Employment protection - the set of rules
governing hiring and terminating employees - is a key
feature of any country's labor market. What types of
contracts will b...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 30130Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2002Autor:
Betcherman,Gordon ;
Whitehead, Tim [editor]
This report, Payments and securities
clearance and settlement systems in Venezuela, is one of
several public reports in the World Bank series, Western
Hemisphere Pa...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 38839Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2002
The international community has made a
strong commitment to the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs). Many donor agencies want to know whether
microfinance, or finan...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 34189Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2002Autor:
Sananikone,Ousa
Editorial - decentralization and small
towns. A dosifier for constant water disinfection used for
human water consumption : water disinfection and health; by
Ricard...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 34807Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2002Autor:
Alvarez, Consuelo ;
Cardenas, Zoila ;
Egocheaga, Julio ;
Godoy, Teresa ;
Huaman, Jose Luis ;
Moscoso,Julio ;
Rojas, Jose ;
Rojas,Ricardo
The increasing complexity of development
challenges over the past decade has been addressed by
heightened efforts of governments, voluntary organizations,
and exter...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 24575Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2002Autor:
Campbell-Page, Elizabeth [editor-in-chief]
One of the challenges of rural poverty
reduction in Latin America is to enhance non-farm economic
activity, diversify employment, and foster enterprise
activity. Al...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 26725Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2002Autor:
Maria-Valeria Junho Pena, and Kathryn Johns Swartz
Chile's scientific community
garners well-deserved respect in the region and worldwide.
The country has made significant and fruitful efforts to
move towards a lead...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 26726Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 2002Autor:
Holm-Nielsen, Lauritz ;
Norsworthy, Alex
The field note illustrates the results
of a case study in Colombia, experienced in Antioquia, and
its evolution until becoming an alternative model for water
supply...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 25726Fecha: 30 de noviembre de 2002Autor:
Arevalo-Correa,Carmen ;
Schippner,Beatriz
This document describes the process
followed by the Proyecto Piloto de Agua Potable Rural y
Salud Comunitaria (PROPILAS) en Cajamarca, Peru, in
execution since 1999...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 25291Fecha: 30 de noviembre de 2002Autor:
CARE ;
COSUDE
What has been the impact of the
country's economic recession on the health sector and
the overall health of Argentinians? This report intends to
answer this questio...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 25143Fecha: 30 de noviembre de 2002Autor:
Uribe, Juan Pablo ;
Schwab, Nicole
Poor people need financial services to
seize business opportunities, to invest in home
improvements, and to meet seasonal expenses like school fees
and holiday cele...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 34188Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2002Autor:
Craig,Kim
The beginning of the new millennium
finds the Latin America and Caribbean region having made
progress on several fronts. Health and education indicators
continue to...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 26723Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2002
The paper presents evidence of the
magnitude of social costs of the Argentine economic crisis
with strong negative effects throughout the income
distribution. This ...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 25142Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2002Autor:
Fiszbein, Ariel; Giovagnoli, Paula Ines;
Aduriz, Isidro
This paper examines the main trends in
the trade structure of Central American countries during the
last two decades; the increasingly important role placed by
the ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 36213Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2002Autor:
Lederman,Daniel ;
Perry,Guillermo ;
Suescun,Rodrigo De Jesus
The report's objectives are i) to
better understand the nature and magnitude of urban
transport problems, particularly in respect of the poor, and
ii) to articulate...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 24910Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2002Autor:
Gwilliam,Kenneth M.
Reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and
other greenhouse gases that affect climate change is one of
the key challenges facing the international community. The
Bank...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 26724Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2002Autor:
Francisco Fernandez-Asin
This volume presents a set of policy
notes prepared by the World Bank's Brazil Team with
partners during 2002 as a contribution for the debate of
policies by the ne...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 44652Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 2002
This paper documents that an
international delegation of 89 trade union leaders, of whom
36 were the president or general secretary of their
organization (see list ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 41875Fecha: 23 de octubre de 2002
The report argues that Nicaragua's
best hope for sustained growth, and poverty reduction,
probably lies with agricultural exports, which have the
potential to gain ...
Tipo: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportInforme#: 25115Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2002
This book is about a collection of
speeches delivered since Nicholas Stern became Chief
Economist of the World Bank in July 2000. They reflect
insights that Mr. Ste...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 26059Fecha: 1 de octubre de 2002Autor:
Stern,Nicholas H.
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