The World Bank group, among the world's largest development institutions, is a major source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. In fiscal 2009, the World Ba...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportRelatorio#: 50175Data: 1 de janeiro de 2009
This gender resource document, made possible through a fruitful collaboration between the Global Reporting Initiative and International Finance Corporation (IFC), will be valuable for companies and ot...
Tipo: Working PaperRelatorio#: 51374Data: 1 de janeiro de 2009Autor:
Miles,Katherine Sarah ;
Niethammer,Carmen
For Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the challenge this year has been promoting foreign direct investment (FDI) into developing countries at a time when investment flows are slumping. ...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportRelatorio#: 52033Data: 1 de janeiro de 2009
This fifth volume of the National Assessment of Educational Achievement series seeks to maximize an appreciation for the value of national data on student learning and to assist countries in fully exp...
Tipo: PublicationRelatorio#: 50171Data: 1 de janeiro de 2009Autor:
Greaney, Vincent [editor] ;
Kellaghan, Thomas [editor] ;
Murray,T.Scott
The purpose of this document is to provide guidance and supplemental information to assist with country assessments of debt management performance, using the Debt Management Performance Assessment (De...
Tipo: Working PaperRelatorio#: 44268Data: 1 de janeiro de 2009
This review highlights three main findings. First, school feeding programs in low-income countries exhibit large variation in cost, with concomitant opportunities for cost containment. Second, as coun...
Tipo: PublicationRelatorio#: 48742Data: 1 de janeiro de 2009Autor:
Bundy,Donald A. P. ;
Burbano, Carmen ;
Grosh,Margaret Ellen
The Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), a Brazilian mining company, was selected as the developer for the Moatize Coal Project in Mozambique. Located in the Zambezi Valley, one of the least developed ...
Tipo: BriefRelatorio#: 81693Data: 1 de dezembro de 2008
The youth employment challenge confronts all countries in Africa, regardless of their stage of socio-economic development, but the socio-economic context has an important contribution on the nature an...
Tipo: Working PaperRelatorio#: 53841Data: 1 de dezembro de 2008
In 1997 International Finance Corporation (IFC) advised the Government of Panama on the privatization of its utility Instituto de Recursos Hidraulicos y de Electrificacion (IRHE) and its restructuring...
Tipo: BriefRelatorio#: 53262Data: 1 de dezembro de 2008
This synthesis paper describes the HIV epidemics in 15 West African countries - Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea B...
Tipo: Other Health StudyRelatorio#: 69072Data: 1 de novembro de 2008
The study of the economic and social impacts of the rains of 2008/2009 in Santa Catarina points to a series of important facts from both the public and private perspective. A careful study of the resu...
Tipo: Working PaperRelatorio#: 73619Data: 1 de novembro de 2008Autor:
Toro Landivar,Jose C. Joaquin ;
Moura,Fernanda Senra De ;
Pedroso,Frederico Ferreira Fonseca
This study of the economic analysis of bio-diesel in Brazil posits a series of searching questions re the influence of bio-diesel on the economic, social and environmental relations of Brazil: What is...
Relatorio#: 72073Data: 1 de novembro de 2008Autor:
Diewald,Christoph ;
Johnson,Todd M. ;
Schneider,Robert R.
This speech was delivered by Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank, at the 2008 Annual Meetings in Washington DC. He focuses on the following topics: a new multilateralism; priorities on a n...
Tipo: President's SpeechRelatorio#: 124791Data: 13 de outubro de 2008Autor:
Zoellick,Robert B.
This speech was delivered by Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank, at the 2008 Annual Meetings in Washington DC. He focuses on the following topics: a new multilateralism; priorities on a n...
Tipo: President's SpeechRelatorio#: 124791Data: 13 de outubro de 2008Autor:
Zoellick,Robert B.
The World Bank Group's work focuses on achievement of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The goals call for eliminating poverty and achieving inclusive and sustainable globalization. The M...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportRelatorio#: 46256Data: 10 de outubro de 2008
The report offers a description of current demographics, including density, population structure, and the components of population change. It explains projection procedures and provides results, inclu...
Tipo: Policy NoteRelatorio#: 46681Data: 9 de outubro de 2008Autor:
Bulatao,Rodolfo Andres
These remarks were delivered by Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank, at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, in Washington, DC, in October 2008. His speech covered: (i) loo...
Tipo: President's SpeechRelatorio#: 124790Data: 6 de outubro de 2008Autor:
Zoellick,Robert B.
This year's annual review of development effectiveness is in a new format and presents evidence on the Bank's efforts in two important and connected areas. Part one, which is a standard section of the...
Tipo: IEG EvaluationRelatorio#: 46802Data: 1 de outubro de 2008
Brazil has made considerable progress toward macroeconomic stability since reform measures began to take hold in the early 1990s, and its economy has produced stronger growth as a result an average of...
Tipo: Other Education StudyRelatorio#: 43978Data: 11 de setembro de 2008Autor:
Dahlman,Carl J. ;
Rodriguez, Alberto ;
Salmi,Jamil
The recently completed Family Health Extension Project (FHEP) has provided support to Brazil's Family Health Program (Programa de Saude da Familia, or PSF) and allowed dramatic improvements in the cov...
Tipo: BriefRelatorio#: 44693Data: 1 de setembro de 2008Autor:
La Forgia,Gerard Martin
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