Documents et rapports
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Nike in Vietnam : the Tae Kwang Vina factory (anglais)
Nike started its commercial venture in Vietnam in 1995 and made a significant contribution to the country's economy during the late 1990s. However, violations of the labor code at Nike's Vietnamese contract...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 51433 Date du document: 1 mars 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bhatnagar, Deepti,Rathore, Animesh,Moreno Torres,Magui,Das Kanungo,Parameeta
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Empowering women in urban India : Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad (anglais)
Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad, or Lijjat, is an organization that has acted as a catalyst in empowering poor urban women across India during the last four decades. Starting as a small group of seven...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 51455 Date du document: 1 janvier 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bhatnagar, Deepti,Rathore, Animesh,Moreno Torres,Magui,Das Kanungo,Parameeta
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Empowering the blind and the disabled : the Blind People's Association (anglais)
In the last five decades of its existence, the Blind People's Association (BPA) at Ahmedabad, India, has emerged as an internationally renowned voluntary organization for the blind and people with other...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 51450 Date du document: 1 janvier 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bhatnagar, Deepti,Rathore, Animesh,Moreno Torres,Magui,Das Kanungo,Parameeta
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Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) (anglais)
Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS), which means 'the organization for the power of laborers and farmers' in Hindi, was founded in 1990 by three social activists in one of the most backward areas in...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 51456 Date du document: 1 janvier 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bhatnagar, Deepti,Rathore, Animesh,Moreno Torres,Magui,Das Kanungo,Parameeta
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Peru - Programmatic Social Reform Loan (PRSL) (anglais)
After the end of President Fujimori's rule in 2000, Peru was left with an economy in recession and 54 percent of its population below the poverty line. Inequalities were increasing and corruption in the...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 51467 Date du document: 1 janvier 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bhatnagar, Deepti,Rathore, Animesh,Moreno Torres,Magui,Das Kanungo,Parameeta
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Participatory budgeting in Brazil (anglais)
Participatory budgeting (PB) began more than a decade ago in Porto Alegre, one of the most populated cities in South Brazil. PB is a process through which citizens present their demands and priorities...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 51418 Date du document: 1 janvier 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bhatnagar, Deepti,Rathore, Animesh,Moreno Torres,Magui,Das Kanungo,Parameeta
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The Yamada village e-project, Japan (anglais)
Yamada village in southwest Japan faces problems related to depopulation due to migration and an aging community, with a third of village population being elderly and suffering from isolation. The Yamada...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 51442 Date du document: 1 janvier 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bhatnagar, Deepti,Rathore, Animesh,Moreno Torres,Magui,Das Kanungo,Parameeta
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Latvia programmatic structural adjustment loans (anglais)
Latvia is one of the transition economies that came in existence after the end of Soviet reign. During late 1990s, the corruption and the lack of efficiency and proper mechanisms in the government system...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 51439 Date du document: 1 janvier 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bhatnagar, Deepti,Rathore, Animesh,Moreno Torres,Magui,Das Kanungo,Parameeta
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Parivartan : countering corruption in Delhi (anglais)
Parivartan, which means 'transformation' in Hindi, is a voluntary organization active in Delhi since January 2000. It is run by some concerned citizens who are dissatisfied with the operation of the government...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 51459 Date du document: 1 janvier 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bhatnagar, Deepti,Rathore, Animesh,Moreno Torres,Magui,Das Kanungo,Parameeta
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Capacity building program in Burkina Faso (anglais)
Burkina Faso was one of the five poorest countries in the world during the late 1990s. The formation of local Rural Producer Organizations (RPOs) has been a positive step in empowering of the farming community...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 51419 Date du document: 1 janvier 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bhatnagar, Deepti,Rathore, Animesh,Moreno Torres,Magui,Das Kanungo,Parameeta