An Enduring Partnership for Development: Central America and the IDB Since 1990IDB, 2004 - 368 pages |
Contents
GENERAL OVERVIEW | 1 |
THE IDB AND CONSULTATIVE GROUPS FOR | 27 |
Conclusion | 35 |
Key IDB Programs for Regional Integration and Cooperation in | 49 |
Summary of the Principal Treaties and Agreement Relating | 82 |
REFORMS IN BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE | 89 |
Reforms Consummated | 97 |
The Role of the Bank | 115 |
Citizen Security | 202 |
Fiscal Reform as an Integral Part of Processes to Reform | 212 |
Lessons Learned | 220 |
Key Environmental Pressures and the State of the Environment in the Isthmus | 226 |
Main Environmental | 235 |
Lessons Challenges and Opportunities | 257 |
Bibliography | 263 |
IDB Programs for Disaster Risk Management in Central America | 277 |
Concluding Thoughts | 121 |
INNOVATION IN THE SOCIAL SECTORS | 123 |
The Banks Response to Central Americas Critical Social Problems | 140 |
New Health Sector Reform Strategies | 147 |
F Targeting Social Services to the Poor Through Innovative Social Safety Net Programs | 157 |
H Bank Mechanisms to Promote Social Sector Development | 164 |
Lessons from More Than a Decade of Social Programs and Action in Central America | 171 |
The Cost of Social Exclusion and the Challenge of Social Inclusion | 177 |
IDB SUPPORT FOR THE STRENGTHENING OF DEMOCRACY | 185 |
Some Lessons Learned in Managing Disaster Risk in Central America | 293 |
DEVELOPMENT OF FINANCIAL MARKETS | 299 |
Level of Effort | 307 |
Maintaining Momentum for the Agenda Ahead | 321 |
Changes in C A Create Opportunities for Microenterprise Development | 329 |
A New Spirit of Cooperation | 350 |
IDB NonFinancial Products Support for Microenterprise Development | 359 |
List of Projects Highlighted in This Chapter | 365 |
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