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India : Unlocking Opportunities for Forest-Dependent People in India, Volume 2, Appendixes

World Bank - 2012

This study by the World Bank indicates that forests offer vast potential for poverty reduction and rural economic growth in India while also supporting critical national conservation goals. An estimated 275 million people in rural areas depend on forests for at least part of their livelihoods....

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Can maquila booms reduce poverty? : evidence from Honduras

De Hoyos, Rafael E. - 2008

"This paper identifies and estimates the strength of the reduction in poverty linked to improved opportunities for women in the expanding maquila sector. A simulation exercise shows that, at a given point in time, poverty in Honduras would have been 1.5 percentage points higher had the maquila...

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Gender Wage Gap in Thailand

World Bank - 2022

The gender wage gap in Thailand is much less significant than in most countries in the world. The average hourly wage among female workers, in fact, slightly surpasses that of males. This highly equitable gender wage pattern is seen at all levels of the wage distribution. Female representation...

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"...and then she died" : Indonesia Maternal Health Assessment

World Bank - 2012

Maternal health remains one of the top priorities of the Government of Indonesia (GoI) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) because reductions in maternal mortality have been slows. The current Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) for Indonesia is 228 but with existing programs and interventions the...

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Maternal Mortality

World Bank - 2012

Over 529,000 women die annually from complications during pregnancy, childbirth, or the postpartum period. Nearly all of these deaths occur in developing countries, where fertility rates are higher and a woman's life time risk of dying during pregnancy and childbirth is over 400 times higher...

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Maternal Health Out-of-Pocket Expenditure and Service Readiness in Lao PDR : Evidence for the National Free Maternal and Child Health Policy from a Household and Health Center Surv...

World Bank - 2014

Although Lao PDR has made notable progress in improving maternal and child health (MCH), attainment of the Millennium Development Goal 5 (MDG5) still remains a challenge. This is largely due to the barriers imposed by financial restrictions. In order to address these financial barriers, the...

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Maternal Health, Child Health and Nutrition in Lao PDR : Evidence from a Household Survey in Six Central and Southern Provinces

World Bank - 2014

Despite being on-track on the child- and maternal-health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Lao PDR continues to have some of the worst maternal and child health (MCH) and nutrition outcome indicators, both globally as well as in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. This report presents...

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How to Protect and Promote the Nutrition of Mothers and Children in Latin America and the Caribbean : Purpose of the Toolkit

World Bank - 2011

mothers and children in crises and emergencies. Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the most vulnerable regions in the … intensified nutritional needs, most notably pregnant and lactating mothers as well as children less than two years of age. Its … guidance on how to safeguard the nutritional status of mothers and children during times of stability, crisis, and emergency …

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Mali - Traditional Knowledge and the Reduction of Maternal and Infant Mortality

World Bank - 2012

Maternal and infant mortality remains very high in Mali, despite the technical, organizational and financial efforts made by the Ministry of Health and donors during the last ten years. The data available from the three EDS are eloquent in this respect: infant mortality, which was 108 (EDS I,...

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Behavioral Determinants of Handwashing with Soap Among Mothers and Caretakers : Emergent Learning from Senegal and Peru

World Bank - 2012

The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) has supported the Global Scaling up Handwashing Project in Peru, Senegal, Tanzania, and Vietnam. The project has tested whether innovative promotional approaches to behavior change can generate widespread and sustained improvements in household hygiene...

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