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Crime and Violence in Central America : A Development Challenge - Main Report
World Bank - 2012
Crime and violence are now a key development issue for Central American countries. In three nations El Salvador …, Guatemala, and Honduras crime rates are among the top five in Latin America. This report argues that successful strategies … future options. In addition, the design of national crime reduction plans and the establishment of national cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550541
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Crime and Violence in Central America : A Development Challenge - Executive Summary
World Bank - 2012
Crime and violence are now a key development issue for Central American countries. In three nations El Salvador …, Guatemala, and Honduras crime rates are among the top five in Latin America. This report argues that successful strategies … future options. In addition, the design of national crime reduction plans and the establishment of national cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550757
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Making Brazilians Safer : Aanalyzing the Dynamics of Violent Crime
World Bank - 2013
This report analyzes the dynamics of violent crime in Brazil. What factors are driving the overall crime decline in … Brazil? Why is violent crime declining in some states while it is increasing in others? What types of interventions could … bring crime down during the past 10 years is crucial to tackling the challenges posed by the new decade. The purpose of this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012558057
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Korea : policy-issues for long-term development ; the report of a mission sent to the Republic of Korea by the World Bank
Hasan, Parvez (contributor); Rao, D. C. (contributor) - 1979
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000041355
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The regional dimension of North-South trade-related r&d spillover
Schiff, Maurice W. - 2009
"This paper examines the impact of trade with Japan, North America, and the European Union on technology diffusion and total factor productivity growth in Korea, Mexico, and Jordan. Measures of foreign research and development are constructed based on industry-specific research and development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394120
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Firms' environmental performance : does news matter ?
Nlandu Mamingi (contributor) - 2006
"The empirical literature on environmental performance or compliance has followed two strands: one based on the impact of formal regulation as a means of inducing better environmental performance, and another centered on the role of informal regulation which mainly emphasizes the role of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522172
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Health systems in East Asia : what can developing countries learn from Japan and the Asian tigers ?
Wagstaff, Adam - 2005
"The health systems of Japan and the Asian Tigers--Hong Kong (China), the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan (China)--and the recent reforms to them provide many potentially valuable lessons to East Asia's developing countries. All five systems have managed to keep a check on health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522410
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Private participation in infrastructure projects in the Republic of Korea
Noumba Um, Paul - 2005
"In the aftermath of the 1997 East Asian financial crisis, the government of the Republic of Korea published a Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Act to remove the main impediments to private investment in infrastructure sectors. The implementation of the Act was followed by a steady...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522511
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Disclosure of environmental violations and the stock market in the Republic of Korea
Nlandu Mamingi (contributor) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522990
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Contracting models of the Phillips Curve : empirical estimates for middle-income countries
Agénor, Pierre-Richard - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523298