Measures of child marriage are high in
Nepal. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children
is 38.5 percent, but it has declined substantially over
time. The...
Type: BriefReport#: 106409Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Male,Chata ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
A recent overview of World Bank social
safety net programs and gender highlighted the need for
greater consideration of intra-household dynamics in the
design of social...
Type: BriefReport#: 103851Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Guilbert,Nathalie Marie ;
Pierotti,Rachael Susan
The European Commission (EC) and the
World Bank, in cooperation with individual Europen Union
(EU) member states, have developed a set of high-resolution
poverty maps....
This brief has provided a basic profile
of early childbirth in Egypt. Measures of early childbirth
are high. The share of women aged 18-22 who had their first
child...
Type: BriefReport#: 105921Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Wodon,Quentin T. ;
Male,Chata
The European Commission (EC) and the
World Bank, in cooperation with individual European Union
(EU) member states, have developed a set of high-resolution
poverty maps....
Primary school education is a basic
building block for children’s development, preparing them
for success later in life. But in many countries, poor
children often don’t...
Type: BriefReport#: 105178Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Marcus,Aliza
Digital Social Payments (DSPs) offer a
variety of potential benefits over traditional cash,
voucher, or in-kind methods. Proponents most often cite
increased efficiency,...
Type: BriefReport#: 106038Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Zimmerman,Jamie Melissa ;
Baur-Yazbeck,Silvia
The evidence on demand for
sharia-compliant financial services is mixed. On the one
hand, IFC-funded studies showed relatively high demand,
while results from Findex...
Type: BriefReport#: 106037Date: March 1, 2016Author:
El-Zoghbi,Mayada ;
Karlan,Dean S. ;
Osman,Adam Mohamed ;
Shammout,Nour Musallam
Measures of child marriage are high in
the Republic of Congo. The share of women ages 18-22 who
married as children is 34.0 percent, and it has decreased
only slightly...
Type: BriefReport#: 105914Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Male,Chata ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
Infrastructure assets are characterized
by large irreversible investments with a long lifespan and
limited alternative uses. In a typical infrastructure
planning and...
Type: BriefReport#: 133975Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Sundararajan,Satheesh Kumar ;
Suriyagoda,Nuwan
This brief has provided a basic profile
of early childbirth in Bangladesh. Measures of early
childbirth are high. The share of women ages 18-22 who had
their first child...
Type: BriefReport#: 105909Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Wodon,Quentin T. ;
Male,Chata
Measures of child marriage are high in
the Dominican Republic. The share of women ages 18-22 who
married as children is 34.6 percent and it has not decreased
substantially...
Type: BriefReport#: 105916Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Male,Chata ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
Measures of early childbirth are high in
the Dominican Republic. The share of women ages 18-22 who
had a child before 18 is 20.4 percent and it has not
decreased much...
Type: BriefReport#: 105917Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Male,Chata ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
This brief has provided a basic profile
of child marriage in Ethiopia. Measures of child marriage
remain high. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as
children...
Type: BriefReport#: 105922Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Malé,Chata ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
This brief has provided a basic profile
of early childbirth in Ghana. The key messages are mentioned
: Measures of early childbirth are substantial in Ghana. The
share...
Type: BriefReport#: 105925Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Wodon,Quentin T. ;
Male,Chata
Measures of early childbirth are high in
Malawi. The share of women ages 18-22 who had a child before
18 is 31.7 percent. It has decreased over time, but not very
rapidly....
Type: BriefReport#: 106402Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Male,Chata ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
This note looks at a series of
interventions undertaken by the government of Kenya, with
support from the World Bank and other development partners,
to improve access...
Type: BriefReport#: 104502Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Advani,Rajesh K.
The state of Madhya Pradesh lags behind
the country in key health and nutrition indicators. While
the India average for percentage of underweight children is
47, in...
Korea Issue no. 10: Since the late 1970s
and the introduction of modern information technology (IT)
in the justice sector, the development and implementation of
IT solutions...
Type: BriefReport#: 104144Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Gramckow,Heike P. ;
Ebeid,Omniah
This brief has provided a basic profile
of early childbirth in Senegal. Measures of early childbirth
are high. The share of women ages 18-22 who had their first
child...
Type: BriefReport#: 106420Date: March 1, 2016Author:
Male,Chata ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
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