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Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
World Bank - 2012
water and sanitation projects in India reported these benefits: less tension/conflict in homes and communities; community …Better hygiene and access to drinking water and sanitation will accelerate progress toward two millennium development … people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation". Meeting the latter goal will require …
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Workshop on Strengthening Disability Measurement across South Asian Countries
World Bank - 2012
This report comprises of eleven sessions: introduction; definition of disability - questions for discussion; new thinking on disability measurement; from census to surveys; policy dimensions of disability measurement - Brazil; good questions and bad questions; developing a matrix of functioning;...
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Microfinance in South Asia : Toward Financial Inclusion for the Poor
World Bank - 2006
of the twenty-first century reinforced this trend as the Bangladesh numbers continued to grow impressively; in India, a …
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Trade Policies in South Asia : An Overview, Volume 3. Some Key Sectors
World Bank - 2013
During the last decade, South Asia's five largest countries - India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal - have …
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Flood Risk Assessment for the Ganges Basin in South Asia
World Bank - 2016
The chapter wise synopsis of the report is as follows: chapter one: (present chapter) provides the reader with an overview of the project, its scope, and its objectives. It also provides the reader with an understanding of key concepts related to the project. Chapter two: describes exposure data...
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For Fifth Consecutive Year India Drove Private Activity in Infrastructure in South Asia to a New Peak in 2010
World Bank - 2012
In 2010, 102 infrastructure projects with private participation reached financial or contractual closing in 4 low- and middle-income countries in South Asia, involving investment commitments of US$47 billion. Infrastructure projects implemented in the 1990-2009 period attracted new investment of...
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South Asia Macro Poverty Outlook
World Bank - 2023
This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of the South Asia region. Macroeconomic indicators such as population, gross domestic product and gross domestic...
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World Development Report 2007 Development and the Next Generation
eSocialSciences; World Bank - 2008
The Report examines five pivotal phases of life that can help unleash the development of young people’s potential with the right government policies: learning, working, staying healthy, forming families, and exercising citizenship. Within each of these transitions, governments need not...
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Scaling Up Rural Sanitation and Hygiene in Indonesia
World Bank - 2016
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WASH Poor in a Water-Rich Country : A Diagnostic of Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo
World Bank - 2017
water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services is low, with particularly dramatic shortfalls among the poorest and rural …
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