GEF;s comprehensive program and diverse projects contributes to the principal themes of Agenda 21 by : tackling major environmental problems; working in the spirit of Agenda 21, by using approaches th...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 33428Fecha: 30 de junio de 2000
This inaugural issue of CIVIS outlines the vision for the newly created Cities Alliance program. The World Bank and the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), have joined forces to lau...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 32985Fecha: 12 de junio de 2000
The purpose of this handbook is to bring together in a single source guiding principles and tools that will promote sustainable microfinance and create viable institutions. It provides a comprehensive...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 18771Fecha: 1 de junio de 2000Autor:
Ledgerwood,Joanna
Formal credit and savings for the poor are not recent inventions: for decades, some customers neglected by commercial banks have been served by credit cooperatives and development finance institutions...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 33461Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2000Autor:
Peck Christen, Robert ;
Rosenberg,Richard
From the 'agricultural credit era' (1950s-1970s) through the 'micro-enterprise era', institutional arrangements and product designs that characterized financial services to the poor were underpinned b...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33444Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2000Autor:
Rutherford,Stuart Edward
This report is the outcome of a close working partnership between the public, and private sectors. It builds on what has gone before, but broadens its scope, encompassing the widely differing regimes,...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 30446Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2000Autor:
Chamlou,Nadereh ;
Iskander,Magdi R. ;
Ross-Larson, Bruce [editors] ;
De Coquereaumont,Meta M.
The note reviews England's experience on the potential of small claims procedures in expanding access to justice, which allow legal redress in situations where formal litigation would be too costly. B...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 21591Fecha: 1 de mayo de 2000Autor:
Baldwin, John
The Kyoto Protocol provides for the possibility of creating transferable greenhouse gas Emissions Reductions through investing in mitigation projects operated under Article 6 and Article 12. Both thes...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 33330Fecha: 21 de abril de 2000
This report has three main objectives. The first is to assess the extent and determinants of poverty, malnutrition, and inequality in Panama. The second involves examining the impact of government pol...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 20307Fecha: 1 de abril de 2000
This report takes stock of key changes in the world today and their implications for education; reiterates the vision for education in the new millennium; takes stock of progress so far and the gaps t...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 19631Fecha: 1 de abril de 2000
The report explores gender issues within the legislative, and judicial recourse in Argentina, to demonstrate the role of constitutional justice in case resolution of violence against women. The first ...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 21830Fecha: 31 de marzo de 2000Autor:
Motta, Cristina ;
Rodriguez, Marcela
The note reviews three successive transport projects in Ghana (First and Second Transport Rehabilitation, and National Feeder Roads Rehabilitation Projects), which contributed to the success of the co...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 23003Fecha: 31 de marzo de 2000Autor:
Reja,Binyam
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, they should not embark on a large d...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22996Fecha: 29 de febrero de 2000Autor:
Picciotto,Robert ;
Rice,Edward B. ;
Van Wicklin Iii,Warren A.
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 Carmen Arevalo, PAS/Banco Mundial. S...
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 by the World Bank in partnership with...
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 and the Caribbean, its effects on poor...
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 interrupted due to the mobilization ...
Tipo: Country Partnership FrameworkInforme#: 20072Fecha: 27 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, the costs of different types of violen...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 20747Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000Autor:
Moser,Caroline O. ;
McIlwaine, Cathy
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 sustainable cities that are livable...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 20356Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000
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 burden of early retirement on the pe...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 33386Fecha: 1 de enero de 2000
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