Nations around the world (both large and small, rich and poor) are engaged in debate over how to reform their social security systems and care for the aged. For many countries this debate requires sp...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 34866Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005Autor:
Gill,Indermit S. ;
Packard,Truman G. ;
Yermo,Juan
This book reviews the role of addressing within the array of urban management tools and explores the links between addressing and civic identity, urban information systems, support to municipal servic...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 32923Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005Autor:
Toyos-Chavez,Roberto C. ;
Farvacque-Vitkovic,Catherine D. ;
Godin,Lucien M. ;
Leroux, Hughes ;
Verdet, Florence
This volume takes a critical look at the country's social protection "system" - broadly defined to include policy interventions, public institutions, and the regulation of private institutions that lo...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 34421Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005
The book is organized in two parts. The first part looks at issues of long-term growth and development patterns, and the second part focuses on issues of macroeconomic vulnerability and its social eff...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 34434Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005Autor:
Ocampo, Jose Antonio [editor]
IFC is a strong organization. It achieved excellent financial results last year and is on track to do the same this year. The biggest development challenge lies in Africa. IFC can help in many ways: f...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 113765Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005
This handbook aims to make a positive contribution to the efforts that many countries are undertaking to modernize their customs administrations. The handbook views a competent and well-organized cust...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 31477Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005Autor:
De Wulf, Luc [editor] ;
Sokol, Jose B. [editor]
The regulation and supervision of individual pension accounts has been a neglected issue. In contrast, much has been written on financing the transition to funded pensions and the design of benefits. ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33387Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005Autor:
Whitehouse,Edward R.
Firms and entrepreneurs of all types-from micro-enterprises to multinationals-play a central role in growth and poverty reduction. Their investment decisions drive job creation, the availability and a...
Tipo: World Development ReportInforme#: 30500Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005
The book documents two revolutionary patterns in Latin America, decentralization and democratization, ascertaining which aspects affect local reforms -- reforms which are vital for the sustainability ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 38533Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005Autor:
Campbell,Tim E.
Analyzing the experience of Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), "Lessons from NAFTA" aims to provide guidance to Latin American and Caribbean countries considering free trade...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 34435Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005Autor:
Lederman,Daniel ;
Maloney,William F. ;
Serven,Luis
Non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) are becoming an increasingly important segment of the financial system in some developing countries. This book aims to create awareness of the promise of NBFIs ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 24893Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005Autor:
Carmichael, Jeffrey ;
Pomerleano, Michael
The International Finance Corporation is at the forefront of private sector development: we are redefining how poverty can be reduced and lives improved through a stronger private sector in emerging m...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 33658Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005
There are many ways to structure mandatory private pension funds that rely on individual accounts. As in any market there are products and firms that provide them. Both are typically circumscribed by ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33374Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005
This book is a report on success-success in trade liberalization and in the removal of trade barriers so as to integrate Latin American economies into the international economy. More particularly, thi...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 34721Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005Autor:
Finger, J. Michael [editor] ;
Nogues, Julio J. [editor]
The publication speaks about the nature, power, and poverty; ecosystem and the livelihoods of the poor; the role of Governance; steps to greater environmental income; and the case studies relating to ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 48291Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005
Based on the World Bank's World Development Indicators and the Little Green Data Book, the green miniatlas complements the miniAtlas of Global Development previously published by the World Bank. The i...
Tipo: World Bank AtlasInforme#: 39721Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005
This report discusses the potential impacts that a Free Trade treaty between the United Status and Central America would have for the agribusiness and financial sectors in Costa Rica and El Salvador, ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 29938Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005Autor:
Monge-Gonzalez,Ricardo ;
Gonzalez-Vega,Claudio ;
Monge-Arino, Francisco
This Global Corporate Governance Forum toolkit emphasizes the purpose and benefits of developing corporate governance codes of best practice. Whilst globalization of economies has increased, and inter...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 34669Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005
This report summarizes and consolidates the findings of three Bank studies on poverty issues in Mexico, written as part of the second phase of this work: Urban Poverty, Rural Poverty, and Social Prote...
Tipo: Other Poverty StudyInforme#: 36853Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005Autor:
Lopez-Acevedo,Gladys C. ;
Saavedra,Jaime
In line with the UN Millennium Project more broadly, this report on energy addresses three crucial components: firstly, a rigorous understanding of the energy services that drive and, when absent, imp...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 35505Fecha: 1 de enero de 2005Autor:
Barnes,Douglas French ;
Birol, Fatih ;
Jannuzzi,Gilberto De Martino ;
Karekezi,Stephen ;
SACHS, JEFFREY D. ;
Schmidt-Traub, Guido
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