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#: 39653Fecha: 1 de junio de 2006
This paper is the result of a first exploration into the potential effects of sectoral policies on the water sector in Mexico. Specifically, this paper explores the possible impact on the water secto...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 36854Fecha: 1 de junio de 2006
This overview of health financing tools, policies and trends--with a particular focus on challenges facing developing countries--provides the basis for effective policy-making. Analyzing the current g...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 37091Fecha: 1 de junio de 2006Autor:
Gottret,Pablo ;
Schieber,George
This document presents the experience in the implementation of integral water projects and sanitation, by means of the hiring of small local companies, which proceed with single contracts to complete ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 37304Fecha: 1 de junio de 2006
This study began with the question of why, after over a decade of legal and structural reforms to public sector organizations, the citizens of Argentina do not have a more positive evaluation of gover...
Tipo: Institutional and Governance Review (IGR)Informe#: 34323Fecha: 1 de junio de 2006
Agricultural modernization is a key element in the development strategy of almost all Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. Agriculture in LAC is just too important as an economic sector to be...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 61921Fecha: 1 de junio de 2006Autor:
Roseboom,Johannes
The purpose of this book is to contribute to the debate on how to confront the challenges that Bolivia faces today. It is composed of a series of studies on the current reality of Bolivia and has been...
Tipo: Policy NoteInforme#: 38283Fecha: 1 de junio de 2006Autor:
Fretes-Cibils [editor] ;
Giugale, Marcelo [editor] ;
Luff, Connie [editor]
Paraguay has taken important steps over the past two year to improve fiscal management, and has put in place a number of structural reforms that are beginning to correct persistent sources of fiscal a...
Tipo: Public Expenditure ReviewInforme#: 32797Fecha: 31 de mayo de 2006
Bolivia is among the most unequal countries in Latin America. And the central government's fiscal transfers to departments from hydrocarbon revenues are themselves highly inequitable. As a consequence...
Tipo: Institutional and Governance Review (IGR)Informe#: 36285Fecha: 30 de mayo de 2006
Bolivia is among the most unequal countries in Latin America. And the central government's fiscal transfers to departments from hydrocarbon revenues are themselves highly inequitable. As a consequence...
Tipo: Institutional and Governance Review (IGR)Informe#: 36285Fecha: 30 de mayo de 2006
This study is part of the global initiative to promote hand-washing with soap to reduce infant mortality caused by diarrheal diseases and aims to establish the basis for the work of a public-private p...
Tipo: Other Health StudyInforme#: 70790Fecha: 24 de mayo de 2006Autor:
Hecke, Jonathan
The objective of this paper is to examine the ways in which a number of Latin American countries have organized their monitoring and evaluation (M&E) functions, with a view to drawing lessons for the ...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 38251Fecha: 23 de mayo de 2006Autor:
Zaltsman,Teodoro Ariel
A central question we will address is: how do evaluation approaches under cost and time constraints affect the validity of the evaluation design and the conclusions derived from the analysis? What are...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 38267Fecha: 23 de mayo de 2006
The Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for Argentina aims to seek opportunities to build a medium-term investment partnership to support the transition from crisis recovery to sustained growth with con...
Tipo: Country Partnership FrameworkInforme#: 34015Fecha: 4 de mayo de 2006
This brief discussion of Bolivia's poverty assessment notes that Bolivia's growth prospects remain vulnerable to domestic instability and external circumstances. Because of the depth and breadth of po...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 37046Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2006Autor:
Arias Diaz,Omar S. ;
Bendini,Maria Magdalena
Preparation of this Country Procurement Assessment Report (CPAR) was agreed between the Government of El Salvador and the IDB and WB managements, to serve as a dialogue instrument between the Governme...
Tipo: Country Procurement Assessment (CPAR)Informe#: 29315Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2006
Over 529,000 women die annually from complications during pregnancy, childbirth, or the postpartum period. Nearly all of these deaths occur in developing countries, where fertility rates are higher an...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 53648Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2006
This paper posits that the Metropolitan Area of Mexico (MCMA) has an inadequate urban transport system whose main negative effects are difficulty in mobility of people and high levels of pollution tha...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 56940Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2006
This paper analyzes the status of current legislation and Colombian institutions concerning claims and bankruptcy proceedings, and offers a contribution to the debate of the conditions necessary to re...
Tipo: Other Financial Sector StudyInforme#: 70442Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2006Autor:
Rouillon,Adolfo
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