The Global wildlife program (GWP) India project aims to enhance the ecological integrity and economic security of high range Indian Himalayan Ecosystem.
Turkmenistan’s population and economy are exposed to earthquakes and floods, withearthquakes posing the greater risk of a high impact, lower probability event. The model results for present-day risk shown...
In Uganda, women who marry as children have on average 10-24 percent more births over their life time as compared to women marrying after the age of 18. Controlling for socio-economic and other characteristics,...
Type: BriefReport#: 121574Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
In Uganda, one in eleven children dies before the age of five; for children born of mothers younger than 18, the risk is higher.Controlling for socio-economic and other characteristics, being born of a...
Type: BriefReport#: 121601Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
Early childbirth contributes to the risk of malnutrition for children, directly and indirectly. This brief has provided estimates of the direct impact of early childbirth on stunting in Uganda using the...
Type: BriefReport#: 121600Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
The systems approach for better education results (SABER) - school feeding (SF) exercise enabled fruitful exchanges among workshop participants, 60 actors from the public sector, private sector, non-governmental...
The relationship between child marriage and fertility could be due in part to the socio-economic and cultural context in which girls who marry early tend to live. But child marriage may also have a direct...
Type: BriefReport#: 121602Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
In Mozambique, women who marry as children have on average 14-30 percent more births over their life time as compared to women marrying after the age of 18. Controlling for socio-economic and other characteristics,...
Type: BriefReport#: 121621Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
In Nepal, about one in nineteen children die before the age of five; for children born of mothers younger than 18, the risk is higher. Controlling for socio-economic and other characteristics, being born...
Type: BriefReport#: 121625Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
Reforms of national customs agencies are supported by increasingamounts of development aid. However, there have been very fewformal evaluations of their effectiveness. This note summarizesresearch about...
Type: BriefReport#: 116522Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Hillberry,Russell Henry ;
Fernandes,Ana Margarida ;
Berg,Claudia N. ;
Mendoza Alcantara,Alejandra
All over the world, women have less access to credit than men. Because of both discriminatory property laws and unwritten social customs, women are less likely than men to own high-value assets that can...
Type: BriefReport#: 116981Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Alibhai,Aly Salman ;
Achew,Mengistu Bessir ;
Coleman,Rachel Dawn ;
Khan,Anushe A. ;
Strobbe,Francesco
In Bangladesh, about one in twenty-two children die before the age of five; for children born of mothers younger than 18, the risk is higher. Controlling for socio-economic and other characteristics, being...
Type: BriefReport#: 121607Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
International air transport is at a crossroads. The aviation industry's center of gravity has moved toward the East, with main hubs in the Gulf region and ever-increasing passenger markets located in Asia....
Countries across the globe are establishing new and improving existing citizen service centers (CSCs) to better serve their citizens. This note provides an overview of recent developmentsimpacting CSC...
Type: BriefReport#: 117079Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Pfeil,Helene ;
Schott,Berenike Laura ;
Agarwal,Sanjay
Bolivia faces a unique opportunity to harness the benefits of urbanization and avoid the pitfalls that other countries have made in the past. The urbanization process in Bolivia is one of the last to occur...
Type: BriefReport#: 117252Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Trohanis,Zoe Elena ;
Aguilera,Ana Silvia ;
Tejada,Roberto
The relationship between child marriage and fertility can be due in part to the socio-economic and cultural context in which girls who marry early tend to live. But child marriage may also have a direct...
Type: BriefReport#: 121580Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
In Zambia, about one in thirteen children die before the age of five; for children born of mothers younger than 18, the risk is higher. Controlling for socio-economic and other characteristics, being born...
Type: BriefReport#: 121606Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
Burkina Faso, more than three in ten children under the age of five are stunted; but for children born of mothers younger than 18, the risk of stunting is higher. Controlling for socio-economic and other...
Type: BriefReport#: 121608Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
Global Value Chains (GVC) are significant vehicles of job creation, carrying a share of 60 percent of global trade that employs around 17 million people worldwide. This note highlights evidence of the...
In Mozambique, more than four in ten children under the age of five are stunted; but for children born of mothers younger than 18, the risk of stunting is higher. Controlling for socio-economic and other...
Type: BriefReport#: 121622Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
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