Since 2012, there has been a rapid
increase in the number of mobile microinsurance (MMI)
products. The use of relatively low-cost mobile channels in
microinsurance ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 88166Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Tellez, Camilo ;
Zetterli, Peter
This report, the puppet masters, deals
with the corporate and financial structures that form the
building blocks of hidden money trails. In particular, it
focuses o...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 65125Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Van Der Does De Willebois,Emile Johannes Marie ;
Halter,Emily Marie ;
Harrison,Robert Anthony ;
Park,Ji Won ;
Sharman,J. C.
Over the course of history, dams have
captivated the interest of society at large. Used to store
large amounts of water, dams are also constructed to control
flood ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 86500Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
De Nys,Erwin ;
Freitas, Paula ;
Muanis Persechini,Maria Ines
The Global Trade Logistics Advisory
program is part of the Investment Climate Department of the
World Bank Group. The Investment Climate Department helps
government...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 91142Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014
Cartagena, the historic city where the
'1983 Cartagena convention for the Protection of the
Caribbean' was signed, is meeting its responsibilities
to protect the pu...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 86305Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Browder,Greg J. ;
Duvi, Ricardi
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
represent an important and growing burden to the health and
economies of the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
region. However,...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 87821Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Bonilla-Chacin, Maria Eugenia ;
Barbieri, Maria Eugenia ;
Hernandez, Adriana Diaz del Castillo ;
Duran, Ethel Segura ;
Sarmiento, OIga L. ;
Rodriguez, Evelyne ;
Sica, Amanda ;
Lorenzo, Ana ;
Mora, Franco Gonzalez ;
Abascal, Winston
This study aims to provide an overview
of past and future population dynamics, analyzing their
impact on social and economic development of Argentina. It
tries to i...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 88055Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Apella,Ignacio Raul ;
Gragnolati,Michele ;
Rofman,Rafael P. ;
Troiano,Sara
Big challenges demand big solutions.
This flagship report covers the International Finance
Corporation's (IFC's) financial reporting,
projects and commitments for F...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 90949Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014
The fight against corruption is a
developmental imperative. While international efforts have
achieved some significant results, they also illustrate the
extent of t...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 67627Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Barnes, Daniel W. ;
Berger,Tammar ;
Burdescu,Ruxandra ;
Gilman,Stuart ;
Habershon,Alexandra M. ;
Recanatini,Francesca ;
Reid,Gary J. ;
Trapnell, Stephanie E.
The Centres activities in
fiscal year 2014 are presented in detail in this report.
They demonstrate why the Centre is still considered the lead
international ...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 93612Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014
This publication is the Annual Bulletin
of the World Bank for Andean countries for the period
2013-2014 and it covers the activities that had more
outstanding tech...
Tipo: Annual ReportInforme#: 94378Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014
Road traffic crashes kill over 1.2
million people a year, a death toll that exceeds fatalities
due to malaria and approaches deaths attributable to
tuberculosis (TB...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 87931Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Negrete, Urzua
The Dominican Republic has low economic
mobility, with less than 2 percent of its people climbing to
a higher income group during the decade, compared to an
average...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 85760Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Baez, Javier E. ;
Lopez-Calva, Luis Felipe ;
Castaneda, Andres ;
Sharman, Ali
The focus note is organized into six
sections. The first section provides an overview of the
microfinance sector and the regulatory framework in West
African Econom...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 88168Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2013Autor:
Riquet, Corinne ;
Poursat, Christine
This study explores the evolution of
violence in schools generated by soccer fan clubs and
measures the resilience mechanisms used by secondary school
students in t...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 83274Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2013
This case demonstrates some of the
challenges base-of-the-pyramid (BoP) consumers face with the
products and providers they use, and how access to effective
non-jud...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 88167Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2013Autor:
Chapman,Megan Swann ;
Mazer,Rafael Keenan
In recent years, the development
community has sustained support for microfinance but
broadened funding to encompass a wider goal of financial
inclusion. Internatio...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 88163Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2013Autor:
Dashi,Edlira ;
Lahaye,Estelle Marie ;
Rizvanolli, Ralitsa
Branchless banking services have taken
on a significant challenge: developing new channels through
which to provide financial services to customers who have
mostly ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 88165Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2013Autor:
Mckay,Claudia Vonderohe ;
Seltzer,Yanina Ester
This paper on basic school supplies in
Paraguay claims that despite the conceptual and
methodological limitations that still have most empirical
studies on the impa...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 83885Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2013
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