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La desigualdad en América Latina: ¿Rompiendo con la historia?
F., H., G. Ferreira, M. Walton / World Bank, 2005Es bien sabido que ninguna otra región en el mundo tiene una desigualdad tan extrema en riqueza e ingreso como América Latina y el Caribe.DocumentA Fair Share for Women: Cambodia Gender Assessment
World Bank, 2004How do gender relations and roles play out in Cambodia? What are the statistics around the World Bank's indicators of gender equality? This report is a review of existing information from government, donor and non-governmental organisation (NGO) sources - and uses information from extensive consultations with various stakeholders.DocumentGlobal Monitoring Report 2007: confronting the challenges of gender equality and fragile states
World Bank, 2007The 2007 Global Monitoring Report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) assesses the contributions of developing countries, developed countries, and international financial institutions toward meeting universally agreed development commitments.DocumentEconomic opportunities for indigenous peoples in Latin America
H.A. Patrinos, E. Skoufias / World Bank, 2007This report from the World Bank looks at the distribution and returns to income generating assets and the affect these have on income generation strategies.DocumentEngaging with fragile states: An IEG review of World Bank support to low-income countries under stress
World Bank, 2007Home to almost 500 million people, roughly half of whom earn less than a dollar a day, fragile states, until recently known in the World Bank as Low-Income Countries Under Stress (LICUS), have attracted increasing attention.DocumentGlobal mobility of talent from a perspective of new industrial policy: open migration chains and diaspora networks
Y. Kuznetsov, C. Sabel / World Bank, 2006All the very valid concern about brain drain from developing countries not-withstanding, this paper argues for and demonstrates the possibility of win-win positive dynamics benefiting both sending countries and migrants themselves.At the same time, the authors argue that the ‘win-win’ dynamics are not automatic.DocumentJustice sector assessments, a handbook
D. Reiling, L. Hammergren, A. Di Giovanni / World Bank, 2007This document aims to serve as a guide for those involved in justice sector assessments. It reflects justice sector assessments as they have developed in the World Bank and other institutions, providing a framework for good practice.The authors argue that since 1994, the World Bank has performed many justice sector assessments, usually ad hoc and without a common framework.DocumentPreventing and responding to gender-based violence in middle and low-income countries: a global review and analysis
S. Bott, A. Morrison, M. Ellsberg / World Bank, 2005Worldwide, patterns of violence against women differ markedly from violence against men. This World Bank paper reviews what is known about more and less effective approaches to prevent and respond to gender-based violence. The authors present definitions, recent statistics, health consequences, costs, and risk factors of gender-based violence.DocumentThailand social monitor: improving secondary education
L. Benveniste / World Bank, 2007This Social Monitor report assesses the current situation in Thailand with regard to secondary education, and concludes that progress to date has been good: government efforts to expand secondary education in Thailand have produced dramatic improvements over the past two decades.DocumentChild labor across the developing world: patterns and correlations
J. Fares, D. Raju / World Bank, 2007This background paper to the 2007 World Development Report presents a comparative study of child labour across 65 developing countries. Drawing on data originally obtained from household sample surveys conducted between 1993 and 2003, the authors construct a detailed profile of child economic activity and child labour, identifying similarities and differences across regions and between genders.Pages