Pakistan is currently facing a triple burden of malnutrition with unabated rates of undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies along with overweight and obesity. Punjab demonstrates better nutrition outcomes...
Type: BriefReport#: 175635Date: August 31, 2022Author:
World Bank
Pakistan is currently facing a triple burden of malnutrition with unabated rates of undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies along with overweight and obesity. Pakistan has the largest population of...
Type: BriefReport#: 175637Date: August 31, 2022Author:
World Bank
Pakistan is currently facing a triple burden of malnutrition with unabated rates of undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies along with overweight and obesity. Malnutrition levels in Balochistan are...
Type: BriefReport#: 175646Date: August 31, 2022Author:
World Bank
Cashew is an important crop for farmers in Mozambique, with 1.3 million households growing cashew and a total of 6.5 million people deriving their livelihoods in-part from cashew. One of the technologies...
Type: BriefReport#: 192044Date: August 31, 2022Author:
World Bank
Dire levels of childhood stunting present a major public health threat and it remains as a key human development challenge for Pakistan. Adequate food intake, environmental health, and care for children...
Type: BriefReport#: 175630Date: August 31, 2022Author:
World Bank
Artificial trans fats are toxic, unnecessary chemicals that increase the risk of heart attack and death. Consumption causes 540,000 deaths each year globally, similar in magnitude to deaths from malaria...
Type: BriefReport#: 176887Date: August 31, 2022Author:
Warren,Bethany Leanna ;
Mandeville,Kate
The Bangladesh Solar Home Systems (SHS) Program contributed significantly to achieving near-universal access to electricity by installing over 4 million SHSs from 2003 to 2018, serving 16 percent of rural...
Type: BriefReport#: 175593Date: August 30, 2022Author:
Cabraal,Ravindra Anil ;
Bogach,Victoria Susan
The economic recovery continued to pick up in Q2 2022, expanding by 2.5 percent (yoy), due to a stronger-than-expected boost in private consumption and tourism, which offset weak goods exports. However,...
Type: BriefReport#: 175405Date: August 22, 2022Author:
Puthong,Warunthorn ;
MTI
A recent review suggests that teacher-support interventions are more effective when linked to career incentives such as promotion or salary enhancements, but this approach can be difficult to implement...
Type: BriefReport#: 175289Date: August 22, 2022Author:
Biswas,Alok Kumar ;
De Galbert,Pierre Gaspard ;
Sabarwal,Shwetlena ;
Glave, Carla Z. ;
Asaduzzaman,T. M.
Policy makers are increasingly turning to behavioral science to help tackle intractable policy challenges, including increasing student learning, raising savings rates, promoting energy and resource conservation,...
Samoa is one of the first countries in the Pacific to introduce taxation measures to address Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs). The predicted probability of dying from NCDs between the ages of 30 and 70...
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), women make up on average forty-three percent of the agricultural workforce in developing countries. Female participation in value chains is critical,...
Type: BriefReport#: 174964Date: August 10, 2022Author:
World Bank
Street lighting PPPs help provide better services, improve business and public safety, and increase energy efficiency by up to seventy percent. This IFC sector note provides lessons and examples on scaling...
Type: BriefReport#: 174963Date: August 10, 2022Author:
World Bank
The World Bank is providing technical and financial support to countries to help mitigate the spread and impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). One area of support is for data collection to inform...
Solar power has transformed the power generation landscape, becoming one of the most affordable sources of energy in the world. But the intermittent nature of solar energy has been an obstacle to widespread...
Type: BriefReport#: 174917Date: August 9, 2022Author:
Atlan,Bernard
The World Bank is providing technical and financial support to countries to help mitigate the spread and impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). One area of support is for data collection to inform...
The World Bank is providing technical and financial support to countries to help mitigate the spread and impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). One area of support is for data collection to inform...
Vietnam’s economy has grown exponentially over the last three decades, bolstered by strong domestic demand and an export-oriented manufacturing industry. Maxport Limited is a garment- manufacturing company...
Type: BriefReport#: 174921Date: August 9, 2022Author:
World Bank
Since April 2019, International Finance Corporation (IFC) has been partnering with Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania under the finance2equal Tanzania program, which aims to increase women’s participation...
Type: BriefReport#: 174886Date: August 7, 2022Author:
Situma, Evelyn
In Peru, business safety inspections, related to the risk of fire and collapse, which affect all businesses in the country, are characterized by misaligned incentives and high transaction costs. This can...
Type: BriefReport#: 175203Date: August 4, 2022Author:
Barron Ayllon,Manuel Fernando ;
Bedoya Arguelles,Guadalupe ;
Garcia Montufar Garcia,Diego ;
Gertler,Paul J. ;
Goicoechea,Ana
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