried out in ways that are good for the climate and environment. 2014 was a record year...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 166519Fecha: 22 de enero de 2015
Global growth again disappointed in 2014 but a lackluster recovery is underway, with increasingly divergent prospects in major economies. Looking ahead, growth is expected to rise slowly, supported by...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 93690Fecha: 13 de enero de 2015Autor:
World Bank
Faith-based organizations can play an important role in promoting conservation and sustainable natural resources management to help ecosystems and livelihoods more resilient. The World Bank, through t...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 166640Fecha: 12 de enero de 2015
This book provides an overview of the World Bank's Eco2 Cities Initiative. The objective of the program is to help cities in developing countries achieve a greater degree of ecological and economic su...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 54432Fecha: 5 de enero de 2015Autor:
Suzuki, Hiroaki ;
Dastur, Arish ;
Moffatt, Sebasti
This note aims to provide information and analysis as a basis for a better understanding of the challenges and constraints of achieving gender equality in Bolivia, with a special focus on the intersec...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 103087Fecha: 2 de enero de 2015Autor:
Lundvall,Jonna Maria ;
Garriga,Santiago ;
Bonfert,Anna Tabitha ;
Tas,Emcet Oktay ;
Villegas Otero,Maria Cecilia
Globalization and rapid technological change have made knowledge a critical determinant of competitiveness in the world economy. The World Bank Group (WBG) is playing an important role in assisting co...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 98449Fecha: 1 de enero de 2015
In 2013 the World Bank set itself two ambitious goals: to end extreme poverty within a generation and to boost the prosperity of the bottom 40 percent of the population worldwide. In Latin America, th...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 98544Fecha: 1 de enero de 2015Autor:
Freire,German Nicolas ;
Schwartz Orellana,Steven Daniel ;
Zumaeta Aurazo,Melissa ;
Costa, Damasceno Costa ;
Lundvall,Jonna Maria ;
Viveros Mendoza,Martha Celmira ;
Lucchetti,Leonardo Ramiro ;
Moreno, Laura ;
Sousa,Liliana Do Couto
In today’s global economy, merely attending school does not ensure an educated, well-rounded student. Students must learn core subjects such as languages, mathematics, and science; they must also lear...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 98447Fecha: 1 de enero de 2015
This paper explains 12 things that many persons do not know about the World Bank in Peru. The topics covered in this paper include: What is the World Bank and its mission; Who owns the World Bank Grou...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 96790Fecha: 1 de enero de 2015
With the exception of parents, few individuals exert as much influence on children’s future as do their teachers. In today’s world, teachers are no longer just a source of information and knowledge. T...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 98452Fecha: 1 de enero de 2015
There is an indisputable link between learning outcomes and economic growth. From preschool to university to technical and vocational programs, education matters for human development and future emplo...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 98451Fecha: 1 de enero de 2015
Doing business in Spain 2015 is the first subnational report of the doing business series in Spain. It measures business regulations and their enforcement in 17 autonomous communities, 2 autonomous ci...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 100925Fecha: 1 de enero de 2015Autor:
Salgado Otonel,Pilar ;
Sanchez-Bella,Pilar
In 2010, the Municipality of Cuenca, through its environmental management commission (EMC), and the World Bank, through the environment and natural resources department, started a collaboration target...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 98546Fecha: 1 de enero de 2015Autor:
Sander,Klas ;
Mira-Salama,Daniel ;
Feuerbacher,Arndt
The objective of this study on the school facilities, needs, investments and costs in Paraguay is to attempt to provide answers to help inform decision-making by the Ministry of Education on a whole h...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 98205Fecha: 1 de enero de 2015Autor:
Wodon,Quentin T.
Tertiary education refers to all postsecondary education, including but not limited to universities. Although universities are a key part of all tertiary education systems, in recent years a diverse a...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 98454Fecha: 1 de enero de 2015
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