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REPORT

Costa Rica's Development : From Good to Better

Oviedo, Ana Maria; Sanchez, Susana M.; Lindert, Kathy A.; Lopez, J. Humberto

Costa Rica stands out for being among the most politically stable, progressive, prosperous, and environmentally conscious nations in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. Its development model has brought important economic, social...

Jun 11, 2015

REPORT

Costa Rica : The World Bank Group Country Opinion Survey FY 2014

World Bank Group

The Country Opinion Survey in Costa Rica assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how stakeholders in Costa Rica perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from...

Jul, 2014

Costa Rica : Competitiveness Diagnostic and Recommendations

World Bank

Costa Rica is a clear success story. The country enjoys the highest standard of living in Central America and one of the highest in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Not surprisingly, poverty levels are among...

Jul 01, 2009

Costa Rica : Investment Climate Assessment

World Bank

The objective of the Costa Rica Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) is to evaluate constraints on growth of the private sector in Costa Rica using a survey of 343 manufacturing firms known...

Feb 06, 2007

Costa Rica : Financial Sector Assessment

World Bank

This Financial Sector Assessment (FSA) summarizes the joint International Monetary Fund-World Bank Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) report for Costa Rica, completed in August 2002, whose diagnosis...

Mar, 2003

BOOK

Costa Rica Five Years after CAFTA-DR : Assessing Early Results

Koehler-Geib, Friederike; Sanchez, Susana M.

For Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic-Central America-free trade agreement (CAFTA-DR) has been more than a trade agreement. Costa Rica has used trade liberalization and promotion of international trade as a core development strategy for decades...

Jun 05, 2015

Costa Rica - Social Spending and the Poor

Ribe, Helena; Víquez, Roxana

In social protection, Costa Rica has a well-established social assistance network to protect vulnerable groups, but it does not adequately reach the very poor. Costa Rica is not likely to be able to rely...

Nov, 2003

Doing Business 2014 Economy Profile : Costa Rica

World Bank; International Finance Corporation

This economy profile presents the Doing Business indicators for Costa Rica. In a series of annual reports, Doing Business assesses regulations affecting domestic firms in 189 economies and ranks the economies...

Oct 29, 2013

Doing Business Economy Profile 2015 : Costa Rica

World Bank Group

This economy profile for Doing Business 2015 presents the 11 Doing Business indicators for CostaRica. To allow for useful comparison, the profile also provides data for other selected economies (comparator...

Oct 01, 2014

Social Impacts of Costa Rica's PSA Program

Porras, Ina; Miranda, Miriam; Salas, Fiorella

This paper discusses the social impacts of Costa Rica's Payments for Environmental Services (PSA) program and their effect on rural poverty. Although the analysis is hampered by significant information gaps, we...

Sep, 2008

Enterprise Surveys : Costa Rica Country Profile 2010

World Bank; International Finance Corporation

The country profile for Costa Rica is based on data from the enterprise surveys conducted by the World Bank in 2010. The enterprise surveys focus on the many factors that shape the decisions of firms to invest...

Feb, 2012

Costa Rica - Reform of the Regulatory Framework : Spectrum Aspects

World Bank

This study for 'reform of the regulatory framework, spectrum aspects' is a continuation of various earlier studies done in 2005 like: sector overview and key input to spectrum policy; refarming the mobile spectrum, migration of users; and spectrum managem ...

Jun 27, 2006

Costa Rica - Recapturing Momentum for Poverty Reduction

Mason, Andrew D.; Sobrado, Carlos

Costa Rica is well-known for its socio-economic achievements with low levels of poverty and inequality by Latin American standards. It also performs well in health, access to improved water supplies, suitable...

Oct, 2006

Impact of Costa Rica's Program of Payments for Environmental Services on Land Use

Sills, Erin; Arriagada, Rodrigo; Ferraro, Paul; Pattanayak, Subhrendu; Carrasco, Luis; Ortiz, Edgar;Cordero, Silvia; Caldwell, Katie; Andam, Kwaw

Costa Rica's Program of Payments for Environmental Services (Pago de Servicios Ambientales, PSA) provides a unique opportunity to evaluate direct payments as a conservation policy tool. This paper reports...

