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
This paper presents the methodology of structural analysis (EA) as a qualitative tool to support the formulation and development of public policies, specifically choosing priority areas for interventi...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 70646Fecha: 15 de noviembre de 2009Autor:
Medina Giopp,Alejandro ;
Rodriguez, Martin Francos
This report is a benchmarking analysis of the Dominican Republics National Development Strategy (END). In this context, results-based management (RBM) is key to the strategic planning. After the intr...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 70647Fecha: 15 de noviembre de 2009
In 2007, the National Congress of the Dominican Republic ordered the design of a National Development Strategy (END) in order to establish a plan for growth and well-being of the country. Among the va...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 70644Fecha: 15 de noviembre de 2009Autor:
Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina
This analysis presented by the Sustainable Projects Unit deals with the wind farm projects which generate electricity, mini-hydroelectric plants, treatment and reuse of wastewater, cogeneration of lan...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 61817Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2009
This paper analyzes the labor participation of children in Venezuela between 1998 and 2007. The main objective is to establish a quantitative approach of the forms of work forbidden on the basis of na...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 64516Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2009Autor:
Allais, Federico Blanco
This report presents an analysis of the situation regarding information technology applied to statistical data processing in the State of Yucatan, the potential for its application in the implementati...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 70694Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2009Autor:
Greising Widmer,Edgardo
In Guatemala, the rate of deforestation through logging activities has been accelerating, according to a study done from 1991 to 2001. Among other reasons for this loss is the growth of illegal activi...
Tipo: Other Environmental StudyInforme#: 69856Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2009
A joint venture between the government of Samoa and Australia's Virgin Blue, a low-cost carrier, turned an annual United States (U.S.) 7.5 million dollars government subsidy into a U.S. 6.6 million do...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 53174Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2009
This report presents a study of the demand-supply gap for physicians in Chile. Generally, the study proposes a model to determine the needs of specialty doctors, to consider the requirements for each ...
Tipo: Other Health StudyInforme#: 70650Fecha: 7 de octubre de 2009
These remarks were delivered by Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank, to the Board of Governors at the 2009 Annual Meetings in Istanbul, Turkey in October 2009. With a beyond the crisis the...
Tipo: President's SpeechInforme#: 124560Fecha: 6 de octubre de 2009Autor:
Zoellick,Robert B.
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