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10340: Decentralizing Education in Guatemala: School Management by Local Communities

Carlos Rojas, Alexandria Valerio and Angela Demas

10339: MECOVI: Improving the Survey and Measurement of Living Conditions in Latin America and the Caribbean

Gilberto Moncada and Haeduck Lee

10338: Barriers to Better Quality Education in Central America

Emanuela Gropello

10337: Indigenous Peoples Leadership Capacity Building Program For The Andean Countries

Jorge E. Uquillas Rodas

10336: Whither Latin American Capital Markets?

Augusto de la Torre and Sergio Schmukler

10335: Compensatory Education for Disadvantaged Students: Evidence from an Impact Evaluation Study in Mexico

Joseph Shapiro, Harry Patrinos and Jorge Moreno

10334: Brazil - Innovation Increases Land Access and Incomes of Poor Rural Families

Anna Roumani and Luis Coirolo

10333: Poverty in Ecuador

Carolina Sanchez-Paramo

10332: Increasing the Participation of Afro-Descendants in Bank-Funded Projects in Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama

Josefina Stubbs and Sayo Aoki

10331: In Their Own Language: Education for All

Penelope Bender, Nadine Dutcher, David Klaus, Jane Shore and Charlie Tesar

10330: A Time to Choose: Caribbean Development in the 21st Century

Mustapha Rouis, Sanjay Kathuria, Michael Corlett, James Hanson, Rina H. Oberai, Kevin Tomlinson, Elizabeth Ruppert Bulmer, Andreas Blom, Camille Nuamah, Abhas Jha and Logan Brenzel

10329: Participation, Social Accountability and Transparency Mechanisms in Development Policy Loans in Latin America, 2000-2003

William Reuben and Blanche Arévalo

10328: A Comparative Analysis of School-Based Management in Central America

Emanuela Di Gropello

10327: EFA and Beyond: Service Provision and Quality Assurance in China

Yidan Wang

10326: Engendering Justice: A Gender Assessment's Impact on Project Design

Lisa L. Bhansali

10325: PACTA: Rural Development in Honduras through Access to Land and the Development of Productive Enterprises

Thomas Korczowski, Hiska Reyes, Fernando Galeana and Francisco Pichón

10324: Education for All: The Cost of Accessibility

Edward Steinfeld

10323: Fast Track Initiative: Building a Global Compact for Education

World Bank

10322: Institutionalizing Monitoring and Evaluation Systems: Five Experiences from Latin America

Ruxandra Burdescu, Azul del Villar, Keith Mackay, Fernando Rojas and Jaime Saavedra

10321: Financial Exclusion: A New Angle to Urban Poverty in Latin America

Tova M. Solo

10320: The Central American Coffee Crisis: Effects and Strategies Forward

Felipe Castro, Eduardo Montes and Martin Raine

10319: Managing for Results: Civil Society Monitoring in the Dominican Republic

Samuel Carlson and John-Abraham Indu

10318: Growth, Inequality, and Social Equity in Argentina

Carlos Fernández Valdovinos

10317: Chile - Towards Results - Oriented Budgeting

Roberto O. Panzardi

10316: Voice and Accountability in Transfer Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean

Katherine Bain, Franka Braun and Jaime Saavedra

10315: Understanding the Drivers of Sustainable Rural Growth and Poverty Reduction in Honduras

Hans Jansen, Paul B. Siegel, Jeffrey Alwang and Francisco Pichón

10314: Mainstreaming Gender in the Health Sector: Prevention of Gender-Based Violence and Male Involvement in Reproductive Health

Myra Betron and Lucía Fort

10313: Bolivia Poverty Assessment: Establishing the Basis for Pro-Poor Growth

Omar Arias and Magdalena Bendini

10312: Institutional Reform of Agricultural Research and Extension in Latin America and the Caribbean

Johannes Roseboom, Matthew McMahon, Indira Ekanayake and Indu John-Abraham

10311: Social Resilience and State Fragility in Haiti: Breaking the Conflict-Poverty Trap

