This document presents an analysis of urban and rural poverty levels in Honduras and its access to sanitation solutions, and identifies key aspects to improving services and to contributing to the def...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 41911Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2007
In fiscal year 2007, the rapid expansion of the ICSID caseload continued unabated. With the registration of twenty-six new arbitration proceedings, the number of ICSID cases administered during the fi...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 41751Fecha: 28 de septiembre de 2007
This project aims to help national CITES authorities and forest administrations in mahogany producing countries to develop national volume tables for mahogany using the methodology outlined in this re...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 64606Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2007Autor:
Kometter,Roberto ;
Maravi,Edgardo
The report assesses how the processes of allocation, transfer, and utilization of resources are conducted at the different levels of the system. The study provides valuable information regarding the r...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 44629Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2007Autor:
Couttolenc,Bernard F. ;
La Forgia,Gerard Martin ;
Matsuda,Yasuhiko
This Handbook aims to support countries as they develop or revise their national strategy, or formulate new HIV/AIDS policies. The Handbook's three parts support each other. Part I, the text, provide...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 43015Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2007Autor:
Kusek,Jody Zall ;
Rodriguez-Garcia,Rosalia
This past year, the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) changed the way they work. They took a hard look at what they had achieved over the last eight years, and how well they were doing. Overall, thei...
Tipo: Annual ReportInforme#: 63959Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2007
This paper -- regarding including men and women in the management of water and sanitation services -- includes the following headings: points of departure; background experience; application of the ge...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 41913Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2007
This report in regard to the water and sanitation sector in Peru includes the following sections: introduction; background; the social and institutional context and the strategy for change in the loca...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 41910Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2007
This paper discusses the corporate governance of microfinance institutions (MFIs). It is not meant to be comprehensive by any means, but it aims to draw lessons on governance from research studies, da...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 96022Fecha: 20 de agosto de 2007
Brazil has made considerable progress toward macroeconomic stability since reform measures began to take hold in the early 1990s, and its economy has produced stronger growth as a result-an average of...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 41918Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2007Autor:
Rodriguez,Alberto
The self-help group (SHG) model is the dominant form of microfinance in India. SHGs have grown explosively in recent years. It is reported that by March 2006, 2.23 million SHGs were reaching about 33 ...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 40961Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2007Autor:
Christen, Robert Peck ;
Hashemi,Syed Mesbahuddin ;
Isern,Jennifer ;
Pillai,Anuradha ;
Prakash,Lingamallu Brahma ;
Rosenberg,Richard
As the global economy rapidly changes and new technologies are introduced, more highly skilled workers are required. In the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), firms struggle to fill skil...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 42390Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2007Autor:
Blom,Andreas ;
Hobbs,Cynthia
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) today have an increasingly broad range of financing sources at their disposal. This allows for greater funding diversification, but it also makes decisions about capit...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 40960Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2007Autor:
Deshpande,Gauri Rani ;
Nestor, Camilla ;
Abrams,Julie Barnett
The main issues to be analyzed in the study were identified at a workshop held on September 19, 2006, in Tegucigalpa. It was decided that the study would be divided into two components: (a) the first ...
Tipo: Energy StudyInforme#: 42023Fecha: 10 de julio de 2007
This Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) progress report is focused on the Dominican Republic's development since the 2005 CAS. The CAS is closely aligned with the Government's agenda for national devel...
Tipo: CAS Progress ReportInforme#: 40090Fecha: 6 de julio de 2007
Strengthening corporate financial reporting is important for Argentina, as the country seeks to foster confidence in the local business community in order to stimulate investments, both local and fore...
Tipo: Accounting and Auditing Assessment (ROSC)Informe#: AAA35Fecha: 1 de julio de 2007
The Annual Performance Report (APR) prepared by the Evaluation Office of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) provides an assessment of the results of the completed projects of the GEF, the processes...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 57575Fecha: 1 de julio de 2007
This study demonstrates that before the outbreak of cholera in Latin America and the Caribbean in 1991, almost all countries in the region focused their attention on quantity rather than quality of dr...
Tipo: Other Infrastructure StudyInforme#: 71660Fecha: 1 de julio de 2007
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