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Kudo, Ines; Bazan, Jorge - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009

Based on analysis of reading performance data from 475 third-graders in Peru, this study makes recommendations on improving reading tests, choice of reading standards, and how to present the results at the school and individual levels. The paper reviews the literature on using reading skills...

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Costed Plan for Scaling Up Nutrition: Nigeria

Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2014

This paper estimates country-specific costs and benefits of scaling up key nutrition investments in Nigeria. Building on the methodology established in the global report scaling up nutrition: what will it cost? Authors first estimate the costs and benefits of a nationwide scale up of ten...

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Scaling Up Nutrition for a More Resilient Mali: Nutrition Diagnostics and Costed Plan for Scaling Up

Shekar, Meera; Mattern, Max; Eozenou, Patric; Eberwein, … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015

This paper builds on the global experience and Mali?s context to identify an effective nutrition approach as well as costs and benefits of key nutrition programs, as part of a resilience agenda after the crisis. It is intended to help guide the selection of the most cost-effective interventions...

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Nutrition in Bhutan: Situational Analysis and Policy Recommendations

Atwood, Stephen J; Nagpal, Somil; Mbuya, Nkosinathi V; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Yet two major indicators of significant undernutrition remain persistently … nutrition-specific determinants of undernutrition in Bhutan, among them diarrheal diseases, high parasite loads in parts of the …-specific recommendations because they are considered most feasible and would lead to immediate gains in reducing undernutrition gains that …

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