The last few years have seen an unprecedented increase world-wide in private participation in infrastructure financing. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), which has been involved in the fina...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: IFD23Fecha: 1 de enero de 1994Autor:
Bond,Gary E. ;
Carter,Laurence W.
In 1987 the World Bank Group embarked on a major effort to incorporate environmental concerns into all aspects of its work. This is a summary of the fifth major report on progress since that time. It ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 13587Fecha: 1 de enero de 1994
The World Bank's environmental work is changing its emphasis from the design and codification of Bank policies to supporting their implementation; a stronger focus on the development of institutional ...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 12350Fecha: 1 de enero de 1994
This paper discusses the reduction of government activity that can be achieved through the participation of the private sector in service. It also raises the question whether it is appropriate to invo...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 48157Fecha: 1 de enero de 1994
This is a fact-finding, policy-oriented study about working women in 15 Latin American and Caribbean countries which aims (i) to establish patterns and trends in women's characteristics in the labor m...
Tipo: Departmental Working PaperInforme#: 10077Fecha: 1 de enero de 1994Autor:
Psacharopoulos, George ;
Tzannatos, Zafiris [edito
This report reviews the abundant evidence of how much women contribute to development in Latin American and Caribbean countries. It proceeds to identify the reasons why these regions have not been as ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 13583Fecha: 1 de enero de 1994Autor:
Winkler, Donald R. ;
Guedes, Andrea
This note reviews the economic, social, and political welfare of indigenous peoples in Latin America, and examines the environmental aspects of the region's economic development, as priorities for the...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: 19823Fecha: 31 de diciembre de 1993Autor:
Uquillas Rodas,Jorge E. ;
Rivera,Jean-Carlo
The success of development in East Asia is legendary. No other group of developing countries has done as well in fostering growth, reducing poverty, integrating with world markets, or raising standard...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 12466Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1993Autor:
Leipziger,Danny M. ;
Thomas,Vinod
The major conclusions and recommendations of this report are as follows: 1) to meet anticipated requirements for the domestic and export markets, especially to Brazil. Bolivia's proven reserves will n...
Tipo: ESMAP PaperInforme#: ESM164Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1993
This paper summarizes the findings of a research program on the institutional framework of urban management. Urban management is concerned with the policies, plans, programs, and practices that seek t...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 12503Fecha: 30 de noviembre de 1993Autor:
Davey,Kenneth J.
The Development Committee held its 47th meeting in Washington, D.C. on September 27, 1993. There were two main items on their agenda: first, Adjustment Experience of Low-Income Countries and Implicati...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: DEV32Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 1993
This speech was made by Lewis T. Preston to the Board of Governors at the 1993 Annual Meetings. Preston discusses the rapid pace of global change in the political, economic and technological sectors. ...
Tipo: President's SpeechInforme#: 12510Fecha: 25 de septiembre de 1993Autor:
Preston,Lewis T.
With the ratification of the ICSID convention by ten more countries, the center?s membership grew to 109 during fiscal 1993. A further three countries signed the convention during the year, bringing t...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 75852Fecha: 8 de septiembre de 1993Autor:
World Bank
Infrastructure - broadly defined as electric power, irrigation, transport, telecommunications, water supply, and sanitation - will play a key role in facilitating the resumption and acceleration of gr...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: WDP171Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 1993Autor:
Israel,Arturo P.
The report examines the public policies of 8 high-performing Asian economies (HPAEs) from 1965 to 1990. It seeks to uncover the role those policies played in the dramatic economic growth, improved hum...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 12351Fecha: 1 de septiembre de 1993Autor:
Birdsall,Nancy M. ;
Campos,Jose Edgardo L. ;
Kim,Chang-Shik ;
Corden, W. Max ;
MacDonald, Lawrence [editor] ;
Pack,Howard ;
Page,John ;
Sabor, Richard ;
Stiglitz,Joseph Eugene
This report is an overview of the activities of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) - July 1, 1992 to June 30, 1993. The report provides information on all projects approved, on investment and...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 12381Fecha: 5 de agosto de 1993
This report covers the period July 1, 1992 to June 30, 1993. It provides an overview of World Bank activities during this period; provides a global perspective of the world economy; and discusses Bank...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 12347Fecha: 5 de agosto de 1993
This paper sets out in detail actions that will provide a basis for major improvements in the Bank's implementation performance. Within the context of the Bank's focus on poverty reduction, these impr...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 12221Fecha: 22 de julio de 1993
The World Bank is taking measures to improve the management of the development projects and programs it finances. The measures are designed to make the Bank more effective in pursuing its basic goal o...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 12205Fecha: 1 de julio de 1993
This is the sixteenth in the annual series and examines the interplay between human health, health policy and economic development. Because good health increases the economic productivity of individua...
Tipo: World Development ReportInforme#: 12183Fecha: 1 de julio de 1993Autor:
Berkley, Seth ;
Bobadilla,Jose Luis ;
Hecht,Robert M. ;
Hill, Kenneth ;
Jamison,Dean T. ;
Murray, Christopher J. L. ;
Musgrove,Philip A. ;
Saxenian,Helen ;
Tan,Jee-Peng
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