This report, Payments and Securities
Clearance and Settlement Systems in the Eastern Caribbean
Currency Union, is one of several public reports in the
World Bank se...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 38834Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2003
This Note is intended as a reference
document for IFC's sponsors, but the primary target
audience is practitioners and/or specialists working in a
developing countr...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 31872Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2003Autor:
Brusberg, Eric ;
Pollet, Ted ;
Sequeira,Debra ;
Zevallos,Jose Vicente
The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
(HIPC) Debt Initiative, designed to relieve the high
external debt burdens of some of the poorest nations, was
put in place by t...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 27638Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2003
Editorial : 2004 - challenges for small
and medium size cities. New models for sustainable delivery
of water and sanitation services. A new instrument for
developme...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 34810Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2003Autor:
Lopez R., Gabriel ;
Mcgregor Arnao,Jorge Luis ;
Uribe, Jorge Alberto
The bald hills outside Lima, Peru, are
dotted with unregulated settlements. Compact dwellings,
built of scrap wood, cement block and brick, extend out to
the horizo...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91987Fecha: 4 de noviembre de 2003
The World Bank and the Chilean
government partnered in 1999 to launch the millennium
science initiative (MSI), which aims to boost Chile's
science and technology se...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91967Fecha: 3 de noviembre de 2003
While not a new phenomenon in most of
Latin America, crime and violence have increased
dramatically in recent decades and are now recognized as a
serious economic a...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 35133Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2003Autor:
Staco, Veronique [researcher] ;
Van Bronkhorst, Bernice [assembler]
This study is about the socio-economic,
political and cultural life of indigenous peoples in El
Salvador. It reflects the limited capacity of public and
private sec...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 64748Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2003
This article discusses the poverty and
inequality which remain the most important medium to
long-term development challenges for Brazil and notes that
there is no s...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 28433Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2003Autor:
Carletto,Andre L. ;
Verner,Dorte
In this issue: Highlights from the
upcoming GEF Council Meeting. Focal point news. GEF/NGO
network news. News from monitoring and evaluation. Other news.
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 37619Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2003
In social protection, Costa Rica has a
well-established social assistance network to protect
vulnerable groups, but it does not adequately reach the very
poor. Cost...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 53805Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2003Autor:
Ribe, Helena; Víquez, Roxana;
Forest fiscal systems - specifically
concession and revenue systems - provide the tools for
mobilizing forest revenues, motivating private industry
operations, and ...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 28299Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2003
This report comprises the proceedings of
an international workshop held by the Program on Forests at
the World Bank (PROFOR), October 19-21, 2003 in Washington
DC. ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 32863Fecha: 19 de octubre de 2003
The analysis takes the functioning of
monitoring and evaluation (M&E) within the Uganda public
sector, rather than the needs and requirements of the
external donor ...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 38270Fecha: 16 de octubre de 2003Autor:
Hauge,Arild O.
Government procurement systems
constitute a sector of considerable importance because they
help to fulfill the functions of public interest and
satisfaction on the ...
Tipo: Country Procurement Assessment (CPAR)Informe#: 72470Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2003
This report on state-level government
procurement systems in Puebla, Mexico, begins with the
background and objectives of the study. It then analyzes the
demographi...
Tipo: Country Procurement Assessment (CPAR)Informe#: 72471Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2003
A Central America Free Trade Area
(CAFTA) has been under negotiation since January 2003. A
World Bank report, Opportunities and Challenges for the
Agricultural and ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 28432Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2003Autor:
Monge-Gonzales, Ricardo; Loria-Sagot,
Miguel; Gonzalez-Vega, Claudio
The majority of the world's poor
live in rural areas. Yet most lack access to the range of
financial services they need. Financial services available
to them are re...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 34195Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2003Autor:
Pearce,Douglas
Poverty in Guatemala is high and deep.
In 2000, over half of all Guatemalans lived in poverty.
About 16 percent lived in extreme poverty. Available
evidence suggest...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 27586Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2003
Natural disasters made two and a half
million people homeless in Latin America between 1990 and
1999. The region has been plagued with an average of 30
disasters ca...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 35657Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2003Autor:
Fay, Marianne ;
Ghesquiere, Francis ;
Solo, Tova
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