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Strengthening the Education Sector : Response to HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean
UNESCO - Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank
This report the findings and outcomes of the three joint UNESCO/World Bank missions to Guyana, Jamaica, and St. Lucia, and elaborates on next steps identified for action at both national and regional levels. The report also sets these findings and next steps within the broader context of the...
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Environmental Health and Child Survival : Epidemiology, Economics, Experiences
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank
This report complements Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development by looking at environmental health issues … that affect child health broadly, while also exploring the links through malnutrition. This report argues that … environmental health interventions are preventive measures that are imperative to improve child survival with sustainable results in …
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The Little Data Book on Africa 2006
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank
A pocket-sized reference on key development data for over 50 countries in Africa, this book provides profiles of each country with 54 development indicators about people, environment, economy, technology, infrastructure, trade and finance. A must have for anyone interested in today's development...
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New Insights into the Provision of Health Services in Indonesia : A Health Workforce Study
Rokx, Claudia; Giles, John; Satriawan, Elan; Marzoeki, Puti - Economics Research, World Bank Group
Indonesia has made improving the access to health workers, especially in rural areas, and improving the quality of … health provider's key priority areas of its next five-year development plan. Significant steps and policy changes were taken … to improve the distribution of the health workforce, in particular the contracted doctors program and later the …
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International Trade in Services : New Trends and Opportunities for Developing Countries
Cattaneo, Olivier; Engman, Michael; Sáez, Sebastián; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group
include the reduction of barriers to services trade across all sectors and the promotion of health- and environment …
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Capitalizing on the Demographic Transition : Tackling Noncommunicable Diseases in South Asia
Engelgau, Michael Maurice; El-Saharty, Sameh; Kudesia, … - Economics Research, World Bank Group
This book looks primarily at Cardio Vascular Disease (CVD) and tobacco use because they account for a disproportionate amount of the Non Communicable Disease (NCD) burden the focus is strategic rather than comprehensive. It considers both country and regional level approaches for tackling NCDs,...
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The World Bank Annual Report 2006
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank
Law and Justice and Public Administration; Transportation; and Health and Other Social Services. Non-lending Activities …
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The Little Data Book 2011
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank
The little data book 2011 is a pocket edition of world development indicators 2011. It is intended as a quick reference for users of the world development indicators database, book, and CD-ROM. The database, which covers more than 1,000 indicators and spans more than 50 years, is available at...
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The Little Green Data Book 2008
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank
dioxide emissions. As this focus shows, global warming can have negative effects on agriculture, health, infrastructure, and …
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The Global HIV Epidemics among Sex Workers
Kerrigan, Deanna; Wirtz, Andrea; Baral, Stefan; Decker, … - Economics Research, World Bank Group
Since the beginning of the epidemic sex workers have experienced a heightened burden of HIV across settings, despite their higher levels of HIV protective behaviors (UNAIDS, 2009). Unfairly, sex workers have often been framed as 'vectors of disease' and 'core transmitters' rather than workers...
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