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Policy and programmatic responses to undernutrition in Bangladesh : why coordinated multisectoral actions are needed -- How water and sanitation can improve nutrition outcomes -- Achievements in the water and sanitation sector -- Recommendations
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Economists often default to the assumption that cash is always preferable to an in-kind transfer. Do beneficiaries feel … prefer their payments only or partly in food. Higher food prices induce shifts in stated preferences towards in-kind …
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Inequality of opportunity : what it is, how it can be measured, and why it matters -- A human opportunity index for children -- Uses and policy applications of the human opportunity index -- Inequality of economic opportunity in seven Latin American countries -- Inequality of opportunity in...
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, the Government of Lao PDR introduced a national free maternal and child health (MCH) policy. Although there were …
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born to adolescent mothers. Analysis of issues such as infant and child mortality, malnutrition, incidence of illness …
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developmental gaps in the early years of a child's life do not narrow by themselves over time, are likely to be particularly severe … different times of a child's development. For example, interventions to promote infant and child health and to reduce … malnutrition are most effective in the 1,000-day window from pregnancy to a child's second birthday, and programs that enhance both …
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developmental gaps in the early years of a child's life do not narrow by themselves over time, are likely to be particularly severe … different times of a child's development. For example, interventions to promote infant and child health and to reduce … malnutrition are most effective in the 1,000-day window from pregnancy to a child's second birthday, and programs that enhance both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644564
Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, notes that we stand at a critical threshold for global health and development. Too many women and children are still dying because they lack access to quality health care, especially in the least developed countries. He talks about shifting focus...
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social and child protection policies and interventions in the Solomon Islands, along with regional and international …, child assessment, and environment; performance monitoring and assessment; and community partnerships. The government of the …
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analysis of early learningand child p, health, nutrition, and social rotection policies and interventions in Kiribati, along …; human resources; curriculum, child assessment, and environment; performance monitoring and assessment; and community …
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