Yemen faces enormous challenges. Assistance to the country can be improved, however, if the International Development Association (IDA) establishes priorities in its future assistance strategy that ar...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22973Fecha: 30 de abril de 1999Autor:
Effron,Laurie
The study outlines current conflicting issues regarding teacher salaries in Argentina, and argues on how to attract, and retain qualified teachers, by initially comparing teacher salaries, to those of...
Tipo: LAC Human & Social Development Group Paper SeriesInforme#: 20935Fecha: 30 de abril de 1999Autor:
Vegas, Emiliana ;
Pritchett, Lant ;
Experton, Willia
The municipal development projects in Brazil and the Philippines examined in the OED impact evaluation study achieved what they set out to do. They promoted municipal government reforms and improved f...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22972Fecha: 30 de abril de 1999Autor:
Gilbert,Roy T. ;
Lee,Kyu Sik
This report is the summary for the 1999 Global Development Finance (GDF) publication. It contains analysis and commentary on recent developments in international finance for developing countries, wit...
Tipo: Global Development Finance - formerly World Debt TablesInforme#: 27747Fecha: 30 de abril de 1999
The OED study found that the Second LivestockProject for Mauritania succeeded in establishing pastoral cooperative associations (PCAs), but was inconsistent over time in its approach to the organizati...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22975Fecha: 30 de abril de 1999Autor:
English,John C.
The World Bank completed 287 projects between 1992 and 1997 in Sub-Saharan Africa, at a cost of US$9.6 billion, in four essential sectors: agriculture, education, health and nutrition, and urban and r...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22976Fecha: 30 de abril de 1999Autor:
De Silva,Asita R.
Given the rural nature of most African economies and the concentration of the poor in rural areas, there is a pressing need to increase capacity to promote agricultural development. The studies discus...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22974Fecha: 30 de abril de 1999Autor:
Rice,Edward B.
When the Bank designed a set of projects in the mid-1980s to strengthen Indonesia's transport infrastructure, which was becoming overburdened by the country's rapid economic growth, efforts focused on...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22992Fecha: 1 de abril de 1999Autor:
Talvitie,Antti P.
The note describes the rationale, and objectives of the pilot micro-finance capacity-building initiative in Africa, to reinforce financial management, link African services providers to the Consultati...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 21201Fecha: 1 de abril de 1999Autor:
Helms,Brigit S. ;
Isern,Jennifer ;
D'Ambrosio-Vitale,Nathalie
Most people in developing countries lack access to formal financial services. After decades of experimentation in a multitude of credit projects, microfinance, a "new" field, emerged to respond to thi...
Tipo: ReportInforme#: 189124Fecha: 1 de abril de 1999Autor:
Almeyda,Gloria ;
Branch, Brian
The note reviews the potential of public expenditure reviews as objective analysis of a country's public spending issues, and in advancing the development agenda in the Bank's client countries. It exa...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 21255Fecha: 1 de abril de 1999Autor:
Swaroop,Vinaya
Prompted by the East Asian crisis and the need to address its urgent social dimension, the Bank was asked to develop "general principles of good practice" in social policies. In response to the reques...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 22375Fecha: 1 de abril de 1999
The note addresses the role of ombudsman offices, and what ensures its effectiveness. Good administration requires much more than acting legally, which include constitutional, and human rights abuses,...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 21254Fecha: 1 de abril de 1999Autor:
Manning, Nick ;
Galligan, D.J.
While the 1987 Power Rehabilitation Project in Bolivia, was confined to operational improvements of the state-owned power company, a recent Operations Evaluation Department (OED) study has found that ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22994Fecha: 31 de marzo de 1999Autor:
Barbu,Alain A. ;
Luzuriaga,Luis
Despite the emergence of the World Bank as the leader in the health, nutrition, and population (HNP) sector for developing countries, in India however, (where the Bank invested more in HNP than in any...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22989Fecha: 31 de marzo de 1999Autor:
Ridker,Ronald G. ;
Musgrove,Philip A.
The evolving nature of the World Bank's investments in the health, nutrition, and population (HNP) sector, led from to direct lending for primary health in the 1980s, to supporting health system refor...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22988Fecha: 31 de marzo de 1999Autor:
Johnston,Timothy A. ;
Stout,Susan A.
The assistance provided by the World Bank to the health sector in Mali has contributed to improved access to rural health services and increased availability of affordable essential drugs, according t...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22990Fecha: 31 de marzo de 1999Autor:
Johnston, Sheila Dohoo Favre ;
Raney,Laura
World Bank health programs in Brazil have been relevant, but results have been uneven, according to a recent study by the Operations Evaluation Department (OED). Bank-supported programs have helped to...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 22991Fecha: 30 de marzo de 1999Autor:
Gauri,Varun
The recent inauguration of a new administration led by President Cubas presents an opportunity to activate economic growth by implementing policies that increase economic efficiency and attract privat...
Tipo: Country Economic MemorandumInforme#: 18392Fecha: 5 de marzo de 1999Autor:
Garcia,Valeriano F. ;
Gonzalez Aleu,Jose Antonio ;
Iglesias-Palau,Augusto A ;
Moore,Jason Michael ;
Rajapatirana,Don Sarath ;
Sappelli, Claudio ;
Thobani,Mateen
Among Latin American countries, Colombia has been a pioneer in policies and programs for the informal and microenterprise sectors. This support is the result of the efforts of a group of Non-governmen...
Tipo: ReportInforme#: 189129Fecha: 1 de marzo de 1999Autor:
Benjamin,Mcdonald P. ;
Ledgerwood,Joanna
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