Following steep declines in poverty rates over the past decade, the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region reduced childhood poverty by a third and childhood extreme poverty almost by half between 2004...
Type: BriefReport#: 106573Date: June 1, 2016Author:
Lucchetti,Leonardo Ramiro ;
Malasquez Carbonel,Eduardo Alonso ;
Monsalve,Emma ;
Reyes,German Jeremias ;
Sousa,Liliana Do Couto ;
Viveros,Martha
This note focuses on the way in which the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) conditionalcash transfer (CCT) program and the national household targeting system for poverty reduction,Listahanan,...
Type: BriefReport#: 119393Date: June 1, 2016Author:
Bowen,Thomas Vaughan
In Ghana, where electricity grid access is relatively high for Sub-Saharan Africa, millions of people in small rural communities or on isolated islands cannot be reached through grid extension. A successful...
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 decision...
This note attempts to identify the factors associated with differences in overall school performance and efficiency. It draws on data from the Philippines Public Education Expenditure Tracking and Quantitative...
This brief relates to the Country partnership framework for the period FY16-20. Over the last decade, Uzbekistan’s economy has grown steadily and has made good progress in lifting people out of poverty....
Type: BriefReport#: 180925Date: May 31, 2016Author:
World Bank
Around twenty-five percent of the sixty million forcibly displaced people across the globe are in Africa, where some countries have hosted large refugee populations for over twenty years. The World Bank...
For too long, there has been a dearth of literature and guidance on policy and practice in public-private partnership (PPP) disclosure and a wide gap in understanding the mechanics of disclosure by practitioners...
The state of urban travel in many developing countries is grim. Congestion and low-quality infrastructure - including limited network coverage and poor roads and sidewalks slow travel times, which slows...
Georgia is upgrading its principal highway, running for more than 350 kilometers between the Black Sea on its western border and Azerbaijan in the east, at a cost of about 2.3 billion United States (U.S.)...
Women and girls in Rajasthan face persistent barriers to progress. The child sex ratio is amongthe lowest in India, and is declining. Maternal mortality is high, but has seen improvement. Andalthough more...
There is uneven progress across social groups in Madhya Pradesh. Scheduled tribes and scheduled castes in particular have very high poverty levels. In addition, they lag behind in schooling and access...
Madhya Pradesh has made mixed progress on gender. Child sex ratio is deteriorating. Maternal mortality is high, but has seen improvement. Nearly one in every two adult females is illiterate. There has...
This report presents tabular data on: population; poverty and inequality; income and growth; jobs; health; education; infrastructure and amenities; and recent growth and fiscal performance.
This report presents tabular data on: population; poverty and inequality; income and growth; jobs; health; education; infrastructure and amenities; and recent growth and fiscal performance.
There is uneven progress across social groups in Uttar Pradesh. The poverty rate for scheduled castes in Uttar Pradesh is amongst the highest in the country. There are stark differences in education attainment,...
The trade at a glance tables for Chhattisgarh provide a snapshot of key aspects of population, poverty and inequality, income and growth, jobs, health, education, infrastructure and amenities, and recent...
Chhattisgarh has made mixed progress on gender. While the child sex ratio in the state is higher than in most other states, it is declining. Maternal health is poor, but has seen improvement. Adult women...
People in Rajasthan are increasingly moving off the farm and into other kinds of work. Since 2005,growth in non-farm jobs has been among the highest in India, led by construction. Despite this,overall...
This brief has the analysis of social inclusion in Odisha, India. There is uneven progress across social groups in Odisha. Poverty among the Scheduled Tribes in Odisha is the highest in the country. Open...
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