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Wealth: Crucial but Not Sufficient Evidence from Pakistan on Economic Growth, Child Labor, and Schooling

Hou, Xiaohui - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009

The relationship between wealth and child labor has been widely examined. This paper uses three rounds of time-series, cross-sectional data to examine the relationship between wealth and child labor and schooling. The paper finds that wealth is crucial in determining a child's activities, but...

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Month of Birth and Children's Health in India

Lokshin, Lokshin , Michael; Radyakin, Sergiy - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009

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

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Political Institutions and Human Development Does Democracy Fulfill its 'Constructive' and 'Instrumental' Role?

Vollmer, Sebastian; Ziegler, Maria - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009

Institutions are a major field of interest in the study of development processes. The authors contribute to this discussion concentrating our research on political institutions and their effect on the non-income dimensions of human development. First, they elaborate a theoretical argument why...

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Achieving MDGs 4&5: China's Progress on Maternal and Child Health

Cortez, Rafael; Saadat, Seemeen; Sarker, Intissar; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

China has made great progress in improving maternal and child health (MCH). It reduced maternal deaths from 1,500 per 100,000 live births and over 200 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 1949 to 120 per 100,000 live births and infant deaths to 42 per 1,000 by 1990. Currently China is on track...

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Achieving MDGs 4&5: Nepal's Progress on Maternal and Child Health

Saadat, Seemeen; Cortez, Rafael; Voetberg, Albertus; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

Nepal has achieved its targets for MDGs 4 and 5a. Maternal mortality declined from 790 to an estimated 190 deaths per 100,000 live births between 1990 and 2013 an impressive 76 percent decline. Under-five mortality showed a similarly impressive decline going from 142 to 42 deaths per 1,000...

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Achieving MDGs 4&5: Egypt's Progress on Maternal and Child Health

Sarker, Intissar; Saadat, Seemeen; Cortez, Rafael; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

Egypt is a lower-middle-income country with a GNI per capita (PPP) of US$ 5,654 in 2012. Since the Arab Spring, Egypt?s economic growth has slowed to 0.6 percent in 2012. Half of Egypt?s 82.54 million people live in rural areas. Poverty is concentrated in Upper Egypt (the southern region). As of...

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Family Planning: The Hidden Need of Married Adolescents in Nepal

Aguilar, Ana Milena; Cortez, Rafael - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015

In Nepal, both early marriage and motherhood still place adolescents and their children at a great disadvantage. In … surveys (NDHS 2006-2011). Given that early childbearing in Nepal still occurs primarily within marriage, the brief addresses …

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Involving Men in Reproductive and Fertility Issues: Insights from Punjab

Kamran, Iram; Khan, Mumraiz; Tasneem, Zeba - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

' dynamics during their decision processes on fertility intentions and practices, along with community perceptions of male … about their fertility intentions and practices due to the financial challenges of raising large families. This concern has …

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Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health Policy Harmonization in Bangladesh

El-Saharty, Sameh; Ahsan, Karar Zunaid; May, John F. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

impressive policy as well as programmatic commitment to lowering the fertility level. However, its future socioeconomic prospects … may be hampered by its population growth rate, depending on how quickly the fertility rates decline and at which point … a laissez faire projection scenario and 201.3 million under an accelerated fertility transition (AFT) scenario. This …

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Health Financing in Vanuatu : Challenges and Options

Anderson, Ian - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

Population growth, an unfinished agenda of communicable diseases and maternal health and nutrition, and the rapid rise of Non-communicable diseases are putting increasing strain on not just the Ministry of Health budget, but also the broader financial position of the government as a whole. These...

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