Documentos e informes

Non-financial Corporates in Emerging Market and Developing Economies : Evaluating Liquidity and Solvency Risk (Inglés)

Non-financial corporates in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) have amassed high levels of debt in the past decade, especially during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) shock, when they needed massive...

The Long-Term Impact of High School Financial Education : Evidence from Brazil (Inglés)

Many countries around the world are implementing national strategies for financial education. These strategies often involve teaching financial education in schools. While the literature on school financial...

Determinantes del Crecimiento de la Demanda Laboral y de la Productividad del Sector Privado (Español)

How a Know-Your-Customer Utility Could Increase Access to Financial Services in Emerging Markets (Inglés)

Global efforts to counter terrorism financing and money laundering have led banks to terminaterelationships with some communities, businesses, and individuals around the world. When a financialinstitution...

Sifting through the data : labor markets in Haiti through a turbulent decade (2001-2012) (Inglés)

In Latin America, labor markets have been the main channel through which growth has reduced poverty, with higher labor income accounting for 49 percent of the reduction in poverty in 2008-13. Understanding...

Second Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the WBG and the IMF, London, September 1947 (Inglés)

The first Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund were held in Washington, DC in 1946. The Second Annual Meetings took place in London from...

Improving early childhood development through community mobilization and integrated planning for children : results from the evaluation of Bachpan program, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh, India (Inglés)

This study reports the results of an impact evaluation of a pilot project implemented in 220 villages in Bajna block, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh (MP), India. The 30-month pilot was designed to improve...

Reforming corporate financial reporting : lessons from REPARIS for other technical assistance programs (Inglés)

The recent financial crisis brought to light the importance of transparent and effective corporate financial reporting to a country’s economic recovery and subsequent growth. The Road to Europe: Program...

Reforming corporate financial reporting : lessons from REPARIS for other technical assistance programs (Ruso)

The recent financial crisis brought to light the importance of transparent and effective corporate financial reporting to a country’s economic recovery and subsequent growth. The Road to Europe: Program...

Lessons from scaling up : lessons and recommendations for agricultural practitioners (Inglés)

The new report 'lessons from practice: assessing scalability' aims to provide specific tools and guidance to World Bank Task Team Leaders (TTLs) and other agricultural development specialists which can...

Tackling the shelter challenge : developing the mortgage market in Egypt (Inglés)

The Egyptian revolution has brought to the forefront the need to focus on job opportunities; transparency and accountability; a fair and competitive environment; as well as equal access to finance, land...

Private activity in infrastructure in the Middle East and North Africa remained at low levels in 2010 (Inglés)

In 2010, three infrastructure projects with private participation reached financial or contractual closure in three low- and middle-income countries, involving investment commitments of US$1.1 billion...

Freedom, entitlement, and the path to development (Inglés)

Twenty years after the revolutions of Central and Eastern Europe, the Arab Spring is again raising some fundamental questions about the place of freedom and entitlement in development. Depending on the...

Does microcredit really help poor people? (Inglés)

Ever since microcredit first began to capture public attention 25 years ago, the usual story line has been that it is a tool of extraordinary power to lift poor people-especially women-out of poverty...

¿El microcrédito ayuda realmente a los pobres? (Español)

Desde que el microcrédito capturó la atención pública por primera vez hace 25 años, el argumento frecuente ha sido que se trata de una herramienta de extraordinario poder para sacar a la población, especialmente...

A new Bretton Woods? (Inglés)

The Bretton Woods sisters, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (henceforth the World Bank) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), were set up in 1944. The original purpose of...

Distortions to agricultural incentives in Asia (Inglés)

For decades farm earnings have often been depressed by pro-urban, anti-agricultural biases of government policies in developing countries. This study is part of a global research project seeking to understand...

Counting on communication - the Uganda Nutrition and Early Childhood Development Project (Inglés)

The Uganda Nutrition and Early Childhood Development Project was one of the World Bank's first projects to demonstrate the value-added of strategic communication. The strategic communication component...

Urugay - consultations with civil society around social programs in structural adjustment loans : Uruguay - consultations with civil society around social programs in structural adjustment loans (Inglés)

Uruguay is a small open economy with one of the highest GDP per capita ratios in the region. The country's recent poor growth performance has been strongly correlated with neighboring Argentina's economic...

Uruguay - Consultas con la sociedad civil respecto de los programas sociales en los préstamos de ajuste estructural (Español)

Uruguay es un país con una pequeña economía abierta cuyo PIB per cápita es uno de los más altos de la región. El crecimiento deficiente registrado por esta nación en los últimos años se debe, en gran medida...