The Report examines five pivotal phases of life that can help unleash the development of young people’s potential …

the month of birth and the health outcomes of young children in India. They find that children born during the monsoon …"The authors use data from three waves of the India National Family Health Survey to explore the relationship between … months have lower anthropometric scores compared with children born during the fall and winter months. The authors propose …

public spending on the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program, of which the major component is supplementary … an ICDS center, as do those with other development programs or community associations. The authors also find little …"Levels of child malnutrition in India fell only slowly during the 1990s, despite significant economic growth and large …

Since the launch of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at the Millennium Summit in New York in September 2000, the … MDGs have become the most widely-accepted yardstick of development efforts by governments, donors and NGOs. The MDGs are a … set of numerical and time-bound targets related to key achievements in human development. They include halving income …

health, social protection, education, and agriculture sectors. … annually, while more than 3 million cases of stunting among children under five will be averted. As it is unlikely that the …

countries, such as the Dominican Republic. This paper--a product of the Growth and Investment Team, Development Research Group …--is part of a larger effort in the group to investigate the political economy of development"--World Bank web site …