Oct, 2008

Contract Agriculture Lessons from Experiences in Costa Rica

Chiriboga, Manuel; Charnay, Romain; Chehab, Carol

contract farming in Costa Rica can be grouped in three major areas: 1) interest of the contractors to guarantee supply of the products under specific quality standards required by mass distribution systems or by importers; 2) avoiding problems related...

2008

Costa Rica Poverty Assessment : Recapturing Momentum for Poverty Reduction

World Bank

This study examines recent developments on the poverty front in Costa Rica, with particular emphasis on why poverty rates have not declined over the last 10 years despite consistent economic growth over the period...

Feb 12, 2007

Costa Rica Case Study : Primary Health Care Achievements and Challenges within the Framework of the Social Health Insurance

Montenegro Torres, Fernando

The objective of this paper is to assess the key interventions Costa Rica has developed to expand health coverage for the poor and other vulnerable groups, with an emphasis on its approach to primary health care. Universal health coverage in Costa...

Jan, 2013

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Payments for Environmental Services in Costa Rica

Pagiola, Stefano

Costa Rica pioneered the use of the payments for environmental services (PES) approach in developing countries by establishing a formal, country-wide program of payments, the PSA program. The PSA program has worked hard to develop mechanisms...

2008

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Costa Rica - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

World Bank

This country note briefly summarizes information relevant to both climate change and agriculture inCosta Rica, with focus on policy developments (including action plans and programs) and institutional make...

Dec, 2009

Costa Rica - Public Expenditure Review : Enhancing the Efficiency of Expenditures

World Bank

Costa Rica, an upper middle-income developing country of 4 million inhabitants, is well known for its socio-economic achievements. Costa Rica's economic growth has averaged 4.7 percent annually over...

Mar, 2008

Assessing the Economy-Wide Effects of Costa Rica's Payments for Environmental Services Program

Ross, Martin; Depro, Brooks; Pattanayak, Subhrendu K.

Costa Rica's Program of Payments for Environmental Services (Pago de Servicios Ambientales, PSA) provides a unique opportunity to evaluate direct payments as a conservation policy tool. This paper reports...

Sep, 2007

Costa Rica : Five Years after CAFTA-DR, Assessing Early Results for the Costa Rican Economy

World Bank

The Dominican Republic - Central America - United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) has been fundamental in creating a stable framework for Costa Rica's trade with the United States. For CostaRica...

Jun 13, 2014

WORKING PAPER

A Behavioral Approach to Water Conservation : Evidence from Costa Rica

Datta, Saugato; Miranda, Juan José; Zoratto, Laura; Calvo-Gonzalez, Oscar; Darlingm, Matthew;Lorenzana, Karina

, Costa Rica, using a randomized control trial. Two of the three interventions were found to decrease water consumption significantly in the months following the intervention. A descriptive social norm...

Jun, 2015

Entrepreneurship and the Extensive Margin in Export Growth : A Microeconomic Accounting ofCosta Rica’s Export Growth during 1997–2007

Lederman, Daniel; Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés; Yi Xu, Daniel

growth in Costa Rica, with special emphasis on the extensive margin of trade, encompassing new exporting firms, new products, and new export markets, as well as the unit values of new versus incumbent products. The data...

Jul 01, 2010

Anti-Dumping Policies and Safeguard Measures in the Context of Costa Rica’s Economic Liberalization

Monge-González, Ricardo; Monge-Ariño, Francisco

This paper reviews the most important changes, both in the economy and in the legal and institutional framework, to deal with unfair trade practices that Costa Rica has experienced during its trade liberalization process. It also evaluates whether...

May, 2005

Institutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management : The Tárcoles River Basin, CostaRica

Blomquist, William; Ballestero, Maureen; Bhat, Anjali; Kemper, Karin

This paper describes and analyzes the effort to institute river basin management in the Tárcoles basin of Costa Rica. Located in west-central Costa Rica, the Tárcoles basin represents 4.2 percent of the nation's total land area, but is home to half...

