In 2002, Peru embarked on a process of decentralization and regionalization, which, if it was to be successful, was going to need the support and collaboration of all the public and private institutio...
Tipo: Water & Sanitation Discussion PaperInforme#: 35672Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2005
The relationship between globalization and poverty reduction and development is not well understood. The authors describe major historical tendencies, identify global currents--like trade, capital, mi...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 34864Fecha: 30 de octubre de 2005Autor:
Goldin,Ian A. ;
Reinert,Kenneth A.
This report attempts to analyze selected topics, chosen in collaboration with the Argentine authorities, regarding the inter-linkages between economic growth, income distribution and poverty, as well ...
Tipo: Country Economic MemorandumInforme#: 32553Fecha: 21 de octubre de 2005
This evaluation assesses the development effectiveness of the World Bank's country-level HIV/AIDS assistance defined as policy dialogue, analytic work, and lending with the explicit objective of reduc...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 34325Fecha: 11 de octubre de 2005Autor:
Ainsworth,Martha ;
Gaubatz,Judith Hahn ;
Vaillancourt,Denise A.
This is a study of rural electrification in Chile, which discusses the types of electrification (including diesel-, photovoltaic panel-, and hydroelectric-generation), evolution of national and region...
Tipo: ESMAP PaperInforme#: 35988Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2005
This case profile summarizes the progress made by the Secretaria de Recursos Hidricos (SRH)-Ceara (with support from GW-MATE during 2002-05) in promoting management of the groundwater resources of the...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 38817Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2005Autor:
Foster,James Stephen ;
Garduno,Hector
Ignoring gender in the planning and evaluation of credit and transfer programs can lead to erroneous conclusions about who benefits from them. Access to institutional credit and targeted transfers can...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 34967Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2005Autor:
McKernan,Signe-Mary ;
Rivero-Fuentes,Maria Estela
Despite being one of the fastest growing economies in Latin America and the Caribbean during the 1990s, a series of unfortunate events drove the Dominican Republic in 2003, to a rapid decline in its s...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 34643Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2005Autor:
Carlson,Samuel C. ;
John-Abraham,Indu
Investing in education, opening up to new technologies through foreign trade and investment, and encouraging private sector research and development are the keys to unlocking the potential of technolo...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 34863Fecha: 30 de septiembre de 2005Autor:
Gill,Indermit S. ;
Guasch, J. Luis ;
Maloney,William F. ;
Perry,Guillermo ;
Schady,Norbert Rudiger
Doing Business 2006, the third report in the series, found that Eastern European nations were aggressively courting entrepreneurs with far-reaching reforms to streamline business regulations and taxes...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 34550Fecha: 13 de septiembre de 2005
The past year was one of significant further growth for the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Five more countries joined the Centre. The caseload grew at a record-bre...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 33326Fecha: 8 de septiembre de 2005
This document draws a profile on the strengths and weaknesses of the national system for innovations in Argentina, in order to identify efficient policies. Argentina has established strong institution...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 35119Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2005Autor:
Thorn,Kristian
This report provides an assessment of Uruguay's corporate governance policy framework, enforcement, and compliance practices. It highlights recent improvements in corporate governance regulation, make...
Tipo: Corporate Governance Assessment (ROSC)Informe#: 38590Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2005
Since 1999, the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) has received 41 complaints. Of that total, 10 complaints were rejected, 26 have been assessed, 12 have been closed, and 19 are still ongoing. A summa...
Tipo: Annual ReportInforme#: 63957Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2005
In this issue: Sustainability and impact of rural sanitation. A model of community management. Urban development. Lessons learned from a project. Sectoral chronology.
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 40396Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2005
Many governments in the Latin America and Caribbean region (LAC) have gained an increased understanding of the value of M&E to help both governments and donors alike better understand what public inve...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 34642Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2005Autor:
Burdescu,Ruxandra ;
Mackay,Keith ;
Rojas, Fernando ;
Saavedra,Jaime ;
Del Villar Baston,Azul
This Country Assistance Evaluation (CAE) assesses the outcomes of the World Bank's assistance to Bolivia during the period July 1, 1998 through June 30, 2004.' It examines the relevance and realism of...
Tipo: IEG EvaluationInforme#: 33493Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2005
Data gathered during studies conducted over the past four years in Mexico City, Mexico (Distrito Federal); Bogota, Colombia, and in several Brazilian cities suggests that in these countries somewhere ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 34212Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2005Autor:
Solo,Tova M.
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