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 sectors in the formulation of policies ...
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 single, simple or quick solution to t...
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. Costa Rica is not likely to be able to r...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 53805Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2003Autor:
Ribe,Helena G. ;
Víquez, Roxana
Forest fiscal systems - specifically concession and revenue systems - provide the tools for mobilizing forest revenues, motivating private industry operations, and meeting broader policy objectives, i...
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. Forests provide multiple benefits su...
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 community, as its main point of depa...
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 part of public authorities, while si...
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 demographic and economic characteristics of th...
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 Agroindustrial Sectors of Central A...
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 relatively costly or rigid, whether fr...
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 suggests that poverty in Guatemala is highe...
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 causing 7,500 fatalities a year for 30...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 35657Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2003Autor:
Fay,Marianne ;
Ghesquiere,Francis ;
Solo,Tova M.
This report on state-level government procurement systems in Guanajuato, Mexico, begins with the background and objectives of the study. It then analyzes the demographic and economic characteristics o...
Tipo: Country Procurement Assessment (CPAR)Informe#: 72472Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2003
This Address to the Board of Governors in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in September 2003 includes the sections: the region and the world, and a time for action. The region and the world: The developin...
Tipo: President's SpeechInforme#: 36482Fecha: 23 de septiembre de 2003Autor:
Wolfensohn,James D.
This report seeks to identify policy, and institutional reforms to enhance the efficiency, equity, and effectiveness of public expenditures at the federal, and provincial levels in Argentina. These ar...
Tipo: Public Expenditure ReviewInforme#: 25991Fecha: 10 de septiembre de 2003
This report is the latest in a series of now annual progress reports on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process. This report is not comprehensive; the focus is on the implementation of sel...
Tipo: Board ReportInforme#: 30689Fecha: 5 de septiembre de 2003
The overview of the Global Economic Prospects (GEP) 2004 addresses the Doha Agenda and its effects or failures on global trade integration. The document contains commentary and analysis of internation...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 27765Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2003
In 1996 the World Bank launched a comprehensive knowledge sharing initiative, based on the understanding that development knowledge is a global public good that belongs to everyone, and from which eve...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 37226Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2003Autor:
Gwin,Catherine
The Bank is providing technical assistance to the Government of El Salvador, the country's private sector, and civil society to help strengthen corporate social responsibility (CSR) practice, as a com...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 34660Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2003Autor:
Porto Baudet,Santiago Manuel ;
Tsukamoto,Mito ;
Twose,Nigel
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