May, 2005

Are Men Benefiting from the New Economy : Male Economic Marginalization in Argentina, Brazil, and Costa Rica

Arias, Omar

1988-97 in urban areas of Argentina, Brazil, and Costa Rica, Arias examines the patterns of unemployment and real wage growth for distinct groups of male workers to see whether there is evidence of a...

Dec, 2001

Costa Rica : Social Spending and the Poor, Volume 1. Summary of Issues and Recommendations with Executive Summary

World Bank

The report reviews the substantial progress Costa Rica made over the past decade in reducing poverty and improving social indicators. However, while economic growth certainly reduced poverty rates...

Oct 31, 2002

Costa Rica : Social Spending and the Poor, Volume 2. Social Sector Performance in the 90's - Facing the Challenges

World Bank

The report reviews the substantial progress Costa Rica made over the past decade in reducing poverty and improving social indicators. However, while economic growth certainly reduced poverty rates...

Oct 31, 2002

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Entrepreneurship and the Extensive Margin in Export Growth : A Microeconomic Accounting ofCosta Rica’s Export Growth during 1997-2007

Lederman, Daniel; Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés; Yi Xu, Daniel

-income country i.e., Costa Rica during 1997-2007. It provides a detailed description of the contribution of export entrepreneurs in the short and long run, and comparing the observed patterns with an emerging literature on the role of the “extensive” margin...

Oct 18, 2011

BOOK

The Health Workforce in Latin America and the Caribbean : An Analysis of Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, and Uruguay

Carpio, Carmen; Santiago Bench, Natalia

This report provides a status update on the human resources for health (HRH) sub-system in six Latin American and Caribbean countries: Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, and Uruguay. The report structures its discussion around how...

Jun 04, 2015

REPORT

Doing Business in Central America and the Dominican Republic 2015 : Overview

World Bank Group

. However, the countries in this region except for Panama and Costa Rica have not yet attained growth driven by high productivity. Foreign trade grew less in Central America than in other regions. Other studies reveal...

2015

Puzzles of Economic Growth

Balcerowicz, Leszek; Rzonca, Andrzej

into the 1960s? Why has Venezuela, which in 1950 had a per capita income higher than that of Norway and remains a major exporter of oil, slipped behind Chile? Why is Costa Rica lagging behind Puerto Rico, even...

2015

Beyond Contributory Pensions : Fourteen Experiences with Coverage Expansion in Latin America

Rofman, Rafael; Apella, Ignacio; Vezza, Evelyn

with the need for fiscal sustainability. This report examines recent reforms in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay...

2015

WORKING PAPER

Nowcasting Prices Using Google Trends : An Application to Central America

Seabold, Skipper; Coppola, Andrea

The objective of this study is to assess the possibility of using Internet search keyword data for forecasting price series in Central America, focusing on Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Honduras. The Internet...

Aug, 2015

How Firms Cope with Crime and Violence : Experiences from around the World

Goldberg, Michael; Kim, Kwang Wook; Ariano, Maria

the losses in terms of gross domestic product (GDP). In Latin America and the Caribbean, for example, losses due to crime and violence have been estimated at 9 percent of GDP in Honduras, 7.7 percent in El Salvador, and 3.6 percent in Costa Rica. In sectors...

Jan, 2014

Reprioritizing Government Spending on Health : Pushing an Elephant Up the Stairs?

Tandon, Ajay; Fleisher, Lisa; Li, Rong; Yap, Wei Aun

of 1 percent in Myanmar to a high of 28 percent in Costa Rica. Some of the observed differences in health's share of government spending across countries are unsurprisingly related to differences...

Jan, 2014

A Public Strategy for Compliance Monitoring

Gauri, Varun; Staton, Jeffrey K.; Vargas Cullell, Jorge

Chamber of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica to examine the determinants of compliance in low salience cases. It finds that orders issued just after the Court announced, in a press conference...

Jun, 2013

Sticky Feet : How Labor Market Frictions Shape the Impact of International Trade on Jobs and Wages

Hollweg, Claire H.; Lederman, Daniel; Rojas, Diego; Ruppert Bulmer, Elizabeth

This report analyzes the paths by which developing country labor markets adjust to permanent trade-related shocks. Trade shocks can bring about reallocation of labor between industries, but the presence of labor mobility costs implies economy-wide losses because ...

