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
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
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:
Schneider,Robert R. ;
Diewald,Christoph ;
Johnson,Todd M.
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
This paper on the standard notice - competition with public disclosure for national contracting of civil works is aimed at competitions of national scope and dissemination projects funded in whole or ...
Tipo: Working PaperRelatorio#: 83068Data: 1 de julho de 2008
This paper on Public Competition with National Release (NCB) for hiring in Civil Works is aimed at the national level and disclosure of tenders in funded projects in whole or in part by the Banks. Thi...
Tipo: Working PaperRelatorio#: 96797Data: 1 de julho de 2008
The importance of education to the socioeconomic and political development of nations is widely discussed in the education policy literature. This study seeks to identify the good policies and practic...
Tipo: Education Sector ReviewRelatorio#: 43590Data: 4 de junho de 2008
The 2004-2007 Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) identified four major challenges that Brazil faced in achieving inclusive and sustainable growth. On two of these, improving macro foundations and equit...
Tipo: Country Assistance Strategy DocumentRelatorio#: 42677Data: 6 de maio de 2008
This speech was delivered by Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group, to the Center for Global Development in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2008. The World Bank Group has sketched six str...
Tipo: President's SpeechRelatorio#: 124787Data: 2 de abril de 2008Autor:
Zoellick,Robert B.
This study points out that hydroelectric plants will continue to play a prominent role in the Brazilian electric matrix. A significant portion of the potential hydroelectric plants of the country is l...
Tipo: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA)Relatorio#: 40995Data: 28 de março de 2008
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