Argentina

Nutrition Profiles of the Countries with the Highest Burden of Undernutrition were created to provide summary information for country leaders, development partners, and stakeholders about the ext... Show More + ent, costs, and causes of malnutrition, as well as potential solutions to malnutrition. The countries profiled include the 36 countries identified in The Lancet (Black et al., 2008) that account for 90% of the world’s stunted children, and 32 smaller countries with rates of stunting and/or underweight greater than 20%. The country profiles focus on three key messages:1. Malnutrition remains the single largest cause of child mortality. Over one-third of all child deaths are due to malnutrition, mostly from increased severity of disease. Malnourished children who survive tend to start school late, are more likely to drop out, and have lower adult earnings. The resulting compromised human capital means that malnutrition robs many developing countries of at least 2-3% of economic growth. Investments targeted between pregnancy until two years of age are most desirable because they target the most vulnerable, and prevent irreparable damage to human capital.2. Economic growth alone does not solve malnutrition. Poverty is an undeniably significant factor in child malnutrition, but in many high-burden countries, malnutrition rates are much higher than in other countries with similar national income. At the household level, in many countries malnutrition rates are surprisingly high even in the wealthiest quintile of households. These facts indicate that concerted efforts must be taken to reduce malnutrition; income growth does not automatically solve the problem.3. Investing in nutrition is cost-effective. Despite the availability of relatively simple and extremely cost-effective interventions to address malnutrition, very few countries effectively implement these proven interventions at scale. Two kinds of investments are needed. Nutrition-specific interventions include, for example, breastfeeding promotion, vitamin and mineral supplements, and deworming. Nutrition-sensitive development across many sectors is also necessary to ensure that development agendas fully utilize their potential to contribute to reductions in malnutrition.The Nutrition Country Profiles were created to inspire action and investment in nutrition in the high-burden countries to reduce child and maternal mortality, and to improve the economic potential of nations.The country nutrition profiles were developed in collaboration with regional staff and country offices. This work was made possible by the generous support of the Government of Japan through the Scaling Up Nutrition trust fund and the World Bank’s Regional Reprioritization Fund.AFRICAAngola                                                        Malawi         Botswana                                                    Mali         Burkina Faso                                               Mauritania         Burundi                                                       Mozambique          Cameroon                                                   NamibiaCentral African Republic                                 NigerComoros                                                     NigeriaCote d'Ivoire                                                 Republic of CongoDemocratic Republic of Congo                       RwandaEquatorial Guinea                                         Sao Tome and PrincipeEritrea                                                        Sierra LeoneEthiopia                                                     South AfricaGambia                                                      SudanGhana                                                        SwazilandGuinea Bissau                                             TanzaniaGuinea                                                       TogoKenya                                                        UgandaLesotho                                                     ZambiaLiberia                                                       ZimbabweMadagascarEAST ASIA PACIFICCambodiaIndonesiaMongoliaMyanmarPhilippinesTimor-LesteVietnamEUROPE & CENTRAL ASIAAlbaniaTajikistanTurkeyLATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEANBolivia | Bolivia (ESP)Ecuador | Ecuador (ESP)El Salvador | El Salvador (ESP)Guatemala | Guatemala (ESP)Haiti | Haiti (FR) | Haiti (ESP)Honduras | Honduras (ESP)Peru | Peru (ESP)MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICADjibouti | Djibouti (FR)EgyptIraqMorocco | Morocco (FR)YemenSOUTH ASIAAfghanistanBangladeshBhutanIndiaMaldivesNepalPakistanSri Lanka Show Less -

The development objective of the Additional financing for the Buenos Aires Infrastructure Sustainable Investment Development Project (Adaptable Program Loan - APL) ... Show More + is to enhance the provision of water and sewerage services for the benefit of low-income people, in particular for those people living in highly vulnerable areas; to improve high priority road segments of the borrower's road network; to mitigate urban flooding; and to support the reactivation of the borrower's economy and strengthen its regional competitiveness. The additional financing in the amount of US$50 million, approved by the Board on July 27, 2010, aims at filling the financing gap in the parent project caused by unforeseen cost increases and scaling up the parent project to include additional works. Because of reasons outside of the borrower's control, the additional financing loan only became effective on February 17, 2012, 18 months after its approval by the Bank's Board. Thanks to the Borrower's proactive engagement, the additional financing loan has disbursed US$15.07 million (30%) in just one year since effectiveness. The project implementation progress and the performance of the implementing agency have been rated satisfactory in the parent project for several years (and continue to be satisfactory currently), the project is not under suspension of disbursements, and the project has no outstanding audit reports or audit reports not satisfactory to the Bank. Show Less -

The overall purpose of the Second Adaptable Program Loan (APL) for National Highway Asset Management Project for Argentina is to further develop and implement an ef... Show More + ficient road network management strategy, bringing about the necessary resources to preserve the national road network in the long term. The reallocation is necessary because some bidding processes (purchase of VC and Weigh-in-Motion WIM equipment) could not take place because of current conditions and restrictions in the country regarding imported equipment. All funds allocated to goods are therefore reallocated towards the Performance-based Rehabilitation and Maintenance Contracts (CREMA) component under category 1 (b). Another reallocation is the one related to consultants' services. At project design it was envisaged to hire consultants to design bridges, but during project implementation it was decided that studies will be carried out in-house. Proceeds were also reallocated towards category 1(b). Finally, the pilot corridor for road safety was delayed (mainly because of delays in reaching the final design), it will be bid with local funds. Proceeds were reallocated towards category 1(b). As a result, the allocation to CREMAs (category 1 (b)) increased from US$251.25 to US$281.5 million (12 percent increase). Show Less -

The development objective of the Rural Education Improvement (PROMER) Project is to support national Government policy to: (i) improve the coverage, efficiency, and... Show More + quality of the Argentine education system; and (ii) to improve the governance of the Argentine education system through strengthening of the normative, planning, information, monitoring, and evaluation capacity at the national and provincial levels. The reallocation is necessary to finance: i) increased unit costs in infrastructure activities; ii) unanticipated consultant services related to the production of pedagogical materials; and iii) increased operating costs linked to the teacher training program (now reaching 8,000 teachers in 20 provinces), and the financial transfers to schools (‘Planes de Mejora’) implemented in 2,033 schools. This reallocation is based on final estimates for expenditures for the project. Show Less -