Human capital is the combination of knowledge, skills and health that people accumulate throughout their lives, which … quality and availability of maternal and child health services more generally. Simply put, countries which invest heavily in …, the government of Malawi is implementing its ambitious Second Health Sector Strategic Plan (2017-2022) and an aligned …

Lao PDR has made notable progress in improving maternal health, with materanal mortality decreasing from 1,600 per 100 … addressed - the low utilization of maternal health (MH) services and weak financial protection, especially among the lower … wealth quintiles, in order to improve the level and equity of maternal health. In order to address these financial barriers …

, maternal, newborn and child health Services (RMNCHS) in Guinea-Bissau, to effectively improve their access and use by women and … children. Additionally, the research also explores aspects related to female genital cutting (FGC or FGM) and girls' access to … information on reproductive health. The demand barriers to improve access and coverage of quality of MCH services were previously …

history of the education sector in Latin America and the Caribbean region, leading to school closures at all levels and … of in-person education through remote learning, education is taking a serious hit and outcomes are plummeting in the … region. Learning poverty by the end of primary education could increase by more than 20 percent. Over 2 in 3 lower secondary …

Gross domestic product (GDP) growth in Nepal is estimated at 7.1 percent in FY2019, driven mainly by the service and …

capital crisis is a learning crisis, which is exacerbated by effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis on education service … inefficiencies in the education sector and promotes a renewed focus on learning. This Iraq education reform note proposes actionable … reforms for key education sector inputs to lead to better learning and skills development …

express concerns about the quality of the education provided and about the level and breadth of skills that children possess …Over the last decade, the Government of the Philippines has embarked on an ambitious education reform program to ensure … investment in the sector. As a result, access to basic education has increased, particularly for the poorest households, and the …

This engagement note provides education sector policymakers with an overview of the status of education across the six … education reform in the GCC region. While the Gulf countries are similar in many ways, each country has its own contextual … factors and socioeconomic dynamic that may affect the process of education reform. The insights offered build on the …