Jun 17, 2014

Universal Health Coverage and Litigation in Latin America

Iunes, Roberto; Cubillos-Turriago, Leonardo; Escobar, Maria-Luisa

from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, and Uruguay, this paper examines this complex phenomenon and outlines some of its roots and impacts. It also argues for the need to incorporate a rights-based approach to health policy as a...

Jul, 2012

Paying for Biodiversity Conservation Services in Agricultural Landscapes

Pagiola, Stefano; Agostini, Paola; Gobbi, José; de Haan, Cees; Ibrahim, Muhammad; Murgueitio, Enrique; Ramírez, Elías; Rosales, Mauricio; Ruíz, Juan Pablo

Facility (GEF). The project is testing the use of the payment-for-service mechanism to encourage the adoption of silvopastoral practices in three countries of Central and South America: Colombia, CostaRica, and Nicaragua...

May, 2004

Regional Power Integration : Structural and Regulatory Challenges

World Bank

The Central America Regional Electricity Market (MER) trades electricity and transmission capacity among six Central American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama...

Jan 01, 2011

Fiscal Policy in Colombia : Tapping Its Potential for a More Equitable Society

Moller, Lars Christian

potential gains available from tax reforms if combined with good spending decisions. It presents an illustrative reform package that would be sufficient for Colombia to reach levels of inequality similar to Chile or Costa Rica in a fiscally neutral manner...

Jun, 2012

Corporate Governance Country Assessment : El Salvador

World Bank

market with Panama and Costa Rica. Good corporate governance enhances investor trust, helps to protect minority shareholders, and can encourage better decision making and improved relations with employees...

Jun, 2012

The Mesoamerican Biological Corridor

Independent Evaluation Group

in Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama that had the common objective of consolidating the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor (MBC). It also reports on the achievements of trust fund activities, financed...

May 24, 2011

Equity in Tertiary Education in Central America : An Overview

Bashir, Sajitha; Luque, Javier

. There is evidence of differential progress, with Costa Rica, a middle-income country, and Nicaragua, a low-income country, having improved participation of low-income students in tertiary education, while this continues...

Aug, 2012

Intensification of Livestock Production Systems in the North West Region of Cameroon : A South-to-South Collaboration for Technology Transfer, The Tugi Silvopastoral Project

World Bank

The Tugi Silvo-pastoral Project (TUSIP) is a South-South Cooperation between the Tropical Agriculture Research and Higher Education Centre (CATIE) based in Costa Rica (www.catie.ac.cr) and the Akwi Memorial...

2012

Managing an Electricity Shortfall : A Guide for Policy Makers

World Bank

Economic growth in Central America has increased rapidly over the past 20 years. Currently, the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita for the six Central American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala...

Nov 01, 2010

An Opportunity for a Different Peru : Prosperous, Equitable, and Governable

Guigale, Marcelo M.; Fretes-Cibils, Vincente; Newman, John L.

to the one that, say, Chile, Costa Rica, or Spain have followed over the last two decades. This book includes 32 sector-specific chapters and 2 historical perspectives that precede them. The beginning chapter, a synthesis...

2007

Health System Innovations in Central America : Lessons and Impact of New Approaches

Unknown author

care units in Costa Rica and a social security-managed health care program in Nicaragua. The studies report on the performance of the innovations, the policy environment in which they were developed as well as nuts...

2005

Central American Regional Programmatic Study for the Energy Sector : General Issues and Options - Sector Overview

World Bank

The six Central American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama share a long tradition of regional integration, including a common market, substantial intraregional trade...

Nov 01, 2010

Financial Services and Trade Agreements in Latin America and the Caribbean : An Overview

Goncalves, Marilyne Pereira; Stephanou, Constantinos

, and analyze the liberalization commitments made in three selected country case studies-Chile, Colombia, and Costa Rica. They give emphasis to free trade agreements because of the generally deeper level of liberalization...

Apr, 2007

Regional Program Review : The Mesoamerican Biological Corridor

Independent Evaluation Group

in Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama that had the common objective of consolidating the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor (MBC). It also reports on the achievements of trust fund activities, financed...

