Increasing access to basic infrastructure services is critical to reducing poverty and enabling poor and marginalized people to participate in and benefit from economic development. Too often, however,...
In the past, a lack of reliable access to electricity had frequently been cited as the largest single barrier to investment in Kosovo, limiting Kosovo’s economic growth and the achievement of human development...
In Pakistan, women who marry as children have on average 20-34 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#: 121573Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
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#: 121579Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
In Ethiopia, 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#: 121589Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
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#: 121605Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
In most emerging markets, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), lack access to the credit and liquidity they require for their daily working capital needs. This is partly due to the fact that the credit...
This case study analyzes the Huduma Kenya program, under which the Government of Kenya is advancing citizen-centered public service delivery through a variety of channels, including deploying digital technology...
Type: BriefReport#: 117082Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Firestone,Rachel Sohn ;
Schott,Berenike Laura ;
Kinuthia,John Muratha ;
Omollo,Annette ;
Agarwal,Sanjay ;
Pfeil,Helene ;
Johns,Kimberly D. ;
Kumagai,Saki
This note provides practical advice on how to adopt a human rights-based assessment for the design, strategy, and implementation of service delivery by citizen service centers. Designed for World Bank...
Type: BriefReport#: 117083Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Pfeil,Helene ;
Schott,Berenike Laura ;
Agarwal,Sanjay
In Niger, women who marry as children have on average 14-28 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#: 121626Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
Building regulation has a crucial role to play in reducing disaster risk. Building codes can lessen vulnerability by specifying adequate standards for construction or retrofit, and land use plans can lessen...
In Bangladesh, 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#: 121603Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
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: BriefReport#: 121604Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
The World Bank Group’s systems approach for better education results (SABER) initiative produces data on education system policies and institutions, analyzes, and evaluates their quality, and provides...
Johannesburg and other cities in South Africa are rolling out integrated rapid public transport networks as part of an overall effort to address significant urban mobility challenges and to increase the...
Type: BriefReport#: 115786Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Munoz-Raskin,Ramon ;
Scorcia,Harvey Manuel
In Egypt, one in five children under the age of five are stunted; but for children born of others younger than 18, the risk of stunting is higher. Controlling for socio-economic and other characteristics,...
Type: BriefReport#: 121590Date: June 1, 2017Author:
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
During disasters, efficient and effective risk identification is imperative to saving lives and livelihoods. Access to preliminary data of hazard impacts improves operational decision-making, saving critical...
Globally, Africa has the second highest number of disaster victims year over year. Whereas other continents show a steady decline, disaster victims in Africa are on the rise. These increases can be attributed...
Predicting the onset of drought in Small Island States in the Pacific region – with an adequateunderstanding of antecedent conditions, current observations, and probabilities of near-term forecasts is...
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