This book argues that Peru faces an unprecedented opportunity to become the next success story in Latin America. In the coming five years, policy making could put the country on a development path sim...
Tipo: Policy NoteInforme#: 38286Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2006Autor:
Fretes-Cibilis, Vincente ;
Guigale, Marcelo M. ;
Newman,John Lincoln
The purpose of Guidelines : selection and employment of consultants by World Bank borrowers, is to define the Bank's policies and procedures for selecting, contracting, and monitoring consultants requ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 95662Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2006
Costa Rica is well-known for its socio-economic achievements with low levels of poverty and inequality by Latin American standards. It also performs well in health, access to improved water supplies, ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 38739Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2006Autor:
Mason,Andrew D. ;
Sobrado,Carlos E.
This Focus Note offers insights on questions concerning new approaches to branchless banking: what are the risks and are they different from the risks of conventional branch-based banking. It examines...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 38413Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2006
This publication provides a brief introduction to the concept of ecological sanitation sums up the experience of two pilot projects and makes recommendations to facilitate the spread of EcoSan through...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 42951Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2006
This publication provides a brief introduction to the concept of ecological sanitation, summarizes the experience of two pilot projects, and makes recommendations to facilitate the spread of EcoSan in...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 46900Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2006
This "Preliminary Analysis of National Governance and Forest Sector Legislation for the Countries of the Amazon River Basin "is commissioned by the Bank World with the following objectives: collect, a...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 80505Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2006
The purpose of these guidelines is to inform those carrying out a project that is financed in whole or in part by a loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) or a cred...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 95474Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2006
The International Comparison Program (ICP) is the world's largest statistical initiative, involving 107 countries. It produces internationally comparable price levels, economic aggregates in real term...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 39654Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2006
Education requires sustained and well-sequenced efforts to bring about tangible results. The recently completed Secondary Education Project in El Salvador builds upon earlier programs designed to impr...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 38197Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2006
This report seeks to raise awareness of good practice and improve the effectiveness of donors' and investors' operations in supporting inclusive finance. Specifically, these guidelines address the key...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 38788Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2006
This executive summary of the Annual Report records the achievements of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency during fiscal year 2006. MIGA's investment insurance, dispute mediation services, a...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 37400Fecha: 30 de septiembre de 2006
This study points out that the economic and political history of Paraguay in the last decade indicates that the country, albeit with considerable potential has remained stagnant in its growth, and onl...
Tipo: Other Public Sector StudyInforme#: 69582Fecha: 25 de septiembre de 2006
This report discusses the remarks delivered by Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank. He discusses on giving the poor people of the world a chance to escape poverty. He talks about the actions t...
Tipo: President's SpeechInforme#: 101356Fecha: 20 de septiembre de 2006Autor:
Wolfowitz,Paul
This report discusses the remarks delivered by Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank. He discusses on Singapore's remarkable progress along the road from poverty to prosperity which has also bee...
Tipo: President's SpeechInforme#: 101355Fecha: 19 de septiembre de 2006Autor:
Wolfowitz,Paul
This report is intended to bring into the policy dialogue with the Government of Mexico the issue of better performance and accountability in public financial management at the sub-national level in M...
Tipo: Integrative Fiduciary AssessmentInforme#: 35740Fecha: 12 de septiembre de 2006
Research has repeatedly demonstrated that saving is central to poor people's economic management strategies. Projects such as the financial diaries initiatives in India, Bangladesh, and South Africa; ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 38412Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2006Autor:
Deshpande,Gauri Rani
The purpose of this case profile is to provide an overview of 'strategic groundwater development and management concerns' in Sub-Saharan Africa. The GW-MATE has based the overview on its cumulative ex...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 38816Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2006Autor:
Foster, Stephen ;
Tuinhof, Albert ;
Garduno,Hector
This article highlights some of the findings from recent analytical work that has been carried out in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, notably a number of promising practices that are bei...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 37786Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2006Autor:
Brushett,Stephen Jeremy ;
John-Abraham,Indu
This Action Plan seeks to advance women's economic empowerment in the World Bank Group's client countries in order to promote shared growth and accelerate the implementation of Millennium Development ...
Tipo: Board ReportInforme#: 37008Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2006
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