Documentos e informes
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The poverty implications of alternative tax reforms : results from a numerical application to Pakistan (Inglés)
This paper presents results from four simulations of the impact of potential tax reforms in Pakistan on poverty, shared prosperity, and inequality. The simulations are carried out in the context of a dynamic...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 125564 Fecha del documento: 1 de agosto de 2017 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Feltenstein,Andrew,Mejia-Mantilla,Carolina,Newhouse,David Locke,Sedrakyan, Gohar
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Promoting financial inclusion for growth and development in Iraq (Inglés)
A well-functioning financial sector is critical for efficient resource allocation leading to increased productivity, greater investment, and higher overall levels of economic growth. This is particularly...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 87549 Fecha del documento: 1 de febrero de 2014 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Abdel Aziz,Teymour,Mcconaghy,Peter
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Asset prices, macro prudential regulation, and monetary policy (Inglés)
Confidence in combining inflation-targeting-cum-flexible-exchange-rate regimes with isolated micro prudential regulation as a means to guarantee both macroeconomic and financial stability has been shattered...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 77453 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Canuto, Otaviano, Cavallari, Matheus
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Commodity markets review (September 2011) (Inglés)
Non-energy commodity prices fell by 1.6 percent in August while energy prices dropped 6.3 percent. Most of the declines were for industrial commodities owing to concerns about demand and numerous macro...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 64839 Fecha del documento: 12 de septiembre de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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Assessing vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate risks : methods for investigation at local and national levels (Inglés)
Effective planning for climate change adaptation programming in developing countries requires a fine-grained assessment of local vulnerabilities, practices and adaptation options and preferences. While...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 51412 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 2009 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Kuriakose,Anne T., Bizikova, Livia ,Bachofen,Carina Andrea
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Strategic environmental assessment : improving water resources governance and decision making - case studies (Inglés)
The overall goal of this report is to help water resources and environment professionals within the Bank and client countries use strategic environmental assessment (SEA) to effectively implement the principles...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo departamental Número del informe: 48899 Fecha del documento: 1 de abril de 2009 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Hirji,Rafik Fatehali,Davis,Richard
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Methods for studying rural institutions, networks, and capacity in the developing world : mobilizing rural institutions (Inglés)
This note outlines two methods developed by the Mobilizing Rural Institutions study to assess and compare the governance capacities of local institutions and their network relationships in any local context...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 69095 Fecha del documento: 1 de diciembre de 2008 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Agrawal,Arun,Mcsweeney,Catherine S.,Perrin,Nicolas
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Taking stock of community initiatives in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa : experience, issues, and challenges : Taking stock of community initiatives in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa : experience, issues, and challenges (Inglés)
This paper clarifies the concepts of community initiatives since organizations involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS use different definitions of 'community.' It presents several HIV initiatives taken...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 51705 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2008 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Delion,Jean J.,Dulvy,Elizabeth Ninan
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Brazil - Enhancing performance in Brazil's health sector : lessons from innovations in the state of Sao Paulo and the city of Curitiba (Inglés)
The inadequacy of public services in Brazil today constrains the country's economic growth and social development. The volume of government expenditure is not the principal bottleneck: at over 40 percent...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 44686 Fecha del documento: 1 de febrero de 2008 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Matzuda, Yasuhiko,Rinne,Jeffrey James,Shepherd,Geoffrey,Santos,Juliana Wenceslau Biriba
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Millennium development goals and Africa : an alternative view (Inglés)
In this note the author argue that although the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) can have been better specified, they have served a purpose, namely, to galvanize support among concerned donors to increase...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 44895 Fecha del documento: 1 de febrero de 2008 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Leipziger,Danny M.
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Vocational education in the new EU member states : enhancing labor market outcomes and fiscal efficiency (Inglés)
This report explores the fiscal aspects of vocational education reform in the context of secondary education as a whole and considers the implications of any changes in the vocational education (VE) system...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 40560 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2007 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Canning,Mary,Godfrey,Martin E.,Holzer-Zelazewska,Dorota
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Strengthening energy security in Uruguay (Inglés)
The Uruguayan energy sector is at the crossroads. As in the case of many other countries, high oil prices in the international market are taking their toll on an economy which imports all of its oil and...
Tipo de documento: Documento del Programa de Asistencia a la Gestión del Sector de la Energía (ESMAP) Número del informe: 40243 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 2007 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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Mauritania : the Rainfed Natural Resource Management Project (Inglés)
This article, extracted from an Implementation Completion Report, centers on the Mauritania Natural Resources Management Project ( Projet de Gestion des Ressources Naturelles en Zones Pluviales - PGRNP...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 33650 Fecha del documento: 1 de septiembre de 2005 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Ba, Amadou Omar
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Mauritania : the Rainfed Natural Resource Management Project : Mauritanie : projet de gestion des ressources naturelles en zones pluviales (Francés)
This article, extracted from an Implementation Completion Report, centers on the Mauritania Natural Resources Management Project ( Projet de Gestion des Ressources Naturelles en Zones Pluviales - PGRNP...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 33650 Fecha del documento: 1 de septiembre de 2005 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Ba, Amadou Omar
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The manufacturing sector in sub-Saharan Africa : an analysis based on firm surveys in seven countries (Inglés)
The economies of sub-Saharan Africa have gone through major changes over the last three decades. The Regional Program on Enterprise Development (RPED) survey of the manufacturing sector in the first half...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 56891 Fecha del documento: 1 de septiembre de 2001 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Mazumdar,Dipak,Mazaheri,Ata
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Hub and spoke vs. multiple ports of call : Systeme de desserte a escales multiples ou systeme de transbordement transport maritime de conteneurs entre l'Afrique de l'ouest et l'Europe (Francés)
In a hub and spoke system of containerized seaborne trade, cargo to a region is delivered first to a primary hub port and then transported to its final destination, whether by sea, rail, road or inland...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 57139 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 1999 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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Hub and spoke vs. multiple ports of call (Inglés)
In a hub and spoke system of containerized seaborne trade, cargo to a region is delivered first to a primary hub port and then transported to its final destination, whether by sea, rail, road or inland...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 57139 Fecha del documento: 1 de agosto de 1998 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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What factors determine auction prices in privatization? (Inglés)
Do the timing and type of auction affect the sale price? What kind of restructuring is worth doing before privatization? The author examines how much these and other factors affect privatization prices...
Tipo de documento: Punto de vista Número del informe: 16873 Fecha del documento: 30 de junio de 1997 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Lopez-De-Silanes,Florencio
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Structural adjustment lending in Jordan (Inglés)
This Precis entitled, Structural adjustment in Jordan, complements the Bank's Operations and Evaluation Department (OED), Performance audit report, Jordan : Industrial and trade policy adjustment loan...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 28684 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 1996 Autor: EBRAHIMI, FARAH
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El ajuste estructural en Jordania (Español)
Este resumen titulado “El ajuste estructural en Jordania” complementa el informe de auditoría del desempeño del Departamento de Evaluación de Operaciones (DEO) del Banco, “Jordania: Proyecto de Préstamo...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 28684 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 1996 Autor: EBRAHIMI, FARAH