Sub-Saharan Africa has the youngest
population of any region of the world, and that growing
working-age population represents a major opportunity to
reduce poverty and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 137952Date: December 31, 2019Author:
Arias Diaz,Omar S. ;
Evans,David ;
Santos,Indhira Vanessa
In promoting universal health coverage
(UHC), the World Bank supports member countries’
efforts to provide quality, affordable health care to
everyone, regardless...
The World Bank launched the Promise of
Education in Indonesia Overview at the Ministry of Education
and Culture on November 19, 2019. The report proposes ways
to strengthen...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 148092Date: December 1, 2019
The central theme of the Africa
transport policy program’s (SSARP) 2019 annual general
meeting (AGM) was positioning Africa for a sustainable
post-2020 road safety agenda....
Type: ReportReport#: 157367Date: November 29, 2019
Cambodia has experienced remarkable
growth and has made dramatic improvements in poverty
reduction and health outcomes, since the early 2000s. The
health equity and...
The Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin (SBM-G)
is one of the sub-missions under the Swachh Bharat Mission
(SBM) launched in October 2014. The mission has been
successful thus...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 161103Date: November 1, 2019
JEEViKA is a program that was launched
in 2006 by the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (an
autonomous body under the Department of Rural Development),
with...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0001036Date: October 28, 2019
The impact evaluation of a program
primarily answers the question of what impacts (if any) did
a program have on the outcomes of interest, while a process
evaluation...
This report describes the findings from
an educational evaluation carried out in Timor-Leste early
in the school year of 2017. The primary purpose of the
evaluation...
Type: ReportReport#: 147764Date: October 1, 2019Author:
Fasih,Tazeen ;
Walter, Stephen L. ;
Smith,Karla Jean ;
Barreto Ximenes,Pedro Miguel De Fatima Goncalves
This document represents the first
output under the reimbursable advisory services (RAS)
agreement on assistance to the ministry of national
education and scientific...
Type: ReportReport#: 146430Date: October 1, 2019Author:
Moarcas,Mariana Doina ;
Sava,Alina ;
Madhoun,Walid ;
Ciucanu,Ioana Raluca ;
Gusescu,Camelia Iulia
This report summarizes the finding of an
assessment of Public Financial Management (PFM) in Health in
Lao People’s Democratic Republic undertaken
jointly by the...
This paper tests the effectiveness of an
entertainment education television series, MTV Shuga, aimed
at providing information and changing attitudes and
behaviors related...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8998Date: September 9, 2019Author:
Banerjee,Abhijit ;
La Ferrara,Eliana ;
Orozco Olvera,Victor Hugo
This policy brief summarizes the
findings of public finance management (PFM) assessment in
the health system of Guinea-Bissau in September 2019. The
assessment was...
Type: BriefReport#: 180202Date: September 1, 2019Author:
World Bank
Tuberculosis is an infectious bacterial
disease spread through the air that can lead to death when
left untreated. The disease killed some 1.6 million people
in 2017,...
The National development agenda in India
unanimously agreed to by all the State Chief Ministers and
the Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories (UTs) in 2015
had inter...
Type: GuidelineReport#: 148288Date: September 1, 2019
Health remains an important challenge as
well as a development priority for Cambodia. On one hand,
Cambodia is one of the few countries globally that achieved
both MDG...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 141310Date: August 29, 2019
This report assesses the key constraints
on the supply of (quantity and quality) and demand for early
childhood development (ECD) services for pregnant women and
children...
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