In a series of four reports World Bank researchers analyzed data from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) for Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Slovak Republic to examine the performance...
Date: December 10, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Report from WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Groupand the United Nations Population Division highlights progress GENEVA/NEW YORK, 12 November 2015 – Maternal mortality has fallen by 44% since 1990,...
Date: November 12, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Official Launch of the Regional Project« Sahel Women Empowerment and Demographic Dividend » Niamey, 4 November 2015. The “Sahel Women Empowerment and Demographic Dividend” Project was officially launched...
Date: November 4, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, October 22, 2015 – Government policies and actions taken today in Africa can increase the likelihood of capturing the potential benefits from the region’s rapid population growth and propel...
Date: October 22, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ISTANBUL, December 10, 2014—Steady growth over the past decades has brought Turkey to the threshold of becoming a high-income economy, prosperity has been broadly shared across income groups in the society,...
Date: December 10, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Countries struggle to meet pension needs of their aging populations BRUSSELS, February 21, 2014 — The profound effects of aging populations and a shrinking labor force on overstretched state pension schemes...
Date: February 21, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
February 21, 2014 – Pension systems in emerging Europe and Central Asia (ECA) are facing increasing pressure from the region’s aging populations and shrinking labor force, making it imperative for countries...
Date: February 21, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
KIGALI, January 29, 2014: The Rwanda Economic Update synthesizes recent economic developments and put them in a medium-term context. The lagged effect of the aid shock in the second half of 2012...
Date: January 29, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
New Delhi, April 30, 2013 – India is regaining economic momentum and growth is expected to recover gradually to its high long-term potential, says the latest India Development Update of the World Bank....
Date: April 30, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Over the last several decades advancements in science and technology, coupled with other social and economic improvements, have brought about unprecedented increases in life expectancy for populations...
Date: January 17, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
The Sri Lankan country context has evolved considerably since the previous Country Assistance Strategy was prepared. The 26-year conflict ended in May 2009, and resettlement of internally displaced...
Date: October 26, 2012
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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