Documentos e informes
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Natural disaster damage indices based on remotely sensed data : an application to Indonesia (Inglés)
Combining nightlight data as a proxy for economic activity with remote sensing data typically used for natural hazard modeling, this paper constructs novel damage indices at the district level for Indonesia...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 125567 Fecha del documento: 1 de septiembre de 2017 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Strobl,Eric,Skouas, Emmanuel,Tveit,Thomas Breivik
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Arab development symposium second : invigorating SMEs in the Arab World (Inglés)
In March 2010, the Arab fund for economic and social development and the World Bank (Middle East and North Africa region) agreed to hold joint high-level development seminars around issues pertaining to...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 90146 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2014 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Limam, Imed,Rouis,Mustapha
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Changing for the better : the path to upper-middle-income status in Uzbekistan (Inglés)
As a low-middle-income country with a gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of US$1,715 and a population of 30 million (nearly half of all of the Central Asian population), Uzbekistan has seen stable...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 78250 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Carneiro,Francisco Galrao,Trushin,Eskender
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Commodity markets review (December 2011) (Inglés)
Non-energy commodity prices fell by 3.3 percent in November a fourth straight monthly decrease on continued concerns about global demand, and in part due to dollar appreciation (up 1.3 percent against...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 66772 Fecha del documento: 9 de diciembre de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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Mainstreaming environment and climate change in the implementation of poverty reduction strategies (Inglés)
Poverty reduction strategies (PRSs) provide a central framework for macroeconomic, structural, and social policies in developing countries. Because of the numerous and complex links between environment...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 50082 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2009 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Griebenow, Gonzalo, Kishore, Sunanda
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Climate policy processes, local institutions, and adaptation actions : mechanisms of translation and influence (Inglés)
This paper focuses on the experience of the national level adaptation planning efforts and the lessons that can be derived for more effective adaptation from an examination of local governance of development...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 51414 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2009 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Agrawal,Arun,Perrin,Nicolas,Chhatre,Ashwini,Wahlen,Catherine Benson,Kononen,Minna Maria
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Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (Inglés)
Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) is a process that contributes to security and stability by disarming combatants, removing them from military structures, and socially and economically...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 51415 Fecha del documento: 1 de febrero de 2009 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Nezam,Taies,Marc,Alexandre
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Tax compliance costs for small business in South Africa, web-survey of tax practitioners : provincial data analysis (Inglés)
At the request of the National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service (SARS), the Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS, a multi-donor facility of the World Bank Group) provided assistance...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 51708 Fecha del documento: 1 de diciembre de 2008 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Coolidge,Jacqueline,Ilic,Domagoj,Kisunko,Gregory
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Global food price crisis : trade policy origins (Inglés)
The current spike in global food prices has deep roots in decades of trade distorting policies that have encouraged inefficient agricultural production in rich countries and discouraged efficient production...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 44898 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2008 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe
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Brazil : the role of the tobacco control program in curbing smoking (Inglés)
Available evidence indicates that there was a significant decline in smoking in Brazil between 1989 and 2006. About two decades ago, the government launched a tobacco control program, with a marked acceleration...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 44689 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2008 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Iglesias,Roberto Magno,Jha,Prabhat K.,Pinto,Marcia,Cilia De Mira Godinho,Maria Joana,Costa e Silva, Vera Luiza da
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Brazil : the role of the tobacco control program in curbing smoking : Brasil : o papel do programa nacional de controle do tabagismo em seu esforco para controlar o tabagismo (Portugués)
Available evidence indicates that there was a significant decline in smoking in Brazil between 1989 and 2006. About two decades ago, the government launched a tobacco control program, with a marked acceleration...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 44689 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2008 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Iglesias,Roberto Magno,Jha,Prabhat K.,Pinto,Marcia,Cilia De Mira Godinho,Maria Joana,Costa e Silva, Vera Luiza da
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Communication-Based assessment for Bank operations (Inglés)
The World Bank and other development organizations work closely with governments to improve the living conditions of people in developing countries, expanding their development visions and helping them...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 40561 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2007 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Chaman-Ruiz, Karla,Mitchell, Paul
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Senegal - Urban development and decentralization program : Senegal - Programme urbain de developpement et de decentralisation (PUDD) (Francés)
The Senegal - Urban Development and Decentralization Program provided a credit of $75 million and was implemented over the years 1998-2004. It had 4 development objectives: (i) improve the financial and...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 35531 Fecha del documento: 1 de diciembre de 2005 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Farvacque-Vitkovic,Catherine D.
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Senegal - Urban development and decentralization program (Inglés)
The Senegal - Urban Development and Decentralization Program provided a credit of $75 million and was implemented over the years 1998-2004. It had 4 development objectives: (i) improve the financial and...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 35531 Fecha del documento: 1 de diciembre de 2005 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Farvacque-Vitkovic,Catherine D.
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Ethnic networks and access to credit : evidence from the manufacturing sector in Kenya (Inglés)
It is often anecdotally observed that networks can facilitate exchange, but there are few empirical studies that explore the significance of such networks. In this paper the authors analyze the impact...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 56883 Fecha del documento: 1 de diciembre de 2001 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Biggs,Tyler S.,Raturi,Mayank,Srivastava,Pradeep
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Gender issues in Ethiopia : implementing the national policy on women : Questions liees aux inegalites de sexes en Ethiopie : mise en oeuvre de la politique nationale de promotion feminine (Francés)
The National Policy on Women (Women's Policy) formulated in 1993, aimed to create appropriate structures within government offices and institutions to establish equitable and gender-sensitive public policies...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 57143 Fecha del documento: 1 de julio de 1999 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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Gender issues in Ethiopia : implementing the national policy on women (Inglés)
The National Policy on Women (Women's Policy) formulated in 1993, aimed to create appropriate structures within government offices and institutions to establish equitable and gender-sensitive public policies...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 57143 Fecha del documento: 1 de septiembre de 1998 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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Power project finance : experience in developing countries (Inglés)
This study analyzes the 1994-96 private power market to assess trends in market competition, financing structures and sources, and risk allocation. This analysis will provide insights to help governments...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 18901 Fecha del documento: 31 de enero de 1998 Autor: Babbar,Suman,Schuster,John
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Telecommunications is dead, long live networking : the effect of the information revolution on the telecom industry (Inglés)
The author looks at how the drivers of the information revolution are transforming the structure of the telecommunications industry. The end of natural monopoly, the breakdown of the old pricing mechanisms...
Tipo de documento: Punto de vista Número del informe: 17126 Fecha del documento: 31 de julio de 1997 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Bond,James P.
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From foodline to lifeline : rural roads in Morocco (Inglés)
This Precis entitled, From foodline to lifeline : rural roads in Morocco, complements the Bank's Operations and Evaluation Department (OED), Impact evaluation report, Morocco : Socioeconomic impact of...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 28687 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 1996 Autor: Gentile,Angela M.