International Finance Corporation (IFC) strives for positive development outcomes in the private sector projects it finances in emerging markets. An important component of positive development outcome...
Tipo: Working PaperRelatorio#: 114009Data: 30 de abril de 2006
East Timor, which has adopted Portuguese as its official language, is now faced with the challenge of transforming the legal system inherited from Indonesia, into a new legal system based on the Portu...
Tipo: Policy NoteRelatorio#: 69607Data: 1 de abril de 2006Autor:
Drum,Wilfrid Bernard
Timor-Leste's National Development Plan (NDP) lays out a vision of a democratic country where state resources are managed efficiently, transparently, and free from corruption, and where the rule of la...
Tipo: Working PaperRelatorio#: 37734Data: 1 de abril de 2006
The purpose of this study is to support the government of Mozambique and the World Bank health team in identifying key program and policy issues related to the planning, production, deployment, retent...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Relatorio#: 38696Data: 1 de fevereiro de 2006Autor:
Ferrinho, Paolo ;
Omar, Caroline
The primary goal of this Focus Note is to raise awareness in the microfinance sector of the issues associated with foreign exchange risk. First, it explains what exchange risk is. Second, it looks at ...
Tipo: BriefRelatorio#: 35819Data: 1 de janeiro de 2006Autor:
Featherston,Scott Douglas ;
Littlefield,Elizabeth L. ;
Mwangi,Patricia
Doing Business investigates the scope and manner of regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. In this project quantitative indicators on business regulations and their en...
Tipo: Working PaperRelatorio#: 36881Data: 1 de janeiro de 2006
This second fully revised edition presents the experiences of a set of leading companies in Latin America in reforming and improving how their firms are governed, and the results these changes have ac...
Tipo: Working PaperRelatorio#: 49606Data: 1 de janeiro de 2006Autor:
Global Corporate Governance Forum ;
IFC ;
Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Develo
The purpose of local economic development (LED) is to build up the economic capacity of a local area in order to improve its economic future and the quality of life for all. It is a process by which p...
Tipo: Working PaperRelatorio#: 33769Data: 1 de janeiro de 2006Autor:
Goga,Soraya ;
Murphy,Ian Fergus ;
Swinburn,Gwen
This handbook is part of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper and Disability project funded by a German trust fund. The Christoffel-Blinden mission (CBM) and Handicap International implemented the pro...
Tipo: Working PaperRelatorio#: 123975Data: 1 de janeiro de 2006
The economy of Timor-Leste is divided between a farm sector in which as many of 80 percent of workers remain, with most of these still dependent on subsistence production, and a non-farm sector in whi...
Tipo: Working PaperRelatorio#: 37736Data: 1 de janeiro de 2006Autor:
Conroy,John D.
In 2003, the World Bank launched a global round of the International Comparison Program (ICP), aimed at measuring the purchasing power parities (PPP) and corresponding price and volume levels of Gross...
Tipo: Working PaperRelatorio#: 38494Data: 1 de janeiro de 2006Autor:
Biru,Yonas ;
Camelo, Heber ;
Ducharme, Louis Marc ;
Ryten,Jacob
The report provides an overview on the issues regarding "Doing Business in 2006 - Creating Jobs", the third in a series of annual reports investigating business activity, and, looks specifically at re...
Tipo: PublicationRelatorio#: 34551Data: 1 de dezembro de 2005
Non-communicable diseases account for a large and growing share of Brazil's burden of disease. Currently, about 66 percent of the disease burden in Brazil is due to non-communicable diseases, compared...
Tipo: Other Health StudyRelatorio#: 32576Data: 15 de novembro de 2005
This report discusses the remarks delivered by Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank. He discusses that the call to end poverty reaches across generations, continents, and nationalities. It span...
Tipo: President's SpeechRelatorio#: 101313Data: 24 de setembro de 2005Autor:
Wolfowitz,Paul
Doing Business 2006, the third report in the series, found that Eastern European nations were aggressively courting entrepreneurs with far-reaching reforms to streamline business regulations and taxes...
Tipo: PublicationRelatorio#: 34550Data: 13 de setembro de 2005
Retrenchment may sometimes be a necessary part of securing future employment for large sections of the workforce. However, the key to a good outcome lies in developing and implementing a retrenchment...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Relatorio#: 33659Data: 1 de agosto de 2005Autor:
Gobbons, Steve ;
Sequeira,Debra Tina
Many microfinance institutions (MFIs) in developing and transition economies have received foreign funding, especially the larger MFIs, and, in recent years, bilateral and multilateral donors have pro...
Tipo: BriefRelatorio#: 34127Data: 1 de agosto de 2005Autor:
Ivatury,Gautam J. ;
Abrams,Julie Barnett
This edition of Agua Series Brazil presents an analysis on projects of water transference between hydrographic basins. Projects implemented in Brazil and in diverse parts of the world are discussed, a...
Tipo: PublicationRelatorio#: 41609Data: 1 de julho de 2005Autor:
Azevedo, Luiz Gabriel Todt ;
Porto,Rubem La Laina ;
Mello Junior,Arisvaldo Vieira ;
Garrido,Juliana Menezes ;
Arrobas,Daniele La Porta ;
Norona, Luiz Correa ;
Pena Pereira Weiss,Lilian
This Annual Report records the achievements of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency during fiscal year 2005. MIGA's investment insurance, dispute mediation services, and technical assistance g...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportRelatorio#: 34446Data: 30 de junho de 2005
This World Bank Annual Report highlights the focus of the Bank activities in addressing worldwide poverty, describing the Bank work in promoting sustainable, economic growth, and in channeling needed ...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportRelatorio#: 32403Data: 30 de junho de 2005Autor:
Gagnet, Cathy [editor]
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