Guidance Note 6 corresponds to Performance Standard 6. Performance Standard 6 recognizes that protecting and conserving biodiversity, maintaining ecosystem services, and sustainably managing living na...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 113835Fecha: 1 de enero de 2012
Risk and the quest for opportunity feature heavily in economic life in the 21st century. Sustained growth in many developing countries has pulled billions out of poverty and into the middle class; but...
Tipo: Other Social Protection StudyInforme#: 70887Fecha: 1 de enero de 2012
Informality hampers economic performance at both macro and micro levels. High degree of informality and low economic growth tend to go hand-in-hand, although evidence shows that the relationship likel...
Tipo: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyInforme#: 67808Fecha: 1 de enero de 2012
Guidance Note 5 corresponds to Performance Standard 5. Performance Standard 5 recognizes that project-related land acquisition and restrictions on land use can have adverse impacts on communities and ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 113834Fecha: 1 de enero de 2012
This document sets out the policy of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) regarding the scope of information that it makes available to the public either as a routine matter or upon request. IF...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 110692Fecha: 1 de enero de 2012
Performance standard two recognizes that the pursuit of economic growth through employment creation and income generation should be accompanied by protection of the fundamental1 rights of workers. For...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 113830Fecha: 1 de enero de 2012
IFC’s Sustainability Framework articulates the Corporation’s strategic commitment to sustainable development, and is an integral part of IFC’s approach to risk management. The Sustainability Framework...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 113766Fecha: 1 de enero de 2012
In 2010, WSP and the World Bank conducted a study to improve understanding of the financing of on-site sanitation at the household level through careful analysis of practical field experiences in a wi...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 72258Fecha: 1 de enero de 2012
The world economy has entered a dangerous period. Some of the financial turmoil in Europe has spread to developing and other high-income countries, which until earlier had been unaffected. This contag...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 72579Fecha: 1 de enero de 2012Autor:
World Bank
International Finance Corporation (IFC) has prepared a set of guidance notes, corresponding to the performance standards on environmental and social sustainability. These guidance notes offer helpful ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 110835Fecha: 1 de enero de 2012
The purpose of this award contest was to identify and disseminate, nationally and internationally, good practices and/or innovations related to the disclosure of government data and access to informat...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 72875Fecha: 31 de diciembre de 2011Autor:
Martinez-Morales,Emilene
The Board of Executive Directors discussed the FY10-13 Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for the Dominican Republic in September 2009. The CPS covers a four year period ending one year after planned ...
Tipo: Country Assistance Strategy DocumentInforme#: 66065Fecha: 21 de diciembre de 2011
El documento recoge las discusiones de los delegados de siete países de América Latina alrededor de la judicialización del derecho a la salud en cada uno de los países. Los asistentes identificaron di...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 134532Fecha: 6 de diciembre de 2011Autor:
Torres, Janet Bonilla ;
Stuwe,Louisa Theresa
The use of bank agents has the potential to significantly increase financial access by poor and underserved populations to a range of formal financial services, including savings, payments and transfe...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 68068Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2011Autor:
Lauer,Katharine ;
Dias,Denise Leite ;
Tarazi,Ala Michael
Policymakers throughout the world struggle to boost employment. Creating jobs or giving people the right training to get jobs is not only good economics, but especially in developing countries, it may...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 72241Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2011Autor:
Marcus, Aliza [editor]
This brief points out that in Peru many leadership positions at all levels of business, public and private, are occupied by men (over 75 percent). In the Water User Organizations (OAU) for irrigation ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 68507Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2011Autor:
Chinarro,Lara ;
De Nys,Erwin ;
Hidrogo,Carmen Rosa
In 2010, over 92 percent of the assets in the Nicaraguan financial system were concentrated in the banking sector, while microfinance managed over 5 percent, and all the remaining segments covered les...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 112702Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2011Autor:
Izaguirre Araujo,Juan Carlos ;
Rutman,Jose Isaac ;
Caal Catun,Byron Guillermo ;
Infante Barros,Juan Eduardo ;
Mazer,Rafael Keenan ;
Munster,Roberto
In 2010, over 92 percent of the assets in the Nicaraguan financial system were concentrated in the banking sector, while microfinance managed over 5 percent, and all the remaining segments covered les...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 112702Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2011Autor:
Izaguirre Araujo,Juan Carlos ;
Rutman,Jose Isaac ;
Caal Catun,Byron Guillermo ;
Infante Barros,Juan Eduardo ;
Mazer,Rafael Keenan ;
Munster,Roberto
In Uganda, researchers evaluated a government program that gave unsupervised cash grants to youth for small business development and training. Based on final results four years after the intervention,...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 79446Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2011Autor:
Blattman,Christopher ;
Fiala,Nathan V. ;
Martinez,Sebastian
How can we make schools work better? It is a question being asked around the world. Getting children to school is only the first step. From then on, there's a host of factors that can decide whether c...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 67200Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2011Autor:
Marcus, Aliza [editor] ;
Pradhan,Menno Prasad ;
Suryadarma,Daniel C. J. ;
Beatty,Amanda ;
Wong,Maisy ;
Alishjabana, Armida ;
Gaduh,Arya Budhiastra ;
Artha,Rima Prama
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