This Third Report of Study of Traffic Management in two districts of Lima contains the preliminary results of the Traffic Management Plan and has been developed with the aim of improving through the i...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 58468Fecha: 1 de enero de 2010
This report synthesizes knowledge about the effects of natural hazards on human welfare, particularly in its economic aspects. It is a remarkable combination of case studies, data on many scales, and ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 57860Fecha: 1 de enero de 2010Autor:
Sanghi,Apurva ;
Ramachandran, S. ;
De La Fuente,Alejandro ;
Tonizzo,Martina ;
Sahin,Sebnem ;
Adam,Bianca
This is a guideline for World Bank task team leaders (TTLs) entrusted with the design and execution of assessments to determine disaster impacts as well as post-disaster needs for recovery, reconstruc...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 88086Fecha: 1 de enero de 2010Autor:
Jovel,J. Roberto ;
Mudahar,Mohinder S.
This publication aims to complement existing methodologies by establishing a comprehensive framework for the assessment of banks, not only by using financial data, but also by considering corporate go...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 48238Fecha: 1 de enero de 2010Autor:
Van Greuning, Hennie ;
Brajovic-Bratanovic, Sonja
In the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, as in the rest of the world, reliable financial information is the cornerstone of a robust market economy and efficient public sector. This book presen...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 52457Fecha: 1 de enero de 2010Autor:
Fortin,Henri ;
Barros,Ana Cristina Hirata ;
Cutler, Kit
This book aims to fill gaps in existing knowledge about early childhood development (ECD) efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean by reviewing a selection of ECD programs in the region, including t...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 52105Fecha: 1 de enero de 2010Autor:
Vegas,Emiliana ;
Santibanez,Lucrecia Margarita
Based on a sample of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, this book sets out areas in which governments could focus to improve the quality of public expenditures. It seeks to identify, from a...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 49050Fecha: 1 de enero de 2010Autor:
Ladipo,Omowunmi ;
Sanchez,Alfonso ;
Sopher,Jamil
This report for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) incorporates a strong thematic, visual, and story-telling approach to describing the IFC's activities and results. It provides a comprehensi...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 60238Fecha: 1 de enero de 2010
Throughout, the history of the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, natural resource wealth has been critical for its economies. Production of precious metals, sugar, rubber, grains, coffee, copp...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 55550Fecha: 1 de enero de 2010Autor:
Sinnott,Emily ;
Nash,John D. ;
De La Torre,Augusto
Ever since microcredit first began to capture public attention 25 years ago, the usual story line has been that it is a tool of extraordinary power to lift poor people-especially women-out of poverty,...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 56625Fecha: 1 de enero de 2010Autor:
Rosenberg,Richard
This study examines agricultural and rural development (ARD) public expenditures in Mexico. The study is based on federal public expenditures. The study is structured in six parts as follows: the firs...
Tipo: Public Expenditure ReviewInforme#: 51902Fecha: 16 de diciembre de 2009
One of the most compelling reasons for pursuing low-carbon development is that the potential impacts of climate change are predicted to be severe, for both industrial and developing countries, and tha...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 52458Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2009Autor:
Johnson,Todd M. ;
Alatorre,Claudio ;
Romo Mercado,Zayra Luz Gabriela ;
Liu,Feng
This study stresses that socioeconomic impacts suffered in recent decades as a result of natural phenomena are an indication of the high vulnerability of human settlements in the countries of Central ...
Tipo: Risk and Vulnerability AssessmentInforme#: 69885Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2009
This study stresses that socioeconomic impacts suffered in recent decades as a result of natural phenomena are an indication of the high vulnerability of human settlements in the countries of Central ...
Tipo: Risk and Vulnerability AssessmentInforme#: 69886Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2009
The purpose of this document is to provide guidance and supplemental information to assist with country assessments of debt management performance, using the Debt Management Performance Assessment (De...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 44268Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2009
People at the very bottom of the economic ladder are often excluded, or exclude themselves, from microfinance. Their income is usually too low and unreliable to permit repayment of loans or investment...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 56723Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2009Autor:
El-Zoghbi,Mayada ;
De Montesquiou Fezensac,Aude ;
Hashemi,Syed Mesbahuddin
This report presents a strategic plan for strengthening the Statistical, Geographic and Evaluative Information System of the State of Yucatan (SIEGEY). The government of Yucatan realizes that in order...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 70698Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2009Autor:
Medina Giopp,Alejandro
Morocco is a recognized microcredit champion, boasting 40 percent of client outreach in the Arab world and host to some of the best performing microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the world. But since ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 56725Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2009Autor:
Reille,Xavier
The Panama Pacifico Project is transforming the former Howard United States (U.S.) Air Force base outside Panama City into a hub for international trade, logistics, services, commerce, and industry. A...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 53173Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2009
The main rationale of this case study is to explain how Honduras proceeded to prepare Third Phase of Plan Estrategico Nacional de Lucha Contra el VIH/SIDA (PENSIDA III), and to derive policy lessons f...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 53321Fecha: 23 de noviembre de 2009
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