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infrastructure services. In this paper, we use Demographic and Health Surveys from a larger sample of sub-Saharan African countries … community to progressively increase access to modern infrastructure services in Africa. "--World Bank web site …"Household surveys have long been used to estimate poverty and inequality trends, as well as trends in education and …
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"The paper's objective is to explain factors underlying Africa's weak infrastructure endowment and to identify suitable … assumed that Africa's infrastructure deficit is largely a reflection of its relatively low income levels, the authors find …, have the poorest infrastructure endowments. At the outset of the data series, Africa was doing significantly better than …
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"The goal of the paper is to provide a comprehensive assessment of the impact of infrastructure development on growth … development of the African leader (Mauritius) is 1.1 percent of GDP per year in North Africa and 2.3 percent in Sub-Saharan Africa …, with most of the contribution coming from more, rather than better, infrastructure. Across Africa, infrastructure …
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for digital infrastructure across the continent. Through a comprehensive comparative analysis of legislative, tax, and … Africa …
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This technical background paper delves into the role and importance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) within Africa … selected SOEs, the analysis focuses on the presence of SOEs and the competitive landscape within digital infrastructure, mobile …
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communities. In both cases, the transfers were designed to encourage families to meet basic health and education indicators … meeting the previous year's health and education targets. In this way, the program takes aspects of conditional cash transfer …Indonesia, like many middle income countries, has difficulty providing universal access to education and adequate …
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School health and nutirion programs can contribue to achieving the goals of the Education for All initiative (EFA) by … helping children enroll on time, complete their education, and realize their cognitive potential. Achieving these goals … depends on reaching the children most in need. One strong feature of school health and nutrition programs is that they benefit …
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the health and education Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Central Asia. The framework focuses on the service … groups. The framework is illustrated with case studies on health and education in the Kyrgyz Republic. As the cases studies … do not aim to present new analysis of the technical issues in the health and education sectors in the Kyrgyz Republic …
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