Alessandra Heinemann and Dorte Verner

10310: Infrastructure for Improved Rural Livelihoods

Stephen Brushett and Indu John-Abraham

10309: Brazil - Designing a New Loan Prototype to Meet Client Needs

Ruxandra Burdescu and Chris Parel

10308: Costa Rica - Recapturing Momentum for Poverty Reduction

Carlos Sobrado and Andrew D. Mason

10307: The Role of Water Policy in Mexico: Sustainability, Equity, and Economic Growth Considerations

Musa Asad and Ariel Dinar

10306: El Salvador - Rural Schools Triple Enrollment and Deliver Higher Quality

World Bank

10305: From Financial Exclusion to Inclusion: Increasing the Availability of Credit to the Urban Poor in Latin America

William Britt Gwinner, Michael J. Goldberg, Tova Maria Solo and Alberto Didoni

10304: Responding to Climate Change: An Action Plan for the World Bank in Latin America and the Caribbean

Walter Vergara

10303: Colombia - Assisting Talented Students from Low-income Families Attend Tertiary Education

Pedro Cerdán-Infantes and Andreas Blom

10302: Cutting Red Tape in Lima: How Municipal Simplification Improves Investment Climate

David Sislen, Taimur Samad, Sarah Anthony, Luke Haggarty and Igor Artemiev

10301: Low-income Housing in Latin America and the Caribbean

Abhas Jha

10300: Argentina - The Salta Water Public-Private Partnership

Gustavo Saltiel and Nicole Maywah

10299: Making Poverty Reduction Count: Celebrating 10 Years of the Program for the Improvement of Statistical Information

Indu John-Abraham and José Molinas Vega

10298: Brazil - Improving Fiscal Circumstances for Growth

Ethan Weisman and Fernando Blanco

10297: Chile - Reconciling the Gender Paradox

Lucía Fort, Indu John-Abraham, Maria Beatriz Orlando and Claudia Piras

10296: Enhancing Accountability in Schools: What Can Choice and Contracting Contribute

Norman LaRocque and Harry Patrinos

10295: Public Sectors in the Americas: How Big are They?

Mauricio Carrizosa

10294: School and Work: Does the Eastern Caribbean Education System Adequately Prepare Youth for the Global Economy?

Andreas Blom and Cynthia Hobbs

10293: Brazil - Seizing the Opportunity to Compete?

Alberto Rodriguez

10292: Brazil - Raising the Quality of Public Spending and Resource Management in the Health Sector

Bernard Couttolenc, Gerard La Forgia and Yasuhiko Matsuda

10291: Gender in Peru: Can Women be Integrated into Transport Projects?

Luz Caballero and Nerida Alcahuasi

10290: Colombia - Lessons from the Competitive Allocation of Research Funding in the Agricultural Sector

Edwin Cristancho, Indira Janaki Ekanayake and Willem Janssen

10289: Argentina - Today's Youth: An Untapped Potential

Dorte Verner

10288: Argentina - Women Weaving Equitable Gender Relations

Josefina Stubbs

10287: Brazil: The Role of the Tobacco Control Program in Curbing Smoking

Prabhat Jha, Roberto Iglesias, Márcia Pinto, Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva and Joana Godinho

10286: Brazil - Innovative Approaches to Extending Family Health Services

Gerard La Forgia

10285: Jobs for Brazil’s Poor: Social Protection Programs and Labor Supply Impacts on the Poor in Brazil

Kathy Lindert, David Robalino and Bénédicte de la Brière

10284: Hospital Performance in Brazil: The Search For Excellence

Gerard M. La Forgia and Bernard F. Couttolenc

10283: Prova Brasil: Building a Framework to Promote Measurable Progress in Learning Outcomes

Suhas Parandekar, Erica Amorim and Andrea Welsh

10282: Accessibility and Affordability of Tertiary Education in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru within a Global Context

Yuki Murakami and Andreas Blom

10281: Dominican Republic - South-South Cooperation in Action: Responding to Avian Influenza

Indira Janaki Ekanayake, Bari Rabin-Solomon and Jean Claude Balcet

10280: Short-Term Plan of Action: Wenchuan Earthquake of 12 May 2008

World Bank

10279: Rural Poverty Reduction in Northeast Brazil: Achieving Results through Community-Driven Development

Luis Coirolo and Jill Lammert

10278: Building on Experience: Improving Social Protection in Uruguay and the Plan for Social Equity

