Poverty reduction in Tajikistan has been significant over the past couple of decades. From 2000 to 2015, poverty fell from over 83% to about 31%, while economic growth averaged at 7.7%. Despite this important...
Date: June 21, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
KANUNGU, May 30, 2017 - Anna Katushabe’s daughter came into the world in early May by Caesarean-section delivery, and so both mother and daughter spent longer than expected in Rugyeyo Community Hospital....
Date: May 30, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON- May 26, 2017—The World Bank approved today a credit of $61.6 million to contribute to the reduction of stunting among children under 5 years of age in Pakistan by targeting the most affected...
Date: May 26, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
SHARISTAN DISTRICT, Daykundi Province – A father sits on a wooden chair and caresses his child, who is lying on a bed with his hand in a bandage. In a corner, a doctor checks the case papers of an elderly...
Date: May 22, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
LUSAKA, May 16, 2017 – As a vibrant teenager pursuing her studies in Western Zambia’s Kaoma district, 16-year-old Prudence Makufeni suddenly faced a life-changing situation: pregnant, she dropped out of...
Date: May 16, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
In a little room on the Hatton tea plantation in Sri Lanka, fifty or so young people, most of them under 25, had a smartphone and shared a common purpose. They wanted to use WhatsApp, Viber, Facebook and...
Date: May 1, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
When Karuppiah Sellathurai bought his first cow, it only gave him a few liters of milk every day. But then he “multiplied” his cattle when his cow had a calf. Several years down the line, he has four animals...
Date: May 1, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
MONROVIA, February 23, 2017 – The World Bank today approved a $16 million grant from the Global Financing Facility (GFF) to improve the quality of primary and secondary health care services, with...
Date: February 23, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Bhurungamari, February 19, 2017 — The government of Bangladesh and the World Bank today launched a cash benefits program for 600,000 of the country’s poorest mothers and pregnant women in exchange for...
Date: February 19, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ChallengeWell-designed safety nets can improve child health and nutrition outcomes, while contributing to poverty reduction goals. In spite of spending over 16 percent of its budget (or 2.5 percent of...
Date: February 19, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
On my first visit to Indonesia as the World Bank Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific, I have learnt about the country’s achievements and challenges in realizing its aspiration of becoming one...
Date: November 27, 2016
Type: Opinion
Language: English
HANOI, November 10, 2016 - Save the Children will sign the Grant Agreement with World Bank for the implementation of Northern Mountain Integrated Child Nutrition Improvement Project in Yen Bai and...
Date: November 10, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Enjil District, Herat Province – The baby cries aloud as the nurse administers two vaccines to protect him from the deadly polio virus and tetanus. The nurse tells the baby’s mother, Zahra, not to touch...
Date: November 1, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
ABUJA, September 26, 2016 – Each of Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory has received $1.5 million apiece to improve maternal, child, and nutrition health services for women and children...
Date: September 23, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Lin, 22, holds her seven-week-old daughter firmly as she wraps a piece of cloth tightly around the baby’s body. She is waiting to meet a health worker about family planning at the Maternal Neonatal and...
Date: August 15, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Tim Sokhoeun, 27, is seven and a half months pregnant and lives in Kvek village of Mourng commune, Siem Reap province. She is regularly monitoring her baby’s growth, and making sure that she and her son...
Date: July 27, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, June 15, 2016 — The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a program to support Kenya improve utilization and quality of primary health care (PHC) services in order to reduce...
Date: June 15, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, June 7, 2016—The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved $575 million in additional financing in International Development Association (IDA)* credit to scale up its support in the...
Date: June 7, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, March 8, 2016 – “I was pregnant with my first son in the jungle,” whispers Francisca Kameula, a mother-of-four from the remote community of Rovo, in the mountainous central...
Date: March 7, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
HARARE, February 3, 2016 –- Today, the World Bank launched the first edition of its Zimbabwe Economic Update (ZEU) focusing on Changing Growth Patterns; Improving Health Outcomes. The ZEU aims to...
Date: February 3, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
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