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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005129198
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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010932944
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Pakistan: Maternal and Reproductive Health at a Glance
El-Saharty, Sameh; Ohno, Naoko; Sarker, Intissar; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Pakistan remains one of the region's poorest performers against MDG targets. Progress toward education, gender, and … to maternal care by residence and wealth quintiles. Moreover fertility reduction has been slow at 3.3 in 2012 and … Delivery Standard for quality services; and improving maternal and child nutrition. Fertility reduction has been slow at 3.3 in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213930
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South Asia: Maternal and Reproductive Health at a Glance
El-Saharty, Sameh; Ohno, Naoko; Sarker, Intissar; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
The South Asia Region (SAR) includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. With over 1.6 billion people, it is the most densely populated region in the world. The populations vary from 400,000 in the Maldives to 1.2 billion in India. The economies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213932
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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
This study explored Pakistani (especially Punjabi) couples' dynamics during their decision processes on fertility … project were reanalyzed to assess the impact of FALAH male-directed interventions on fertility intentions and behavior. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213933
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Bangladesh: Maternal and Reproductive Health at a Glance
El-Saharty, Sameh; Ohno, Naoko; Sarker, Intissar; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
goal (MDG) targets in education, health, and poverty reduction. Gender equality and women's empowerment are important … determinants of reproductive health. While fertility and contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) are evenly distributed, wide gaps in … health; focusing interventions on high-fertility and high maternal mortality ratio (MMR) areas; addressing human resources …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213934
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Harnessing the Demographic Dividend in Bangladesh
El-Saharty, Sameh; Ahsan, Karar Zunaid; May, John F. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
continued pace of declining fertility especially if fertility declines for a period of time below the replacement level of about … 2.1 children per woman. Accelerating the decline in fertility could reduce population growth in absolute numbers by one …-twelfth by the mid-21st century. Declining fertility will hinge on the successful implementation of different health policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213935
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Maldives: Maternal and Reproductive Health at a Glance
El-Saharty, Sameh; Ohno, Naoko; Sarker, Intissar; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
fertility rate has declined to 2.3 in 2012. Contraceptive use has increased but high unmet need of 28.1 percent is of concern …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213936