• Electricity sector constraints for firms across economies : a comparative analysis
    Using recent Doing Business data, this note provides an analysis of electricity sector constraints across economies. The findings provide some interesting insights. Not surprisingly, service unreliability...
    Type: Brief Report#: 117320 Date: June 1, 2017 Author: Arlet,Jean Nicolas
  • Early childbirth and under-five malnutrition in Mozambique
    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: Brief Report#: 121622 Date: June 1, 2017 Author: Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ; Wodon,Quentin T.
  • Child marriage and fertility in Nigeria
    In Nigeria, women who marry as children have on average 18-33 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: Brief Report#: 121627 Date: June 1, 2017 Author: Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ; Wodon,Quentin T.
  • Using matching grants shown to boost firms' revenue in Lao PDR
    This note is a brief summary of the final impact assessment of the BAF, a sub-component of the Second Trade Development Facility (TDF-2), a multi-donor funded project designed to support trade integration...
    Type: Brief Report#: 116952 Date: June 1, 2017
  • Municipal citizen service centers in Southeastern Europe : survey results on success factors, challenges, and the human rights approach of municipal one-stop shops in the Western Balkans
    This report presents the results of an online survey administered in six southeastern European countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. The survey was aimed...
    Type: Brief Report#: 117084 Date: June 1, 2017 Author: Pfeil,Helene ; Agarwal,Sanjay ; Schott,Berenike Laura
  • Early childbirth and under five malnutrition in Malawi
    Poor nutrition weakens children’s immune systems, putting them at a greater risk of falling sick from preventable illnesses such as pneumonia and diarrhea. According to Horton et al. (2008), nearly one-fifth...
    Type: Brief Report#: 121588 Date: June 1, 2017 Author: Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ; Wodon,Quentin T.
  • Early childbirth and under-five mortality in Mali
    In Mali, about one in eleven 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: Brief Report#: 121620 Date: June 1, 2017 Author: Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ; Wodon,Quentin T.
  • Early childbirth and under-five malnutrition in Nepal
    In Nepal, 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 characteristics,...
    Type: Brief Report#: 121624 Date: June 1, 2017 Author: Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ; Wodon,Quentin T.
  • Early childbirth and under-five mortality in Nigeria
    In Nigeria, about one in eight 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...
    Type: Brief Report#: 121628 Date: June 1, 2017 Author: Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ; Wodon,Quentin T.
  • Early childbirth and under-five mortality in Egypt
    In Egypt, about three percent of 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...
    Type: Brief Report#: 121591 Date: June 1, 2017 Author: Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ; Wodon,Quentin T.
  • Early childbirth and under-five mortality in Burkina faso
    In Burkina Faso, about one in eight 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: Brief Report#: 121599 Date: June 1, 2017 Author: Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ; Wodon,Quentin T.
  • Social health insurance reform in Egypt : implementation challenges and the way forward
    The Government of Egypt aims to achieve health equity, or social justice in health care, by reorganizing the health system through financial protection, the expansion of services to all, better quality...
    Type: Brief Report#: 126366 Date: June 1, 2017 Author: Cortez,Rafael A.
  • Citizen engagement in water snapshots : Lusaka Sanitation Project
    In rapidly urbanizing Lusaka, infrastructure and services are lagging far behind growing new demand. This requires innovation and exploring new approaches from the Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC)...
    Type: Brief Report#: 117748 Date: June 1, 2017
  • One-stop shops in Vietnam : changing the face of public administration for citizens and businesses through a single door to multiple services
    This case study analyzes the development of one-stop shops in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, from inception of the first one in Ho Chi Minh City in 1995 through the full roll out of this model of integrated...
    Type: Brief Report#: 117081 Date: June 1, 2017 Author: Blunt,Melvyn ; Davidsen,Soren ; Agarwal,Sanjay ; Pfeil,Helene ; Schott,Berenike Laura
  • Child marriage and fertility in Mali
    In Mali, women who marry as children have on average 19-33 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: Brief Report#: 121575 Date: June 1, 2017 Author: Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ; Wodon,Quentin T.
  • Child marriage and fertility in Malawi
    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: Brief Report#: 121587 Date: June 1, 2017 Author: Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ; Wodon,Quentin T.
  • Challenges in building effective deposit insurance systems in developing countries
    The FIRST Lessons Learned Series is a collection of FIRST's technical and functional insights gained from FIRST funded engagements. This knowledge note shares valuable lessons from FIRST-funded DIS projects...
    Type: Brief Report#: 116572 Date: June 1, 2017 Author: Nolte,Jan Philipp ; Rawlins,Marlon Rolston
  • The city of Pancevo’s citizen service center, Serbia : streamlining service delivery and fostering inclusion at the municipal level
    Ova studija slučaja pruža pregled Gradskog uslužnog centra u Pančevu (GUC) koji, od uspostavljanja 2009. godine, pruža čitav niz opštinskih usluga građanima pod istim krovom. Studija istražuje mere koje...
    Type: Brief Report#: 117080 Date: June 1, 2017 Author: Pfeil,Helene ; Agarwal,Sanjay ; Schott,Berenike Laura ; Johns,Kimberly D.
  • SABER in action : tertiary education benchmarking education in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Bangladesh
    Systems approach for better education results - tertiary education (SABER-TE) evaluates TE services’ policy environment, regulation, financing systems, and quality assurance mechanisms. SABER-TE’s analysis...
    Type: Brief Report#: 117555 Date: June 1, 2017
  • Early childbirth and under-five mortality in Mozambique
    In Mozambique, one in ten 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...
    Type: Brief Report#: 121623 Date: June 1, 2017 Author: Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ; Wodon,Quentin T.
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