development goal (MDG) on poverty reduction; however, gender inequality still persists. Maternal mortality rate is 190 deaths per … inequities; and improving nutrition. …

about their fertility intentions and practices due to the financial challenges of raising large families. This concern has …

Over the past 30 years, Bangladesh has achieved significant economic and human development progress, and demonstrated … reproductive health services through community clinics need to remain at the forefront of the government?s health improvement …

This paper estimates country-specific costs and benefits of scaling up key nutrition investments in Nigeria. Building … on the methodology established in the global report scaling up nutrition: what will it cost? Authors first estimate the … costs and benefits of a nationwide scale up of ten effective nutrition-specific interventions. This will require an annual …

Maldives, a middle income country, is on track to meet most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), while gender … gap requires attention. Maldives has made great progress in improving maternal health and has achieved MDG. The total …

This Annual Progress Report reviews the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper and Economic and Social Plan for 2007 for …

spending, the government intends to reduce the relative weight of the wage bill, manage the public debt efficiently, and … rationalize government outlays. Reforms are under way, with World Bank support aimed at more efficient handling of the public debt …