Education is a basic condition for economic and social development. Working in conjunction with the National Primary … Education Commission, the World Bank supported consultations among teachers, parents, educational administrators, and community … leaders to develop a strong foundation for primary education in Nigeria. The innovative work documented in this publication …

Bangladesh spends only 2 percent of its GNP on education, compared to 3.2 percent in an average low-income country. Low … investment in education results in low literacy (only 35 percent), which in turn results in low productivity, low incomes, poor … health and, above all, high population growth. To counter these trends, Bangladesh has invested substantially in the …

educational attainment has been a prerequisite for the success of such a strategy. The current level of education development has … been low, and the development of primary education has stagnated and even declined in some countries since the early 1980s … demand for schooling and gives possible reasons for stagnation. …

Human exposure to lead represents a serious environmental health problem in many urban areas. Based on a review of … health and technical issues, th is report points out that the phase-out of lead from gasoline is a desirable policy measure …

This paper surveys health reform in the former Soviet countries of Central Asia. Reform efforts are evaluated in the … context of achieving the goals of improving people's health status, maintaining acces and equity, improving efficiency …

The health of Russian women has suffered during the economic crisis of recent years. Morbidity and mortality from … chronic and infectious diseases has increased. Women's reproductive health has been compromised by an increase in the … Group on Maternal and Child Health whose charge it was to review standards of maternity care and family planning. …