• Groundwater quality protection : defining strategy and setting priorities
    Groundwater, as a vital natural resource for the reliable and economic provision of potable water supply, merits protection in both the urban and rural environment. It thus plays a fundamental (but of...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 30100 التاريخ : January 1, 2006 المؤلف: Dumars, Charles ; Foster, James Stephen ; Garduno, Hector ; Kemper, Karin Erika ; Nanni, Marcella ; Tuinhof, Albert
  • Groundwater dependent ecosystems : the challenge of balanced assessment and adequate conservation
    Groundwater plays an integral role in sustaining certain types of aquatic, terrestrial and coastal ecosystems, and the associated landscapes, both in humid and arid climatic regions. It is thus a key ...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 38797 التاريخ : January 1, 2006 المؤلف: Foster, James Stephen ; Garduno, Hector ; Kemper, Karin Erika ; Koundouri, Phoebe ; Nanni, Marcella ; Tuinhof, Albert
  • Pension reform and the development of pension systems : an evaluation of World Bank assistance
    This report analyzes the Bank's assistance to support pension reform to determine if the Bank's strategy was relevant and if it was followed. The evaluation assesses whether pension reform decisions r...
    النوع : Publication تقرير #: 35521 التاريخ : January 1, 2006 المؤلف: Andrews, Emily S. ; Bateman, Hazel ; Ferraresi, Pier Marco ; Fornero, Elsa ; Palmer, Ed ; Piggott, John ; Rofman, Rafael P. ; San Martino, Jorge Antonio ; Valdes Prieto, Salvador ; Wang, Debby Kim
  • Lebanon quarterly update
    In this edition: Editorial: as the political dialogue continues, advance the social and economic reform. Is Lebanon falling behind in education? Government takes step towards enhancing financial accou...
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 37136 التاريخ : January 1, 2006
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC) annual report 2005 : investing in progress with experience, innovation, and partnership (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report
    This report for the fiscal year 2005 concerns the International Finance Corporation (IFC), which demonstrated a third consecutive year of record growth, owing to the strong economic performance of man...
    النوع : World Bank Annual Report تقرير #: 33657 التاريخ : December 31, 2005
  • Overview on gender and development in the Middle East and North Africa : women and the public sphere : On gender and development in the Middle East and North Africa : women and the public sphere - overview
    This report provides an overiew of a publication of the same title that identifies the economic and social obstacles that women in the Middle East and North Africa face in seeking employment. It also ...
    النوع : Working Paper تقرير #: 34963 التاريخ : December 31, 2005 المؤلف: Chamlou, Nadereh ; Nabli, Mustapha Kamel
  • CrediAmigo : providing financial services for the poor in Northeast Brazil
    Banco do Nordeste (BNB), a large public bank active in the Northeast of Brazil, established CrediAmigo in November 1997 with technical assistance from the World Bank. Given the strong commitment of BN...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92581 التاريخ : December 13, 2005
  • Guaranteeing safe water for all in Ceara State
    Cyclical droughts have had a severe impact on the socio-economic development of the Ceara State in Northeast Brazil. In the 1980s, the State initiated an ambitious program to overcome the impact of dr...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92576 التاريخ : December 13, 2005
  • Conserving the Amazon floodplains
    The floodplains along the banks of the Amazon River and its tributaries are home to a diverse array of plant and animal species. This unique ecosystem is currently under threat from commercial fishing...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92578 التاريخ : December 13, 2005
  • Involving local communities in saving the Brazilian rain forest : Pilot Program Demonstration Projects (PDA)
    Building the capacity of local communities to develop, adapt, and implement environmentally sound forms of resource use is essential for promoting sustainable development in the Brazilian rain forest....
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92579 التاريخ : December 13, 2005
  • Protecting the Amazon rain forest - Amazon Region Protected Areas Project (ARPA)
    The vision of the Amazon Region Protected Areas Project (ARPA) is to create a mosaic of protected areas around productive landscapes to maintain the ecological integrity of the region over the long te...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92406 التاريخ : December 13, 2005
  • Improving the lives of the rural poor in Ceara State
    The Ceara Rural Poverty Reduction Project is part of the Northeast Rural Poverty Reduction Program (NRPR) comprising loans to all 10 states of the Northeast region for participatory, community-driven ...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92404 التاريخ : December 13, 2005
  • Developing new approaches to sustainable forest management in Brazil
    The Brazilian Amazon is a major source of tropical hardwoods, gross sales of which generate an estimated $1 billion a year. However, most timber extraction occurs in an unplanned and often illegal fas...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92580 التاريخ : December 13, 2005
  • Improving education for children in Ceara State
    Although primary education enrollment in Ceara is over 95 percent, the quality of education is poor as revealed by national student assessments. Dropout rates are a high 11 percent and completion rate...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92407 التاريخ : December 13, 2005
  • Generating income for local communities in the Amazon
    The basket weaving project is an initiative of the non-governmental organization (NGO) saude e alegria (health and happiness), a local partner of the World Bank rain forest unit and the pilot program....
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92574 التاريخ : December 13, 2005
  • Improving healthcare for low-income families in Brazil
    Brazil's family health program (PSF) is promoting a proactive model of health care delivery in which family health care providers deliver quality basic care to households and communities. The program,...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92405 التاريخ : December 13, 2005
  • Improving water supply and sanitation in Sao Paulo
    In urban areas of Brazil, such as Sao Paulo, growing slums are major contributors to the pollution of water sources. These slum dwellers, living on public land and irregular plots, tend to concentrate...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92577 التاريخ : December 13, 2005
  • Finding sustainable ways to extract forest products in the Amazon
    These reserves are based on the premise that traditional communities that gather forest products, such as rubber and Brazil nuts, can also be good stewards of natural resources and help avoid the envi...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92586 التاريخ : December 13, 2005
  • Lifting families out of poverty in Brazil : Bolsa Familia Program
    Brazil's conditional cash transfer (CCT) program Bolsa Familia helped millions out of the poverty and is among the most effective social protection programs in the world, having helped raise approxima...
    النوع : Brief تقرير #: 92408 التاريخ : December 13, 2005
  • Egypt Outreach
    The newsletter discusses activities at the Bank's Cairo Offices during the last quarter of 2005. Contents include: World Bank MNA regional conference o the job creation and skill development; an inter...
    النوع : Newsletter تقرير #: 37114 التاريخ : December 1, 2005 المؤلف: El Kouesny, Nehal [editor] ; El Naggar, Dina [editor]