Documents et rapports
-
Pro-poor urban adaptation to climate change : based on case studies in Kenya and Nicaragua (anglais)
Poor urban populations in Southern cities are already experiencing the negative impacts of changing weather patterns associated with climate change and climate variability and future projections suggest...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 63908 Date du document: 1 juin 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Moser,Caroline O.,Norton, Andrew,STEIN, ALFREDO,Georgieva,Sophia V.
-
The urban poor in Latin America (anglais)
With three quarters of its population living in cities, Latin America is now essentially an urban region. Higher urbanization is usually associated with a number of positives, such as higher income, greater...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 33795 Date du document: 1 juin 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cohan,Lorena Maria,Fay, Marianne [editor],Mcevoy,Karla J.,Monkkomen, Paavo,Moser, Annalise,Moser,Caroline O.,Ruggeri Laderchi,Caterina,Wellenstein,Anna,Winton, Ailsa,Woolcock,Michael
-
Colombia - Essays on conflict, peace, and development (anglais)
A purpose of this book is to present recent World Bank analytical work on the causes of violence and conflict in Colombia, highlighting pilot lending programs oriented to promote peace and development...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 21594 Date du document: 9 mars 2004 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Pastrano, Andres,Moser,Caroline O.,Lopez-Montano, Cecilia,Garcia Duran, Arturo,Colleta, Nat,Kostner,Markus,Cleves,Patricia,Mendelson Forman,Johanna,Solimano,Andres R.
-
Colombia - Essays on conflict, peace, and development : Ensayos sobre paz y desarrollo - el caso de Colombia y la experiencia internacional (espagnol)
A purpose of this book is to present recent World Bank analytical work on the causes of violence and conflict in Colombia, highlighting pilot lending programs oriented to promote peace and development...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 21594 Date du document: 31 décembre 2002 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Pastrano, Andres,Moser,Caroline O.,Lopez-Montano, Cecilia,Garcia Duran, Arturo,Colleta, Nat,Kostner,Markus,Cleves,Patricia,Mendelson Forman,Johanna,Solimano,Andres R.
-
Violence in a post-conflict context : urban poor perceptions from Guatemala (anglais)
The study documents how people living in poor urban communities in Guatemala perceive violence. Specifically, it identifies the categories of violence affecting poor communities, the costs of different...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 23211 Date du document: 31 décembre 2001 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Moser,Caroline O.,McIlwaine, Cathy
-
Urban poor perceptions of violence and exclusion in Colombia (anglais)
The study documents how people living in poor urban communities in Colombia, perceive violence, and identifies, the categories of violence affecting communities, the costs of different types of violence...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 20747 Date du document: 31 juillet 2000 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Moser,Caroline O.,McIlwaine, Cathy
-
Urban poor perceptions of violence and exclusion in Colombia : La violencia y la exclusion en Colombia : segun la percepcion de communidades urbanas pobres (espagnol)
The study documents how people living in poor urban communities in Colombia, perceive violence, and identifies, the categories of violence affecting communities, the costs of different types of violence...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 20747 Date du document: 1 janvier 2000 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Moser,Caroline O.,McIlwaine, Cathy
-
Violence in a post-conflict context : urban poor perceptions from Guatemala : La violencia en el contexto del posconflicto : segun la percepcion de comunidades urbanas pobres de Guatemala (espagnol)
The study documents how people living in poor urban communities in Guatemala perceive violence. Specifically, it identifies the categories of violence affecting poor communities, the costs of different...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 23211 Date du document: 1 janvier 2000 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Moser,Caroline O.,McIlwaine, Cathy
-
A conceptual framework for violence reduction (anglais)
Worldwide, violence is emerging as a significant economic, social welfare, health, and governance issue. The conceptual framework presented in this paper identifies a number of important components of...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 19815 Date du document: 31 août 1999 Auteur: Moser,Caroline O.,Shrader,Elizabeth
-
Youth violence in Latin America and the Caribbean :costs, causes, and interventions (anglais)
This report examines the causes of youth violence, its impacts, and interventions that have proved effective in addressing the needs of at-risk youth and reducing youth violence in Latin America and the...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 19816 Date du document: 31 août 1999 Auteur: Moser,Caroline O.,Van Bronkhorst,Bernice K.
