By 2050, sixty-eight percent of the world's population is expected to live in urban areas. As countries grow and urbanize, their disease burden shifts toward noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Health workers...
Addressing the burden of chronic disease begins at home. Many of the leading causes of ill health in member countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are caused, at...
Wealthy countries are aging rapidly, driving higher usage of health services. Most members countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have expanded medical education...
Urbanizing countries can struggle to ensure uniform minimum standards of care quality particularly when the private sector grows quickly but unevenly, with limited government capacity for robust oversight...
This issue of Indonesia daily economic update for January 9, 2018 contains economic highlights, including: the government raised IDR 13.0 trillion from Sharia denominated bond (Sukuk) auction today, with...
This issue of Indonesia daily economic update for January 8, 2018 contains economic highlights, including: Indonesia’s international reserves stood at United States dollars (USD) 130.20 billion at end-December...
Climate change is emerging as a potent driver of internal migration. In Sub-Saharan Africa, internal climate migrants can number over 85 million, representing up to four percent of the region’s total population....
The Kenya Accountable Devolution program (KADP) works with government at both county and national levels. The program addresses key capacity gaps to make devolution respond to citizens' needs through strengthened...
A growing number of low- and middle-income countries are investing in social safety nets to improve the lives and livelihoods of their poor and vulnerable residents. According to the World Bank (2015)...
Type: BriefReport#: 122588Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Maher, Barry Patrick ;
Poulter, Richard Andrew
In this Knowledge Brief, authors highlight the challenge transport costs (TCs) present towards youth getting a job and some potential solutions to overcome this challenge. We also share an in-depth example...
Type: BriefReport#: 146608Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Romero, Jose Manuel ;
Urquhart, Rob
Agriculture is central to emerging market economies. In Africa it accounts for as much as 65 percent of employment and 32 percent of output. Globally, two-thirds of the world’s poor - some 750 million...
Type: BriefReport#: 124214Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Grishin, Vadim Nikolaevich ;
Walton, Tom
The electricity sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is in the grip of an apparent paradox. Although the region is home to the world's largest oil and gas reserves and has been able to maintain...
Type: BriefReport#: 122842Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Bacon, Robert W. ;
Camos Daurella, Daniel ;
Estache, Antonio ;
Mahgoub Hamid, Mohamad Ibrahim Mahmoud
The coastal zone of Ghana is home to more than a quarter of the country’s population, and contributes as much as 80 percent of the country’s annual capture fish production. Coastal erosion and flooding...
Climate change is emerging as a potent driver of internal migration. In Latin America, internal climate migrants can number over 17 million, representing up to 2.6 percent of the region’s total population....
Correspondent banking relationships connect banks and people across borders and are critical to finance and trade. They are a vital link between emerging markets and the broader global economy. Yet efforts...
Type: BriefReport#: 123079Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Starnes, Susan K. ;
Volk, Ariane Tamara
The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) requested a Drought Impact and Needs Assessment (DINA) and subsequent Resilience and Recovery Framework (RRF) in August 2017 to identify the root causes of recurrent...
Quantifying the direction and magnitude of spillovers for small holders is an essential part of the policy dialogue surrounding large-scale agricultural investment. We use intertemporal variation in smallholders’...
Type: BriefReport#: 122901Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Ali, Daniel Ayalew ;
Deininger, Klaus W. ;
Harris, Anthony M.
The main sources of income in Demak, Indonesia, were traditionally based on rice cultivation and productive mangrove fisheries. In the 1960s, Demak’s economy was based mainly on dry land crops, coconut,...
This issue of Indonesia MTI Economic Note contains economic highlights, including: Indonesia’s economy expanded 5.2 percent yoy in Q4, faster than the 5.1 percent growth in Q3, bringing the 2017 annual...
The importance of addressing gender-based violence (GBV) in fragile, conflict, and violence (FCV) situations is increasingly recognized by countries and international humanitarian and development agencies....
Type: BriefReport#: 130969Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Al Tuwaijri, Sameera Maziad ;
Saadat, Seemeen
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