GW MATE provided general advice to Comision Nacional del Agua (CNA) on the preparation and implementation of the World Bank-funded MASAS Project for the stabilization of selected Mexican aquifers thro...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 38810Fecha: 1 de abril de 2004Autor:
Foster,Stephen ;
Garduno,Hector ;
Kemper,Karin Erika
This research assesses current state of knowledge about the impact of HIV/AIDS on individuals with disability and on disabled populations. The paper Documents current activities related to HIV/AIDS an...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 34313Fecha: 1 de abril de 2004Autor:
Groce,Nora Ellen
Brazil enjoys human and natural resources unavailable to most countries. Its assets include a diverse, energetic population and a vast territory that encompasses the world's largest rain forest and up...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 30725Fecha: 1 de abril de 2004Autor:
Furtado,Angela C.
In most developing and industrial countries, infrastructure services have traditionally been provided by government enterprises, but in developing countries at least, these enterprises have often prov...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 28816Fecha: 1 de abril de 2004Autor:
J. Luis Guasch
This note summarizes the findings of the World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention, and provides guidelines to assist with the implementation of its recommendations. The report, jointly issued o...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 29557Fecha: 1 de abril de 2004Autor:
Bliss, Tony
Many countries have initiated pension reform to cope with aging populations and fiscally unsustainable pension systems. The reforms often aim to separate the safety net and savings functions of pensio...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 30199Fecha: 1 de abril de 2004Autor:
Van Selm,Alexandra
Empowerment is a critical element in the fight against poverty. In its broadest sense, empowerment refers to the freedom of choice and action to shape one's future. Its critical dimensions include par...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 30332Fecha: 1 de abril de 2004Autor:
Bain,Katherine A. ;
Cesilini,Sandra ;
Dalmazo, Raul ;
Guzman Escobar,Armando Eduardo ;
John-Abraham,Indu ;
Martin,Lisandro Roman ;
Moreno Torres,Magui ;
Pinto-Rodrigues,Marla Mccarroll ;
Ruan,Guillermo ;
Russo,Francesca ;
Smyle,James W. ;
Solana,Miguel ;
Tarifa,Ricardo L. B. ;
Trommer,Josef S. ;
Weiss, Zeze
This report provides an assessment of accounting, financial reporting and auditing practices within the corporate sector in Ecuador, using International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Intern...
Tipo: Accounting and Auditing Assessment (ROSC)Informe#: 35079Fecha: 18 de marzo de 2004Autor:
Fortin,Henri ;
Rahman,M. Zubaidur
The economic performance of the Dominican Republic over the past three years, has been less impressive than in the 1990s. During 2001-2002, economic growth slowed down to 3.5 percent per annum on aver...
Tipo: Public Expenditure ReviewInforme#: 23852Fecha: 15 de marzo de 2004
The economic performance of the Dominican Republic over the past three years, has been less impressive than in the 1990s. During 2001-2002, economic growth slowed down to 3.5 percent per annum on aver...
Tipo: Public Expenditure ReviewInforme#: 23852Fecha: 15 de marzo de 2004
Faced with alarming results, the Government of Antioquia, oversaw the preparation of the Quality Improvement for Basic Education Project by the Secretariat of Education and Culture, which together wit...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 29647Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2004Autor:
Laverde, Marha
Bolivia made progress in health status and equity in the last decade, thanks to the implementation of a series of health policies directed primarily at reducing maternal and infant mortality and contr...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 27929Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2004
A common vision and a consistent effort on the part of Chilean governments from the late 1960s to the present have placed Chile at an advanced stage of educational development. Today, primary educatio...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 28479Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2004Autor:
Holm-Nielsen, Lauritz ;
Thorn, Kristian ;
Prawda,
Forests are lost because conservation and sustainable management is less profitable then deforestation, at least in the short term. Payments for environmental services - such as watershed management, ...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 33111Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2004Autor:
Ivers,Laura A.
This book focuses on how the demand for microfinance can be met on a global scale. It documents the contributions of institutions and of people who have led the development of commercial finance for t...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 23250Fecha: 1 de marzo de 2004Autor:
Fidler,Peter J. ;
Robinson,Marguerite S.
The 1999 CAS described four strategies for a ten-year framework to reduce poverty and promote sustainable development in the Dominican Republic: sustaining economic growth, increasing the poor's acces...
Tipo: CAS Progress ReportInforme#: 25745Fecha: 3 de febrero de 2004
In December 2001, an unparalleled economic crisis unfolded, triggering high rates of unemployment and extreme poverty. Increases in informal and precarious employment, such as sub-standard jobs with ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 28442Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2004Autor:
Cesilini, Sandra ;
John-Abraham, Indu ;
Martin, Li
In this issue: The GEF Council Meeting. Focal point news - sharing good practices. Country dialogue news. GEF/NGO network news. Focal area news. News from monitoring and evaluation. Other news.
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 37620Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2004
Since the early 1990s, the Bolivian government has begun a transition towards a more decentralized form of government. As a result, the country's 324 municipalities have greater autonomy and responsib...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 28441Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2004Autor:
John-Abraham,Indu ;
Moreno Torres,Magui
This article notes that at the end of 2000, the government of Argentina (specifically the Subsecretar?a de Gesti?n P?blica, or the Sub-secretary of Public Management) initiated a program of state mode...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 28440Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2004Autor:
Moreno Torres,Magui
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