May 24, 2011

Safeguards and Antidumping in Latin American Trade Liberalization : Fighting Fire with Fire

Finger, J. Michael; Nogués, Julio J.

American countries-Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Peru-have used these trade instruments. Each country study was conducted by analysts from that country. Many of the analysts were...

2006

Disaster Risk Financing and Contingent Credit : A Dynamic Analysis

Clarke, Daniel; Mahul, Olivier

; and earthquake risk in Costa Rica....

Jun 01, 2011

Good Practices in Health Financing : Lessons from Reforms in Low and Middle-Income Countries

Gottret, Pablo; Schieber, George J.; Waters, Hugh R.

- and middle-income countries. The countries chosen for the study were Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Estonia, the Kyrgyz Republic, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, and Vietnam. With health at the center of global...

2008

Financial Services and Preferential Trade Agreements : Lessons from Latin America

Haddad, Mona; Stephanou, Constantinos

differences of these models. The second part of this book provides concrete examples of how countries have negotiated these agreements by focusing on the specific country experiences of Chile, Colombia, and Costa Rica...

2010

Integrating Central American and International Food Markets : An Analysis of Food Price Transmission in Honduras and Nicaragua

Arias, Diego; De Franco, Mario A.

In 2004 the Central American countries of Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic signed the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR...

Mar 17, 2011

Regulatory Frameworks for Water Resources Management : A Comparative Study

Salman, Salman M.A.; Bradlow, Daniel D.

16 jurisdictions: Armenia, Brazil, Cameroon, China, Costa Rica, European Union (EU), France, Germany, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Senegal, South Africa, Vietnam, and the Republic of Yemen....

Jun, 2008

Responsible and Sustainable Tourism - Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean

Ortiz, Diana; Solo, Tova Maria

Limon, Costa Rica and Vilcanota Valley, Peru have also invested in the cities' rich cultural history, while projects in Mexico and the Peruvian lowlands have developed tourist destinations in rural communities...

Aug, 2009

Female Wage Inequality in Latin American Labor Markets

Saavedra, Luz A.

Rica-after structural reforms were introduced. The analysis covers pre- and post-reform years: in Argentina, 1988 and 1997, and in Brazil and Costa Rica, 1989 and 1995. Four primary results emerge from the analysis: 1...

Dec, 2001

GEDOEL : A Powerful Regional Trade Facilitation Tool

Barragan, Fernando; Escalante, Ana

Given the strong trade flows among the United States, Central America (Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador) and the Dominican Republic, the ratification of the Central America...

May, 2010

Brazil - Forests in the Balance : Challenges of Conservation with Development

Lele, Uma; Viana, Virgilio; Verissimo, Adalberto; Vosti, Stephen; Perkins, Karin; Husain, Syed Arif

This case study is one of six evaluations of the implementation of the World Bank's 1991 Forest Strategy. This and the other cases (Cameroon, China, Costa Rica, India, and Indonesia) complement a review...

Jan, 2010

An Assessment of LAC's Vital Statistics System : The Foundation of Maternal and Infant Mortality Monitoring

Danel, Isabella; Bortman, Marcelo

are found in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay. This review found that countries in Latin America are well ahead of many other regions in the world in developing their vital registration systems. Yet...

May, 2008

Governing Mandatory Health Insurance : Learning from Experience

Savedoff, William D.; Gottret, Pablo

in four countries: Chile, Costa Rica, Estonia, and the Netherlands, provide nuanced lessons for establishing health insurance systems that can truly serve the social goals of improved health, reduced financial...

2008

Sectoral Allocation by Gender of Latin American Workers over the Liberalization Period of the 1990s

Cunningham, Wendy V.

the economic reform period in Argentina, Brazil, and Costa Rica. The author first compares the gender composition of the formal, informal wage, and self-employment sectors in a year before reforms (1988...

Dec, 2001

Business Cycle Synchronization and Regional Integration : A Case Study for Central America

Fiess, Norbert

In early January 2003, the United States and Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua launched official negotiations for the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), a treaty that would expand NAFTA-style trade barrier...

