While consumer utility subsidies are widespread in both the water and electricity sectors, their effectiveness in reaching and distributing resources to the poor is the subject of much debate. This pu...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 34334Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006Autor:
Abdullah,Roohi ;
Foster,Vivien ;
Halpern,Jonathan D. ;
Komives,Kristin ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
Health risks pose a grave threat to lives and livelihoods, especially those of the poor. Health shocks add additional expenditures to the burden of the poor precisely when they can least afford it. Ev...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33373Fecha: 1 de enero de 2006Autor:
Tabor,Steven R.
This report for the fiscal year 2005 concerns the International Finance Corporation (IFC), which demonstrated a third consecutive year of record growth, owing to the strong economic performance of man...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 33657Fecha: 31 de diciembre de 2005
The Chilean system of management controls and results-based budgeting consists of these monitoring and evaluation tools: performance indicators; program and agency evaluations (including Comprehensive...
Tipo: Other Public Sector StudyInforme#: 34589Fecha: 30 de diciembre de 2005
The publication of this fifth edition coincides with the convergence in accounting standards that has been a feature of the international landscape since the global financial crisis of 1998. The event...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 48334Fecha: 30 de diciembre de 2005Autor:
Greuning, Hennie van
The Chilean system of management controls and results-based budgeting consists of these monitoring and evaluation tools: performance indicators; program and agency evaluations (including Comprehensive...
Tipo: Other Public Sector StudyInforme#: 34589Fecha: 30 de diciembre de 2005
Effective insolvency and creditor rights systems are an important element of financial system stability. The Bank accordingly has been working with partner organizations to develop principles for inso...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 48166Fecha: 21 de diciembre de 2005
This report discusses the remarks delivered by Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank. On discussion forum he shared some thoughts about how the global community can face the double challenge of...
Tipo: President's SpeechInforme#: 101332Fecha: 20 de diciembre de 2005Autor:
Wolfowitz,Paul
The pilot program to conserve the Brazilian rain forest (PPG7) is a multilateral initiative of the Brazilian government, civil society, and the international community aimed at developing innovative t...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92410Fecha: 14 de diciembre de 2005
These reserves are based on the premise that traditional communities that gather forest products, such as rubber and Brazil nuts, can also be good stewards of natural resources and help avoid the envi...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92586Fecha: 13 de diciembre de 2005
Banco do Nordeste (BNB), a large public bank active in the Northeast of Brazil, established CrediAmigo in November 1997 with technical assistance from the World Bank. Given the strong commitment of BN...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92581Fecha: 13 de diciembre de 2005
Brazil's family health program (PSF) is promoting a proactive model of health care delivery in which family health care providers deliver quality basic care to households and communities. The program,...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92405Fecha: 13 de diciembre de 2005
The Ceara Rural Poverty Reduction Project is part of the Northeast Rural Poverty Reduction Program (NRPR) comprising loans to all 10 states of the Northeast region for participatory, community-driven ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92404Fecha: 13 de diciembre de 2005
Building the capacity of local communities to develop, adapt, and implement environmentally sound forms of resource use is essential for promoting sustainable development in the Brazilian rain forest....
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92579Fecha: 13 de diciembre de 2005
During the 1980s, Ceara state's urban population grew by 3.6 percent a year, exceeding both the regional and national averages. The Ceara urban development and water resources management project helpe...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92575Fecha: 13 de diciembre de 2005
The vision of the Amazon Region Protected Areas Project (ARPA) is to create a mosaic of protected areas around productive landscapes to maintain the ecological integrity of the region over the long te...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92406Fecha: 13 de diciembre de 2005
The floodplains along the banks of the Amazon River and its tributaries are home to a diverse array of plant and animal species. This unique ecosystem is currently under threat from commercial fishing...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92578Fecha: 13 de diciembre de 2005
In urban areas of Brazil, such as Sao Paulo, growing slums are major contributors to the pollution of water sources. These slum dwellers, living on public land and irregular plots, tend to concentrate...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92577Fecha: 13 de diciembre de 2005
Cyclical droughts have had a severe impact on the socio-economic development of the Ceara State in Northeast Brazil. In the 1980s, the State initiated an ambitious program to overcome the impact of dr...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92576Fecha: 13 de diciembre de 2005
The government has invested heavily in the prevention and treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 92409Fecha: 13 de diciembre de 2005
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