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 offers the potential to reach poorer...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 88166Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Tellez Merchan,Camilo Andres ;
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 on the ease with which corrupt actors...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 65125Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Halter,Emily Marie ;
Harrison,Robert Mansour ;
Park,Ji Won ;
Sharman,Jason Campbell ;
Van Der Does De Willebois,Emile Johannes Marie
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 waters and generate hydroelectricity...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 86500Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
De Nys,Erwin ;
Freitas, Paula ;
Muanis Persechini,Maria Ines
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, some of this burden can be prevente...
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 Ortega,Evelyne Eugenia ;
Sica Schimansky,Amanda ;
Lorenzo, Ana ;
Mora, Franco Gonzalez ;
Abascal, Winston
Cartagena, the historic city where the '1983 Cartagena convention for the Protection of the Caribbean' was signed, is meeting its responsibilities to protect the public health of its citizens as well ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 86305Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Browder,Greg J. ;
Duvi, Ricardi
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 identify the opportunities and challe...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 88055Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Apella,Ignacio Raul ;
Gragnolati,Michele ;
Rofman,Rafael P. ;
Troiano,Sara
The Global Trade Logistics Advisory program is part of the Investment Climate Department of the World Bank Group. The Investment Climate Department helps governments implement reforms to improve their...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 91142Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014
Big challenges demand big solutions. This flagship report covers the International Finance Corporation's (IFC's) financial reporting, projects and commitments for FY2014. Over the past year, IFC inves...
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 the challenges that remain. A key les...
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 institution in this field. ICSID benefits...
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 technical cooperation, studies and repor...
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). According to World Bank statistic...
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 41 percent in the Latin America and...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 85760Fecha: 1 de enero de 2014Autor:
Baez Ramirez,Javier Eduardo ;
Lopez-Calva,Luis-Felipe ;
Castaneda Aguilar,Raul 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 Economic Monetary Union, or WAEMU and Econ...
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 the face of this phenomenon.
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-judicial recourse options can help brid...
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. International funders have been adapting prior...
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 used only cash before. Understanding...
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 impact of school factors on student perf...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 83885Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2013
This report, State of the art of the teaching profession in Paraguay: inspiring ideas for the elaboration of educational policies, analyzes the teaching profession in Paraguay in light of some promisi...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 98203Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2013
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