Apr, 2005

Comparison of Institutional Arrangements for River Basin Management in Eight Basins

Blomquist, William; Dinar, Ariel; Kemper, Karin

Basin, Costa Rica; and the Warta River Basin, Poland. The analysis focuses on how management has been organized and pursued in each case in light of its specific geographical, historical, and organizational contexts and the evolution of institutional...

Jun, 2005

"Fairtrade” and Market Failures in Agricultural Commodity Markets

Ronchi, Loraine

'marks down' the prices producers receive. As the market share of Fairtrade coffee grows in importance, its intervention in commodity markets is of increasing interest. Using an original data set collected from fieldwork in Costa Rica, this paper assesses...

Sep, 2006

Improving Transparency in Pharmaceutical Systems : Strengthening Critical Decision Points Against Corruption

Cohen, Jillian Clare; Cercone, James A.; Macaya, Roman

study in Costa Rica), the methodology can be modified with ease so that it is applicable to other regions....

Oct, 2002

Cafta : Challenges and Opportunities in the Agricultural and Agro-Industrial Sectors

Monge-González, Ricardo; Loría-Sagot, Miguel; González-Vega, Claudio

from a Free Trade Agreement with the United States of America, examines how a FTA between the US and CA countries might affect the agricultural and agroindustrial sectors of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala...

Oct, 2003

Dealing with the Coffee Crisis in Central America : Impacts and Strategies

Varangis, Panos; Siegel, Paul; Giovannucci, Daniele; Lewin, Bryan

recovery of prices. So, coffee producers in Central America are facing new challenges-as are coffee laborers, coffee exporters, and others linked to the coffee sector. Coffee plays a major economic role inCosta Rica, El...

Mar, 2003

Dominican Republic, Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) : Challenges and Opportunities for Central America

World Bank

opportunities, and (3) identification of the population groups that may require assistance to adapt to a more competitive environment. The report focuses on the developing countries of Central America, namely Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras...

Dec, 2005

Indonesia : The Challenges of World Bank Involvement in Forests

Gautam, Madhur; Lele, Uma; Kartodihardjo, Hariadi; Khan, Azis; Erwinsyah, Ir.; Rana, Saeed

This case study is one of six evaluations of the implementation of the World Bank's 1991 Forest Strategy. This and the other cases (Brazil, Cameroon, China, Costa Rica, and India) complement a review...

Jan, 2000

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Factors Affecting Transport Sector CO(2) Emissions Growth in Latin American and Caribbean Countries : An LMDI Decomposition Analysis

Timilsina, G. R.; Shrestha, A.

are the principal factors driving transport sector CO(2) emission growth in the countries considered. While economic growth is responsible for the increasing trend of transport sector CO(2) emissions in Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Peru and Uruguay...

2009

China : From Afforestation to Poverty Alleviation and Natural Forest Management

Rozelle, Scott; Huang, Jikun; Husain, Syed Arif; Zazueta, Aaron

This case study is one of six evaluations of the implementation of the World Bank's 1991 Forest Strategy. This and the other cases (Brazil, Cameroon, Costa Rica, India, and Indonesia) complement a...

2000

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Innovation Policy for the Developing World : Success Stories and Promising Approaches

Aubert, Jean-Eric

Innovation, particularly technological innovation, is widely touted as a panacea for development....

Jul, 2010

How Urban Concentration Affects Economic Growth

Henderson, Vernon

countries have too little. 3) The list of countries with highly excessive concentration includes Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Panama (in Latin America); the Republic of Korea and Thailand (in Asia); Congo (in Africa...

Apr, 2000

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Challenges And Opportunities

Gitay, Habiba; de Nevers, Michele

Discusses the importance of sharing existing knowledge and technologies, generating new knowledge and enhancing capacity for applying it to reduce the risks of climate change....

Apr 01, 2008

Developing Financial Mechanisms for Long-Term Funding of Biodiversity Conservation

Larsen, Jeri

On March 12, 1992, the Regional Environment Divisions and the Global Environment Facility Administration in the Environment Department sponsored a one-day workshop. Conservation professionals, financial and legal specialists, and Bank operational staff involved with ...

Oct, 1993