William Reuben, Marisa Miodosky and Eri Watanabe

10277: Strengthening Transparency and Accountability through Access to Information

Ana Bellver, Marcos Mendiburu and Maria Poli

10276: Bolivia - Strengthening Competitiveness for Export Diversification and Inclusive Growth

Seynabou Sakho and Oscar Calvo-Gonzalez

10275: Institutionalizing Performance in the Public Sector in LAC: The Case of Mexico

Nick Manning, Pedro Arizti and Roby Senderowitsch

10274: Argentina - Income Support Policies towards the Bicentennial

Dena Ringold and Rafael Rofman

10273: What Can Cities Do to Enhance Competitiveness? Local Policies and Actions for Innovation

Ming Zhang

10272: Building a Dialogue to Promote Microfinance Best Practices in South America

Mike Goldberg and Eric Palladini

10271: Improving Policy-making and Development Effectiveness through Statistics: The Regional Award for Innovation in Statistics

José Vega Molinas, Indu John-Abraham and Jonna Lundvall

10270: PERU - Making Accountability Work: Lessons from RECURSO

Daniel Cotlear

10269: City-Regions: Emerging Lessons from England

Kieran Larkin and Adam Marshall

10268: Local Economic Development and Tourism

Tatsuji Hayakawa, Monica Rivero and Tova Maria Solo

10267: Tourism and Indigenous Peoples: Lessons from Recent Experiences in Eco and Ethno Tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean

Tova Maria Solo and Dorte Verner

10266: Micro Insurance Matters in Latin America

C.S. Ramanathan and Mike Goldberg

10265: Microleasing: Overcoming Equipment Financing Barriers

Mike Goldberg

10264: Microfinance and Disasters: Preparing for the Worst

Sunita Varada and Mike Goldberg

10263: Impacts of Financial, Food, and Fuel Crisis on the Urban Poor

Judy L. Baker

10262: Does Business Registration Reform Increase Entrepreneurial Activity?

Miriam Bruhn and Miriam Bruhn

10261: Which Microenterprises have High Returns to Capital?

David McKenzie

10260: Infrastructure and Heritage Conservation: Opportunities for Urban Revitilization and Economic Development

Katrinka Ebbe

10259: Enhancing the Employment Chances of Roma

Lucia Mýtna Kureková and Christian Bodewig

10258: Social Protection Responses to the Global Economic Crisis in ECA

Kathy Lindert and Anita Schwarz

10257: Why is More Capital not Enough to Grow Female Businesses?

David McKenzie

10256: Reshaping Economic Geography: Implications for New EU Member States

Chor-Ching Goh, Indermit Gill and Mark Roberts

10255: R&D Institutes in ECA: A Reform Strategy

Jean-Louis Racine, Itzhak Goldberg, John Gabriel Goddard, Smita Kuriakose and Natasha Kapil

10254: Domestic Violence IS a Public Affair: Strengthening Institutions to Promote Equitable Development and Combat Violence Against Women in Uruguay

Jonna Lundwall, Teresa Genta Fons and Milena Sanchez de Boado

10253: Evaluating the efficiency of a bankruptcy reform

Inessa Love and Xavier Gine

10252: Valuing Financial Literacy: Evidence from Indonesia

Bilal Zia

10251: Do Marginal Firms in Bolivia Benefit from Formalizing?

Yaye Seynabou Sakho and David McKenzie

10250: Per Student Financing in ECA School Systems

Larry Forgy

10249: Adapting to Climate Change in ECA

Rachel Block, Marianne Fay, Tim Carrington and Jane Ebinger

10248: Blanket Guarantees

Erik Feyen and Dimitri Vittas

10247: Smaller but Safer?

Constantinos Stephanou

10246: The Reform Agenda

Constantinos Stephanou

10245: Dealing with the Crisis

Constantinos Stephanou

10244: The Global City Indicators Program: A More Credible Voice for Cities

Dan Hoornweg and Perinaz Bhada

10243: Macro-Prudential Regulation

Avinash Persaud

10242: Trust Less, Verify More

Clive Briault

10241: Dynamic Provisioning

Jesús Saurina