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Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Burkina Faso
Cortez, Rafael; Bowser, Diana; Quinlan-Davisonson, Meaghen - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015
Today?s adolescents and youth face substantial physical, social, legal, and economic barriers to meeting their SRH potential. Key factors underlying these issues are a lack of adolescent SRH (ASRH) policies and access to accessible, affordable, and appropriate health services. The impact that...
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Guinea-Bissau; Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
This paper reports on the economic and financial reforms in Guinea-Bissau. After a long period of recession since the beginning of 2000 followed by a slight recovery in 2007, the economy of Guinea-Bissau has entered a new growth spurt in 2008. The budget deficit, which averaged 10 percent of GDP...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245121
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Youth Risk-Taking Behavior in Brazil: Drug Use and Teenage Pregnancies
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Verner, Dorte - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Using an extensive survey addressing risk factors faced by the population in the shantytowns of Fortaleza, Brazil, the aim of this paper is to study interactions among different types of risktaking behavior by youth, namely drug use and teenage pregnancy. We check the impact of factors such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763684
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The Gambia; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Annual Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Annual Progress Report focuses on The Gambia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). It provides information and analysis regarding the achievements and shortfalls experienced between July 2002 and December 2003 with respect to the poverty targets, priority public actions, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768540
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Socioeconomic Differences in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections
Yarger, Jennifer; Decker, Mara; Brindis, Claire; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015
greater risk of infection; An analysis of data from six countries namely, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Nepal, Niger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011171477
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Burundi; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This paper discusses the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Burundi. The PRSP comes two and a half years after the approval in January 2004 by the Executive Boards of the IMF and the World Bank of the Interim PRSP (I-PRSP). The PRSP is also the outgrowth of a long period of negotiations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242722
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The Gambia; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Annual Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
The paper presents the Annual Progress report on The Gambia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. This has enabled the government to substantially reduce the stock of domestic arrears that have been due to contractors, consultants, and suppliers and at the same time liquidate all loans owed...
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Republic of Mozambique; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
The Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) on the Republic of Mozambique review the country’s macroeconomic, structural, and social policies in support of growth and poverty reduction, and external financing needs and major sources of financing. It is essential to guarantee that...
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India’s ‘Missing Women’ and Men’s Sexual Risk Behavior
South, Scott; Trent, Katherine; Bose, Sunita - In: Population Research and Policy Review 31 (2012) 6, pp. 777-795
has examined the consequences of India’s sex ratio imbalance for young men’s sexual risk behavior and reproductive health … community female-to-male sex ratio at ages 10–39 on men’s likelihood of marrying early in life, of engaging in premarital, multi … with the likelihood that men marry prior to age 18 and inversely and significantly associated with the odds that men have …
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Reinterpreting the economics of extramarital affairs
Smith, Ian - In: Review of Economics of the Household 10 (2012) 3, pp. 319-343
agreement, especially for men. In a novel contribution, this study distinguishes between one off encounters, and irregular and …
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