-
Violence and social capital : proceedings of the LCSES seminar series, 1997-98 (anglais)
This report is the proceedings of the Latin America and the Caribbean Region Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Department (LCSES) Seminar Series, 1997-98. It focused mostly on social capital and...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 19818 Date du document: 31 août 1999 Auteur: Moser,Caroline O.,Lister,Sarah
-
Violence and poverty in South Africa : their impact on household relations and social capital (anglais)
This paper examines the complex interrelationship between the violence-poverty-apartheid nexus. Using secondary data, it provides a brief historical analysis of how apartheid policy, was well as the struggle...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: 19891 Date du document: 28 février 1999 Auteur: Moser,Caroline O.
-
Urban poverty and violence in Jamaica : La pobreza urbana y la violencia en Jamaica (espagnol)
This report, based primarily on a 1995 University of the West Indies participatory study, focuses on the complex relationship between violence and urban poverty in Jamaica. The government established the...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 16309 Date du document: 1 septembre 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Moser,Caroline O.,Holland,Jeremy
-
Household responses to poverty and vulnerability - volume 1 : confronting crisis in Cisne Dos, Guayaquil, Ecuador (anglais)
This case study presents the main findings from the community of Cisne Dos, in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The study explored how poor households respond to changes in economic circumstances and labor market conditions...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 16500 Date du document: 31 mars 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Moser,Caroline O.
-
Household responses to poverty and vulnerability : volume 2 / confronting crisis in Angyalfold, Budapest, Hungary (anglais)
This research paper describes the main results from the community of Angyalfold, in Budapest, Hungary. The research is concerned with the strategies adopted by the urban poor to reduce vulnerability and...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 16439 Date du document: 31 mars 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Moser,Caroline O.,McIlwaine, Cathy
-
Urban poverty and violence in Jamaica (anglais)
This report, based primarily on a 1995 University of the West Indies participatory study, focuses on the complex relationship between violence and urban poverty in Jamaica. The government established the...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 16309 Date du document: 28 février 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Moser,Caroline O.,Holland,Jeremy
-
Urban management and poverty reduction (Vol. 1 of 2) : First module : indicators of urban poverty (anglais)
The Urban Poverty and Social Policy in the Context of Adjustment (UPA) study is a community-level research project in four cities within countries with contrasting experiences of economic crisis and reform...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 48411 Date du document: 1 septembre 1996 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Moser,Caroline O., Gatehouse, Michael ,Garcia,Helen R.
-
Urban management and poverty reduction (Vol. 2 of 2) : Second module : indicators of urban poverty (anglais)
The Urban Poverty and Social Policy in the Context of Adjustment (UPA) study is a community-level research project in four cities within countries with contrasting experiences of economic crisis and reform...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 48411 Date du document: 1 septembre 1996 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Moser,Caroline O., Gatehouse, Michael ,Garcia,Helen R.
-
Confronting crisis : a summary of household responses to poverty and vulnerability in four poor urban communities : Le comportement des ménages face à la crise : synthèse des réactions contre la pauvreté et la vulnérabilité dans quatre communautés urbaines pauvres (français)
Understanding how the poor respond to economic crisis has become increasingly important, especially for governments and donors. This understanding can help ensure that interventions aimed at reducing poverty...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 15462 Date du document: 1 mai 1996 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Moser,Caroline O.
-
Confronting crisis : a summary of household responses to poverty and vulnerability in four poor urban communities : Situaciones criticas : reaccion de las familias de cuatro comunidades urbanas pobres ante la vulnerabilidad y la pobreza (espagnol)
Understanding how the poor respond to economic crisis has become increasingly important, especially for governments and donors. This understanding can help ensure that interventions aimed at reducing poverty...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 15462 Date du document: 31 mars 1996 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Moser,Caroline O.