For middle-income and developing
countries as well as some industrial nations a major
challenge for building and sustaining successful research
universities is dete...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 64668Fecha: 27 de agosto de 2013Autor:
Altbach, Philip G. [editor] ;
Salmi, Jamil [editor]
This report is based on seven papers for
the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 published in The
Lancet (December 13, 2010; 380). This publication summarizes
the ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 80851Fecha: 27 de agosto de 2013Autor:
Human Development Network the World Bank ;
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Univ
This study provides an overview of
current and future bioenergy developments, describes the
impacts related to poverty and the environment, assesses the
opportuniti...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 52454Fecha: 27 de agosto de 2013Autor:
Cushion,Elizabeth ;
Dieterle,Gerhard ;
Whiterman, Adrian
Financial consumer protection regulation
reflects the regulator's and policy makers'
concerns with the relationship between financial
institutions and their clients...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 95389Fecha: 16 de agosto de 2013Autor:
Dias,Denise Leite
In January 2012 a new banking business
was about to emerge in the Philippines. After being in the
wholesale microfinance lending business for two years, BanKO
(whic...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 80649Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2013Autor:
Hanouch,Michel ;
Rotman,Sarah Catherine
Since 2006, there has been an explosion
of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) projects in
Brazil, as well as efforts to pass PES laws at federal,
state, and ...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 86270Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2013Autor:
Pagiola, Stefano ;
von Glehn, Helena Carrascosa ;
Taffarello, Denise
Hand washing with soap and water is a
simple way to reduce the spread of disease. It doesn't
require complicated technology, it's usually affordable
and even young ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 79748Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2013Autor:
Galiani,Sebastian Franco ;
Gertler,Paul J. ;
Orsola Vidal,Alexandra
This Inequality in Focus newsletter
includes the following headings: The challenge of high
inequality in China; Inequality and unrest in Brazil: a
conversation with...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 82522Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2013Autor:
Ashwill,Maximillian Shen ;
Demombynes,Gabriel ;
Ferreira, Francisco ;
Lopez-Calva,Luis-Felipe ;
Mulligan,Mary Anne ;
Newman, John ;
Olinto,Pedro ;
Reva,Anna ;
Sicular,Terry
Fiscal consolidation remains the central
challenge facing Honduras, mainly due to increasing current
expenditures. The widening fiscal deficit has been driven by
a ...
Tipo: Public Expenditure ReviewInforme#: 82662Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2013Autor:
Arias Moncada,Ramon Ernesto ;
Biletska,Nataliya ;
Tolsa Caballero,Nuria ;
Calvo-Gonzalez,Oscar ;
Carias Davila,David ;
Djiofack,Calvin Zebaze ;
Medvedev,Denis ;
Miranda,Gustavo Ezequiel ;
Qian,Rong ;
Ramirez Arras,Karina ;
Razafimandimby,Luc ;
Sethi,Geeta ;
Vinuela,Lorena ;
Zoratto,Laura De Castro
The report of the management capacity of
road safety in Colombia analyzes the reasons for this
situation in terms of the institutional, system performance
and traff...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 82004Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2013
This publication contains a summary
description of probabilistic modeling of disaster risk that
can be generated as a result of natural hazards. Both
conceptual bas...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 80173Fecha: 8 de julio de 2013Autor:
Yamin, Luis Eduardo ;
Ghesquiere, Francis ;
Cardona, Omar Dario ;
Ordaz, Mario Gustavo
In September 2012, the World Bank
approved a 100 million dollars Development Policy Loan (DPL)
for the state of Himachal Pradesh (HP), India to support its
transfor...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 80468Fecha: 8 de julio de 2013
Colombian authorities have made
financial inclusion a core element of the country's
socioeconomic development. The Central Bank of Colombia
(BRC) requested support ...
Tipo: Other Financial Sector StudyInforme#: ACS4698Fecha: 1 de julio de 2013Autor:
Bruhn,Miriam ;
Reddy,Rekha ;
Tan,Congyan
The paper is arranged in six sections:
an update describing how modern microfinance operates in
Bangladesh; explanations of why growth was so aggressive
from 2002 t...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 80538Fecha: 1 de julio de 2013Autor:
Chen, Greg ;
Rutherford, Stuart
This report presents the findings,
conclusions and recommendations of a study exploring the
resilience of the education community in Urrao, Anitoquia in
Colombia. I...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 79750Fecha: 1 de julio de 2013
Panama's public financial
management (PFM) system displays several strengths with
respect to the fiscal position, debt management, and payroll
administrative contro...
Informe#: AUS9418Fecha: 1 de julio de 2013Autor:
Acosta, Claribel ;
Blasco,Antonio Leonardo ;
Briones, Karina Diaz ;
Dugand, Juan Carlos ;
Guardiola Rojas,Ulises ;
Gonzalez Guerra,Karla Maria ;
Gutierrez Ossio,Jose Eduardo ;
Pflucker Arenaza,Jose-Hernan L ;
Silva,Cristobal ;
Sprietzer, Deborah
This paper states that irrigation in
Peru is a key element for the development of the economy,
the relief of poverty, water resources management and
adaptation to c...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 79527Fecha: 1 de julio de 2013
This report presents the findings,
conclusions and recommendations of a study exploring the
resilience of the education community in Urrao, Anitoquia in
Colombia. I...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 79750Fecha: 1 de julio de 2013
This annual report covers the fiscal
period from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013. Although
development challenges persist and the global economy
remains fragile, the...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 81110Fecha: 30 de junio de 2013
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