In 2012, the World Health Assembly set
the target of increasing the rate of exclusive breastfeeding
in the first six months to at least 50 percent (from 38
percent)...
Type: BriefReport#: 113618Date: March 1, 2017Author:
Walters,Dylan David ;
Eberwein, Julia Dayton ;
Sullivan, Lucy ;
D'Alimonte, Mary ;
Shekar,Meera
The World Bank Group’s engagement in
Turkey’s power sector, which began in the 1990s and
continues today, has helped to expand independent power
production and privatize...
Type: BriefReport#: 113247Date: March 1, 2017Author:
Mapila,Kopo Gary ;
Abdo,Hayat Abdulahi
The objectives of the Teresina Enhancing
Municipal Governance and Quality of Life Project, approved
in 2008, were to modernize and improve the financial, urban
environmental,...
Stunting is not only a failure to
achieve one's own genetic potential for height but is
also a predictor of many other developmental constraints,
including cognitive...
Type: BriefReport#: 113616Date: March 1, 2017Author:
Shekar,Meera ;
Kakietek,Jakub Jan ;
Eberwein, Julia Dayton ;
Akuoku,Jonathan Kweku ;
Pereira,Audrey Leslie ;
D'Alimonte, Mary
In this brief, the authors explore
whether lack of access to childcare is a constraint to
female labor force participation (LFP) in Indonesia, a
country where female...
Type: BriefReport#: 113927Date: March 1, 2017Author:
Halim,Daniel Zefanya ;
Johnson,Hillary C. ;
Perova,Elizaveta
Nicaragua is a multiethnic and
culturally diverse country according to the 2005 census,
which included the variable of indigenous or ethnic
identity. As a result, about...
Type: BriefReport#: 148575Date: March 1, 2017Author:
Galan,Maria Jose Mendoza ;
Gordillo-Tobar,Amparo Elena ;
Herrera,Emilce ;
Rodriguez,Evelyn
This paper uses the FINDEX and
administrative data toestimate the gender, ageand income
compositionof workers covered bya mandated pensionscheme in
a large numberof...
Type: BriefReport#: 113484Date: March 1, 2017Author:
Majoka,Zaineb ;
Palacios,Robert J.
Despite economic progress over the last
decade, disparities between women and men remain salient in
Armenia, especially in dimensions that are powerfully
influenced...
While unskilled immigrant workers have
relatively low formal human capital, theory suggests that
they can still contribute to productivity improvements by
helping to...
Type: BriefReport#: 113185Date: March 1, 2017Author:
Devadas,Sharmila
Business training is one of the most
common support services offered by governments to small
firms around the world. However, a number of evaluations of
such training...
Type: BriefReport#: 113198Date: March 1, 2017Author:
Mckenzie,David J. ;
Puerto, Susana
Significant strides have been made in
connecting the world’s low-income populations and micro and
small businesses to financial services. Yet, after decades,
there are...
Type: BriefReport#: 119215Date: March 1, 2017Author:
Moretto,Louise Marie ;
Scola Gahwiler,Barbara Bernadette Maria
In Kosovo, only 1 out of every 8 women
is formally employed, compared to 2 out of every 5 men. This
asymmetry is even more pronounced in rural areas, where the
combination...
Type: BriefReport#: 180813Date: February 13, 2017Author:
World Bank
The Government of Odisha (GoO) was
looking for ways to increase clean energy production as part
of its efforts to meet the State’s increasing energy
requirements. With...
The scale of the global education
challenge is staggering, even after a decade and a half of
historic and encouraging progress. About 75 million children
and adolescents...
Geohazards are the most common type of
natural hazards faced globally. Japan’s experience in road
geohazard risk management by addressing the challenges in an
integrated...
The private sector plays an important
role in emerging market countries with limited education
capacity by providing quality schooling at all levels, from
early childhood...
Type: BriefReport#: 113246Date: February 1, 2017Author:
Walton, Tom ;
Ragoussis,Alexandros ;
Benjamin,Matthew Kenneth ;
Matthees,Kevin
Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA) launched
its standards harmonization project in 2011 to help
businesses cut costs associated with the different standards
in force across...
Type: BriefReport#: 113169Date: February 1, 2017Author:
Nderitu, Elizabeth Murugi ;
Odongo, Mary
One of the most important instruments of
trade facilitation is the commodity nomenclature, which
provides a definition of all goods subject to foreign trade.
The correct...
Type: BriefReport#: 113168Date: February 1, 2017Author:
Aliev,Alijon ;
Konar-Leacy,Violane
Rwanda’s government and private sector
took a bold step towards achieving a critical reform agenda
with the design and implementationof a single window for
international...
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