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Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Child Marriage

World Bank - 2023

and social costs of child marriage with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Children Investment … school children. In 2022, the Empowering Women by Balancing the Law (EWBL) initiative of the Legal Vice Presidency of the …

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Tajikistan - Improving Statistics for Children's Births and Deaths

World Bank - 2012

The Government of Tajikistan has identified improving maternal and child health (MCH) as key priorities in its new Health Sector Strategy for 2010-2020. The Government recognizes that improving MCH outcomes is critical to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) for maternal and child...

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Exploring the Phenomenon of Missing Girls in the South Caucasus

World Bank - 2015

preference for sons, decline in fertility, prenatal sex detection technology, and shocks due to the dropping rates. Finally the …

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Zambia - Impact Assessment of the Fertilizer Support Program : Analysis of Effectiveness and Efficiency

World Bank - 2012

This research report examines the technical efficiency and impact of the Zambia Fertilizer Support Program (FSP). The FSP was launched by the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) in 2002 as a temporary measure to provide subsidized hybrid maize seed and fertilizer packages to smallholder...

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Mali - The Demographic Challenge

World Bank - 2012

, especially infant and child mortality, has decreased rapidly, fertility has remained high over the past decades, equaling 6 ….6 children per woman on average. As a result, the rate of demographic growth has increased significantly over the last decades … or rapid fertility decline scenarios. Chapter two is dedicated to the future implications of these demographic trends. It …

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Niger : Providing All Nigeriens with Food, Education and Health Car, A Demographic Perspective

World Bank - 2012

The analysis focuses on: (1) the study of population (development and impact on different sectors) and reproductive health issues, including the HIV/AIDS epidemic; (2) examination of institutional structures responsible for population and reproductive health issues; (3) the performance of the...

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Seeding Fertile Ground : Education that Works for Bangladesh

World Bank - 2014

Bangladesh is recognized globally for its achievements and potential, despite a number of difficult challenges. Given the sustained economic growth over the last three decades, Bangladesh is identified as one of the next eleven emerging economies in the world. The country is at a crossroads...

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Reproductive Health

World Bank - 2012

Reproductive health (RH) problems account for a significant part of the burden of disease suffered by poor people in developing countries. Poor women and men are more afflicted with RH problems and often lack access to minimal RH care even when average levels of RH in the country are good. Many...

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Argentina : Rural Reproductive Health (Misiones, Salta, and Santiago del Estero Provinces), Volume 2. Annexes

World Bank - 2013

This report presents the findings of an exploratory study conducted in poor areas of three provinces in northern Argentina (Misiones, Salta, and Santiago del Estero). The study comprised a random (cluster) sample of three hundred households of women in reproductive age with at least one child....

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West African Reproductive Health Commodity Security - Development of a Sub-Regional Coordinated Informed Buying System

World Bank - 2013

During the Fifth Ordinary Meeting of the ECOWAS Health Ministers, organized by the West African Health Organization (WAHO) in Accra, Ghana, in October 2004, the Ministers adopted a recommendation for WAHO to begin the implementation of an information sharing system that would enhance each...

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