Documentos e informes
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Drivers of Public Debt in East Asia and Pacific Economies (Inglés)
Public debt in developing East Asia and Pacific (EAP) economies has increased markedly since the recession in 2020 induced by COVID-19 pandemic. This brief uses standard debt dynamic accounting decomposition...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 178622 Fecha del documento: 16 de diciembre de 2022 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Islamaj,Ergys,Samano Penaloza,Agustin
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Three Interventions to Reduce Irregular Migration and Promote Alternatives : An Experiment in The Gambia (Inglés)
Irregular migration from Africa to Europe attracts substantial policy attention. Although international migration can enable people from developing countries to dramatically increase their incomes, the...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 175680 Fecha del documento: 5 de septiembre de 2022 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Bah,Tijan L,Batista,Catia,Gubert,Flore,Mckenzie,David J.
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How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the Developing World? : How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the Developing World? (Inglés)
This paper investigates the impacts of the economic shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on the employment of different types of workers in developing countries. Employment outcomes are taken from a set...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 161310 Fecha del documento: 1 de julio de 2021 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Kugler,Lisbet,Maurice,Viollaz,Mariana,Mariana,Duque,Daniel,Gaddis,Isis,Newhouse,David Locke,Palacios-Lopez,Amparo,Weber,Michael
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Blended Concessional Finance : Scaling Up Private Investment in Lower-Income Countries (Inglés)
Blending funds from private investors with concessional funds from donors and philanthropic sourceshas a strong potential to scale up investment in lower-income countries and thereby acceleratedevelopment...
Número del informe: 133880 Fecha del documento: 5 de noviembre de 2018 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Sierra-Escalante,Kruskaia,Karlin,Arthur S.,Lauridsen,Morten Lykke
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Drought and retribution : evidence from a large-scale rainfall-indexed insurance program in Mexico (Inglés)
Although weather shocks are a major source of income fluctuation, most of the world's poor lack insurance coverage against them. Absence of formal insurance contributes to poverty traps, as investment...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 125501 Fecha del documento: 1 de febrero de 2016 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Fuchs,Alan,Wolff,Hendrik
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First Funding for Ghana – Volta River Hydroelectric Project, 1962 (Inglés)
Ghana signed IBRD Articles of Agreement on September 20, 1957 and became the 64th member of the Bank. The Bank approved the first finding for Ghana on February 8, 1962 for Volta River Hydroelectric Project...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 104696 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2016 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of policy-based guarantee : supporting the development agenda and strengthening access to capital markets (Inglés)
The ongoing global economic turmoil is seriously impeding client countries’ access to capital markets, with relatively little regard for the fundamentals of the countries involved. Growing risk aversion...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 76214 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Najdov,Evgenij
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Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of policy-based guarantee : supporting the development agenda and strengthening access to capital markets (Ruso)
The ongoing global economic turmoil is seriously impeding client countries’ access to capital markets, with relatively little regard for the fundamentals of the countries involved. Growing risk aversion...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 76214 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Najdov,Evgenij
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Productivity and climate benefits of improved land management technologies (Inglés)
Ensuring food security under changing climate conditions is one of the major challenges of our era. Agriculture must not only become increasingly productive, but must also adapt to climate change while...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 68002 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2012 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Larson,Gunnar,Braimoh,Ademola
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Opening doors : gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa (Inglés)
Many countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are undergoing a profound transformation. From Morocco to Yemen, popular movements have called for reforms to make government more inclusive...
Número del informe: 67741 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2012 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Vishwanath,Tara
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Mobile phone and employment (Inglés)
Mainly three functions of the mobile phone are utilized in developing countries: (i) voice, (ii) SMS, and (iii) mobile application. Through combining these functions, mobile phones have been used to collect...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 79788 Fecha del documento: 1 de diciembre de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Imaizumi,Saori
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For fifth consecutive year India drove private activity in infrastructure in South Asia to a new peak in 2010 (Inglés)
In 2010, 102 infrastructure projects with private participation reached financial or contractual closing in 4 low- and middle-income countries in South Asia, involving investment commitments of US$47 billion...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 66331 Fecha del documento: 1 de agosto de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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How complementary are prudential regulation and monetary policy? (Inglés)
Could either monetary policy or financial prudential regulation be relied on individually to mitigate asset price cycles or their effects? If both ways are effective, monetary policy and prudential regulation...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 62592 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Canuto,Otaviano
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Consumer protection regulation in low-access environments : opportunities to promote responsible finance (Árabe)
This focus note describes current practices and assesses options for design and implementation of basic consumer protection rules, focusing on low-access environments. It includes the following: 1) a package...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 56626 Fecha del documento: 1 de febrero de 2010 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Newbury,Laura Brix,Mckee,Katharine
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Consumer protection regulation in low-access environments : opportunities to promote responsible finance : Reglementation de la protection des consommateurs dans les environnements a faible acces : opportunites de promotion de la finance responsible (Francés)
This focus note describes current practices and assesses options for design and implementation of basic consumer protection rules, focusing on low-access environments. It includes the following: 1) a package...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 56626 Fecha del documento: 1 de febrero de 2010 Autor: Newbury,Laura Brix,Mckee,Katharine
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Consumer protection regulation in low-access environments : opportunities to promote responsible finance : Reglamentacion para la proteccion del consumidor en entornos de bajo nivel de acceso : oportunidades para fomentar el financiamiento responsible (Español)
This focus note describes current practices and assesses options for design and implementation of basic consumer protection rules, focusing on low-access environments. It includes the following: 1) a package...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 56626 Fecha del documento: 1 de febrero de 2010 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Newbury,Laura Brix,Mckee,Katharine
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Consumer protection regulation in low-access environments : opportunities to promote responsible finance (Ruso)
This focus note describes current practices and assesses options for design and implementation of basic consumer protection rules, focusing on low-access environments. It includes the following: 1) a package...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 56626 Fecha del documento: 1 de febrero de 2010 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Newbury,Laura Brix,Mckee,Katharine
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Consumer protection regulation in low-access environments : opportunities to promote responsible finance (Inglés)
This focus note describes current practices and assesses options for design and implementation of basic consumer protection rules, focusing on low-access environments. It includes the following: 1) a package...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 56626 Fecha del documento: 1 de febrero de 2010 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Newbury,Laura Brix,Mckee,Katharine
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Climate change and economic growth (Inglés)
Grim descriptions of the long-term consequences of climate change have given the impression that the climate impacts from greenhouse gases threaten long-term economic growth. However, the impact of climate...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo (Serie Numerada) Número del informe: 57759 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2009 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Mendelsohn,Robert
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Innovaciones en el sistema de salud de América Central: Lecciones e impactos de nuevos enfoques (Español)
« Innovaciones en los sistemas de salud en Centroamérica » informa sobre el resultado de estas experiencias –un hospital en Panamá, un programa de nutrición en Honduras, extensión de la atención primaria...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 33004 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 2005 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: La Forgia, Gerard M. [editor]