• Basic profile of early childbirth in Uganda
    This brief has provided a basic profile of early childbirth in Uganda. Measures of early childbirth are high. The share of women ages 18-22 who had their first child...
    Type: Brief Report#: 106422 Date: March 1, 2016 Author: Male,Chata ; Wodon,Quentin T.
  • Basic profile of early childbirth in Indonesia
    This brief has provided a basic profile of early childbirth in Indonesia. Measures of early childbirth are moderate. The share of women ages 18-22 who had their first...
    Type: Brief Report#: 105929 Date: March 1, 2016 Author: Wodon,Quentin T. ; Male,Chata
  • Basic profile of early childbirth in the Democratic Republic of Congo
    Measures of early childbirth are high in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The share of women ages 18-22 who had a child before 18 is 25.6 percent and it has decreased...
    Type: Brief Report#: 105919 Date: March 1, 2016 Author: Male,Chata ; Wodon,Quentin T.
  • As good as the company they keep : improving farmers’ social networks
    Extension services have a history of being relatively expensive and not always effective. At the same time, studies show that informal social networks can be very beneficial...
    Type: Brief Report#: 103850 Date: March 1, 2016 Author: Leonard,Kenneth ; Vasilaky,Kathryn
  • Basic profile of child marriage in Malawi
    Measures of child marriage are high in Malawi. The share of women ages 18-22 who married as children is 45.9 percent. It has declined over time. The share of girls marrying...
    Type: Brief Report#: 106386 Date: March 1, 2016 Author: Male,Chata ; Wodon,Quentin T.
  • Basic profile of early childbirth in Mali
    Measures of early childbirth are high in Mali. The share of women aged 18-22 who had a child before 18 is 44.9 percent and it has increased over time. The share of girls...
    Type: Brief Report#: 106404 Date: March 1, 2016 Author: Male,Chata ; Wodon,Quentin T.
  • Tanzania agricultural sector risk assessment
    Despite Tanzania’s comparative advantage in the production of many crops (cashew nuts, coffee, cotton, tea, tobacco, maize, and rice, for example) and the relative abundance...
    Type: Brief Report#: 104092 Date: March 1, 2016 Author: Arce,Carlos Enrique ; Caballero-Ceruti,Jorge
  • Lessons learned from poverty mapping in the European Union
    The Poverty Mapping in the European Union (EU) project, an initiative of the World Bank and European Commission (EC) in cooperation with EU member states, has developed...
    Type: Brief Report#: 104007 Date: March 1, 2016
  • Pinpointing poverty in Hungary
    Rates of poverty and social exclusion vary widely across European Union (EU) member states, and there is also a high degree of variability in living standards within...
    Type: Brief Report#: 104010 Date: March 1, 2016
  • Senegal - Do hygiene and handwashing make for better brain development
    Poor hygiene is a particular problem when it comes to children because they are more susceptible to diarrhea and repeated or severe episodes can harm their health and...
    Type: Brief Report#: 104787 Date: March 1, 2016 Author: Marcus,Aliza ; Berman,Daphna
  • Armenia's Monthly Economic Developments
    This brief gives highlights and a brief summary of Armenia's Monthly Economic Developments. GDP growth slowed to 3.0 percent in 2015 in light of the weakening external...
    Type: Brief Report#: 180903 Date: February 29, 2016 Author: World Bank
  • Women’s First Potato Chips Enterprise Tastes Success in Bamyan Province
    An all-women enterprise in Bamyan Province is finding success in the potato chip business, supplying to schools as well providing employment to women. It is one of many...
    Type: Brief Report#: 179397 Date: February 23, 2016 Author: World Bank
  • Bringing Paved Roads to the Hinterland
    Extreme poverty is a predominantly rural phenomenon, and the poor quality of roads linking remote areas to market centers is one of its distinguishing features. The...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166415 Date: February 18, 2016
  • Native Forests: Fell Less to Live Better
    Approximately 11 percent of Argentine territory is covered in native forests, equivalent to some 31 million hectares. Of these, two thirds are found in the Chaco ecoregion....
    Type: Brief Report#: 179535 Date: February 18, 2016 Author: World Bank
  • Africa Far from Sustainable Energy for All, But Showing Signs of Progress
    This story highlights the Africa’s rate of electricity access rose from 32 percent in 2010 to 35 percent in 2012, but while 25 million people a year got access, electrification...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166659 Date: February 17, 2016
  • Water Management Improves Crop Quality in Bamyan Province
    Improved water management as a result of the construction of standardized irrigation canals is leading to better crop yield and quality in Bamyan Province. The project...
    Type: Brief Report#: 179360 Date: February 17, 2016 Author: World Bank
  • Pakistani Youth See Opportunity in a Globalized Economy
    This brief describes an interactive held at the Institute of Business Administration in Karachi between World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and more than 400 students...
    Type: Brief Report#: 179135 Date: February 10, 2016 Author: World Bank
  • West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program
    In Africa, agriculture accounts for employment and gross domestic product (GDP), but poverty remains high in rural areas where most of the population depends on agriculture...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166341 Date: February 10, 2016
  • West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program
    In Africa, agriculture accounts for employment and gross domestic product (GDP), but poverty remains high in rural areas where most of the population depends on agriculture...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166341 Date: February 10, 2016
  • Poverty and welfare in Sri Lanka : recent progress and remaining challenges
    The poverty assessment (PA) is a key instrument of the World Bank’s country engagement strategy. This is designed to assess the extent and causes of poverty in Sri Lanka...
    Type: Brief Report#: 103936 Date: February 5, 2016
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