The Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (cao)
is an independentpost that reports directly tothe president
of the World BankGroup. Its mandate is twofold: first, to
help th...
Tipo: Annual ReportInforme#: 108401Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2002
This paper is part of a research and
dissemination initiative which the Water and Sanitation
Program is carrying out into private sector participation
and the poor ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 25697Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2002
This paper surveys that cash transfers
are the preferred means of assistance to the poor, or those
who face a probable risk. There are few statutory cash
assistance...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 25298Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2002Autor:
Tabor,Steven R.
According to the International Labor
Organization, 120 million children work full-time worldwide.
Virtually all live in poor countries. Legislation has been
passed ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 26720Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2002Autor:
Harry Anthony Patrinos, and Christiaan Grootaert
Poverty will not be reduced on a large
scale, without tapping into the energy, skills, and
motivation of the millions of poor people around the world.
This book off...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 24800Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 2002Autor:
Narayan, Deepa [editor]
This report describes a petroleum
exploration capacity building program organized by SMAP,
CODENPE (Consejo de Nacionalidades y Pueblos del Ecuador)
and Subsecretar...
Tipo: ESMAP PaperInforme#: 25219Fecha: 31 de agosto de 2002
This sourcebook presents a conceptual
framework for social analysis and describes how task teams
can incorporate its principles into project design,
implementation,...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 30442Fecha: 7 de agosto de 2002Autor:
Dani,Anis A.
Among policymakers and economists, there
is a widely held perception that microenterprises1 face
severe financing shortages that limit their growth
opportunities. R...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 26716Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2002Autor:
Susana M. Sanchez, Sophie Sirtaine, and Rita Valente
Participatory Poverty Assessments (PPAs)
use participatory research methods to understand poverty
from the perspective of the poor by focusing on their
realities, n...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 19083Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2002Autor:
Robb, Caroline M.
Without better policies and
institutions, social and environmental strains may derail
development progress, leading to higher poverty levels and a
decline in the qu...
Tipo: World Development ReportInforme#: 24711Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2002
The report builds a brief review of
problems encountered in key sectors among Latin American
countries, and features current gender issues and problems,
as the basi...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 29348Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2002Autor:
Correia, Maria; Pena, Valeria;
Through decentralization, and directives
such as the Supreme Court judgment on solid waste
management, local bodies in India are taking on
responsibility for an inc...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 23771Fecha: 1 de agosto de 2002
Current coffee prices are at record lows
and below the cost of production for many producers in
Central America. Moreover, the coffee crisis is structural,
and chan...
Tipo: Policy Research Working PaperInforme#: WPS2993Fecha: 19 de julio de 2002Autor:
Varangis, Panos ;
Siegel, Paul ;
Giovannucci, Daniel
Afro-Colombians make up 90 percent of
the population in the rainforest-covered Chocó region along
Colombia's Pacific coast. In 1994, the World Bank
approved a Natur...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91735Fecha: 1 de julio de 2002
This paper focuses on the initial
thinking within the Latin America and Caribbean region of
the World Bank (LCR) on empowerment, its operational
implications and th...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 28306Fecha: 1 de julio de 2002
This document covers the lessons learned
about setting up Public Private Partnerships for
Handwashing. Part 1 explores the rationale for handwashing
programs and fo...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 33512Fecha: 1 de julio de 2002
Two of the main obstacles to improving
public health services for Mexico's poor have been the
population dispersion in rural areas, and the difficult
geographic obs...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91737Fecha: 1 de julio de 2002
The CrediAmigo microfinance program in
Brazil, managed by the Banco do Nordeste (BN) shows how an
international financial institution like the World Bank can
be a u...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33453Fecha: 1 de julio de 2002Autor:
Peck Christen, Robert ;
Schonberger,Steven N.
In 1999 confronted by some of the most
bleak health indicators in Latin America, the Bolivian
government asked the World Bank to help it with a program to
bring bet...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 91758Fecha: 1 de julio de 2002
Magdalena Medio is one of the poorest
and most violent areas of Colombia and a microcosm of the
actors and issues underlying Colombia's armed conflict
with guerrill...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 26714Fecha: 1 de julio de 2002
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