This paper outlines a method for estimating the interest rate that an microfinance institution (MFI) will need to realize on its loans, if it wants to fund its growth primarily with commercial funds a...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 18656Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1999Autor:
Rosenberg,Richard
Any delinquency or recovery percentage is a ratio-the result of dividing some numerator on the top of the fraction by some denominator on the bottom. Unless we know exactly what goes into the numerato...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 33460Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1999Autor:
Christen,Robert P. ;
Rosenberg,Richard
For almost 50 years judges, lawyers, and policymakers in the United States have experimented with ways to speed up the processing of civil and criminal cases. Several lessons have emerged from this ef...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 21584Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1999Autor:
Messick, Richard ;
Shuker, Nan ;
Pace, Nicholas ;
Ostr
The GEF recently completed an Interim Assessment of Biodiversity Enabling Activities, which help recipient countries develop national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs) as required by A...
Tipo: NewsletterInforme#: 26341Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1999Autor:
Harstad,Jarle
Micro-finance institutions (MFIs) increasingly see financial viability as a core element of their business strategy. To implement this strategy, MFI managers must analyze their financial statements fo...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 18659Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1999Autor:
Helms,Brigit S.
This note, based on a recent study by the Operations Evaluation Department, analyzes the effectiveness of the training and visit (T&V) system of agricultural extension service management in Kenya, thr...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 23002Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1999Autor:
Gautam,Madhur
Why do we need a world bank? What is the role of the World Bank? What are the World Bank programs? Where does the World Bank get its money? Where does the money go? Who runs the World Bank? The public...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 21168Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 1999
Is pollution simply the price of development? Recent evidence shows that many developing countries have already turned the corner in the fight against industrial pollution. The cleanup has begun becau...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 19851Fecha: 31 de octubre de 1999
Consultants employed by Bank borrowers and financed by the Bank or under trust funds are hired according to the Bank's Consultant Guidelines. The Guidelines specify the borrowers' obligations to submi...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 20009Fecha: 1 de octubre de 1999
The five papers comprising this report present five experiences from different sectors and countries of how civil society organizations in World Bank-financed projects or processes can: correct poorly...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 20908Fecha: 1 de octubre de 1999Autor:
Aparicio, Teresa ;
Garrison, John ;
Dolphin, Nichola
The Brown-Bag Seminar Series, initiated in April 1999, presents a forum for ongoing theoretical debates and operational innovations regarding civil society participation and its potential contribution...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 20909Fecha: 1 de octubre de 1999Autor:
Bain,Katherine A. ;
Shrader,Elizabeth ;
Galeano,Nora ;
Azcueta,Miguel ;
Garrison,John W. ;
Cesilini,Sandra ;
Arboleda,Jairo A. ;
Grossman, Claudio ;
Bernbaum, Marcia ;
Kleymeyer, Charles D. ;
Salcedo, Daniel ;
Piester,Kerianne
The Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP) produced this guide to appraising microfinance institutions (MFIs) for the use of its staff and consultants. This format is an outline of informatio...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 34260Fecha: 1 de octubre de 1999Autor:
Helms,Brigit S. ;
Peck Christen, Robert ;
Rosenberg,Richard
Evaluation strengthens accountability (by assessing performance), improves the quality of operations (by disseminating lessons from experience), and informs strategy, resource allocation, and personne...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22999Fecha: 30 de septiembre de 1999Autor:
Fostvedt,Nils
The note analyzes the effective assistance provided by the International Development Association (IDA) to Bangladesh, and reviews successes brought about by the partnership forged with the Government....
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22993Fecha: 30 de septiembre de 1999Autor:
Robinson,Roger J.
This study demonstrates the challenges of the new phase of educational reform in Argentina, and, the unique characteristics of the objectives of reform, its broad human capital investments, all conduc...
Tipo: LAC Human & Social Development Group Paper SeriesInforme#: 20964Fecha: 30 de septiembre de 1999Autor:
Experton,William
This is a speech that the World Bank President, Mr. James Wolfensohn addressed to the Board of Governors on September 28, 1999 at Washington D.C. In the past year the Bank launched a new initiative - ...
Tipo: President's SpeechInforme#: 20175Fecha: 28 de septiembre de 1999Autor:
Wolfensohn,James D.
This annual report concerns the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). During fiscal year 1999, two more countries ratified the ICSID Convention to become members of the C...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 41802Fecha: 10 de septiembre de 1999
This is the overview of the 22nd edition of the World Development Report. The theme for the report is the changing development landscape in the 21st century. The Report focuses on two forces of change...
Tipo: World Development ReportInforme#: 19761Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 1999Autor:
World Bank
Experience in Thailand sheds light on one of the key dimensions of land administration: its contribution to improving natural resource management and reducing rural poverty. The two projects under rev...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22978Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 1999Autor:
Heath,John Richard
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