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Administración de tierras y desarrollo rural: Dos casos en Tailandia
La experiencia de Tailandia arroja luz sobre uno de los aspectos fundamentales de la administración de tierras: su contribución al mejoramiento de la gestión de los recursos naturales y a la reducción de la…
Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Development in Africa
A high-level seminar held in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, in November 1998, brought together teams of senior officials from 12 African countries and 21 international development assistance agencies. Their task was to look…
Transport in Indonesia
When the Bank designed a set of projects in the mid-1980s to strengthen Indonesia's transport infrastructure, which was becoming overburdened by the country's rapid economic growth, efforts focused on the technical…
Health Care in Brazil: Addressing Complexity
World Bank health programs in Brazil have been relevant, but results have been uneven, according to a recent study by the Operations Evaluation Department (OED). Bank-supported programs have helped to control the spread…
Global Health: Meeting the Challenge
The World Bank's investment in the Health, nutrition, and population (HNP) sector has evolved from relatively modest investments in population and family planning in the 1970s, to direct lending for primary health care…
Health Care in Mali: Building on Community Involvement
The assistance provided by the World Bank to the health sector in Mali has contributed to improved access to rural health services and increased availability of affordable essential drugs, according to a recent…
Reforming Bolivia's Power Sector
When the World Bank approved funding for Bolivia's Power Rehabilitation Project in 1987, the expected outcome was confined to improvements in the operation of the state-owned power company, ENDE (Empresa Nacional de…
Grassroots Pastoral Organizations in Mauritania
External support to the livestock sector in semi-arid regions has increasingly emphasized the development of pastoralists' groups to facilitate linkage with support services, especially in animal health, and to improve…
Health Care in India: Learning from Experience
The World Bank has emerged as the world's largest lender in the health, nutrition, and population (HNP) sector of developing countries. The Bank also plays a major role advising on national health policies. But in India…