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Understanding the impact of the economic crisis on child and maternal health among the poor : opportunities for South Asia

Abdul Cader, Azra; Perera, Lakwimashi - 2011

the poor and vulnerable. Addressing child and maternal health issues within the context of the economic crisis is one key … countries, child and maternal health-related indicators tend to be disturbing despite the rapid growth rates in many of these … maternal health and pre/post natal care remains poor. This paper presents an overview of child and maternal health in the South …

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The nutrition transition and the intra-household double burden of malnutrition in India

Dang, Archana; Meenakshi, J. V. - 2017

, even as childhood undernutrition remains a public health problem. These have important consequences for the design of … public health systems, especially in rural India. At the same time, the intra-household dual burden of malnutrition is also …

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Financial literacy and poverty reduction : the case of Indonesia

Askar, Media Wahyudi; Ouattara, Bazoumana; Zhang, Yin-Fang - 2020

Given its role in affecting financial behavior, financial literacy has received considerable attention from researchers and policy makers alike. This paper employs data from a nationally representative survey in Indonesia to investigate the impact of financial literacy on poverty, which is a...

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Regional monetary cooperation in Latin America

Ocampo Gaviria, José Antonio; Titelman Kardonsky, Daniel - 2012

Latin American has the longest history of regional integration efforts in the developing world. This paper analyzes the experience of regional monetary cooperation in Latin America over the past three decades. This experience has been overall successful but also uneven, both in terms of country...

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Climate change and poverty reduction : where does official development assistance money go?

Kalirajan, Kaliappa; Singh, Kanhaiya; Shandre Mugan … - 2011

There is an urgent need to mainstream the key challenges of climate change into sector and development planning and decision making processes to create sustainable long-term development. Mainstreaming is seen as making more efficient and effective use of financial and human resources. It is...

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Effective development aid : eelectivity, proliferation and fragmentation, and the growth impact of development assistance

Kihara, Takashi - 2012

, aid for health, or humanitarian emergency aid. While other major donors reduced the share of SIA in their total ODA in the …

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Tracking international aid projects for ocean conservation and climate action

Shiiba, Nagisa; Maekawa, Miko; Vegh, Tibor; Virdin, John - 2022

Ocean conservation and sustainable use cannot be pursued or achieved without consideration of the planetary impacts of climate change, and particularly the role of the oceans in both mitigation and adaptation. For this reason, the international community has increasingly committed to providing...

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Facilitate trade for development : aid for trade

Hynes, William; Lammersen, Frans - 2017

Understanding the impact of international trade on the use of water resources provides a set of interesting ideas and concepts to further strengthen the global sustainable development agenda. This paper investigates and devises the direct and indirect links between international trade and water...

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Trade, poverty eradication, and the sustainable development goals

Brambilla, Irene; Porto, Guido G. - 2016

This paper investigates if trade can help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of poverty eradication using microeconomic and macroeconomic mechanisms and the effects of trade and trade policy on consumer prices, producer prices, and wages. As these mechanisms affect the real...

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International remittances and poverty reduction : evidence from Asian developing countries

Yoshino, Naoyuki; Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad; Otsuka, Miyu - 2017

International remittances represent the second most important source of external funding for developing countries after foreign direct investment (FDI). This paper examines the impact of international remittances on poverty reduction using the panel data of 10 Asian developing countries. In...

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