The Bank's recent study of
involuntary resettlement show that if countries do not have
both the capacity and the commitment to handle involuntary
resettlement well,...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22996Fecha: 29 de febrero de 2000Autor:
Picciotto, Robert; Rice Edward; Van Wicklin Warren
Editorial - reforms to move on. Water
hand-pumps: between offer and demand; by Emilio Mayorga,
ITDG. The "condominial " model for sanitation, a
low cost option; by ...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 34799Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2000Autor:
Arevalo-Correa,Carmen ;
Campos,Marco ;
Leon Suematsu,Guillermo Israel ;
Mayorga, Emilio ;
Rojas,Ricardo ;
Valencia, Luis
This working paper was prepared in the
context of the Western Hemisphere Payments and Securities
Clearance and Settlement Initiative. This initiative is
conducted b...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 45231Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2000Autor:
De La Lastra, Inigo ;
Guadamillas, Mario ;
Holttinen, Eija
The paper synthesizes the information
generated by one stage of activities of the Urban Peace
Program, which focuses on the dynamics of violence in Latin
America an...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 23232Fecha: 1 de febrero de 2000Autor:
Moser, Caroline ;
McIlwaine, Cathy
This report resumes the Country
Assistance Strategy (CAS) for Honduras, under preparation in
October 1998, following the devastation caused by Hurricane
Mitch, but ...
Tipo: Country Assistance Strategy DocumentInforme#: 20072Fecha: 27 de enero de 2000
This study recognizes that cities and
towns form the front line in a global campaign to address
issues of poverty and development opportunity. Guided by a
vision of...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 20356Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000
The study documents how people living in
poor urban communities in Colombia, perceive violence, and
identifies, the categories of violence affecting
communities, th...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 20747Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000Autor:
Moser, Caroline ;
McIlwaine, Cathy
This edition of the Pension Reform
Primer examines the global trend in early retirement among
rich and poorer countries, the reasons for people retiring
early, the ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33386Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000
The paper analyzes the adjustment
process in the aftermath of speculative attacks against the
currencies of six countries - Argentina, Brazil, Mexico,
Indonesia, Ko...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 19607Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000Autor:
Perry, Guillermo ;
Lederman, Daniel
Collecting contributions is more
complicated in a decentralized pension system, based on
individual accounts, than in a public system. Many public
plans provide a d...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33402Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000
Very little is known about the actual
impact of projects on the poor. Many are reluctant to carry
out impact evaluations because they are deemed expensive,
time con...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 20745Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000Autor:
Baker, Judy L.
Following on the work of previous,
recent publications - Voices of the Poor, and the World
Development Report 2000/01 - this report provides missing
mechanisms by w...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 23463Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000
The study documents how people living in
poor urban communities in Guatemala perceive violence.
Specifically, it identifies the categories of violence
affecting poo...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 23211Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000Autor:
Moser, Caroline ;
McIlwaine, Cathy
The theme of this 22nd edition of the
World Development Report is the changing development
landscape in the 21st century. The Report focuses on two
forces of change...
Tipo: World Development ReportInforme#: 19279Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000Autor:
Altaf, Anjum ;
Dillinger,William R. ;
Evenett,Simon J. ;
Fay,Marianne ;
Henderson,John Vernon ;
Kenny,Charles J. ;
Wu, Weiping ;
Yusuf,Shahid
World Bank projects increasingly attempt
to hand over responsibility of development activities to
local communities. Consequently, communities are
increasingly invo...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 20414Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000Autor:
De Silva, Samantha
Millions of households in the developing
world still lack access to safe and reliable energy-and pay
high prices for poor-quality substitutes. Addressing their
need...
Tipo: Annual ReportInforme#: 20824Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000Autor:
Brook, Penelope J. ;
Smith, Suzanne [editors]
This issue of CIVIS profiles the
Swaziland Urban Development Project (SUDP). In response to
increasing urbanization, the Government of Swaziland in the
early 1990s ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 32984Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000
In the 1990s Latin America and the
Caribbean (LAC) began to resurface from the lost decade of
the 1980s after a sustained reform effort by the countries
to enhance ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 20655Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000Autor:
De Ferranti, David ;
Perry, Guillermo E. ;
Gill, Indermit S. ;
Serven, Luis ;
Ferreira, Francisco H.G. ;
Ilahi, Nadeem ;
Maloney, William F. ;
Rama, Martin
In recognition of the fundamental
importance of an appropriate regulatory environment to
accelerate connectivity, and access to information services,
this handbook ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 24742Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000Autor:
Intven, Hank [editor] ;
Oliver, Jeremy ;
Sepulveda, Edgardo
This Note on public management of
pension funds concludes that publicly-managed pension
reserves are often used to finance non-pension policy.
Public pension fund m...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33385Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000
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