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  • Labor Force Experiences for Urban, Low-Income Pakistani Women (English)

    About 10 percent of urban Pakistani women from lower-income segments of the population with lower levels of schooling (primary or less) are in the labor force, compared to about one-third of such women...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 156139 Document Date: December 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Amir,Saman,Rahman,Noor,Pande,Rohini P.

  • Voices to Choices : Bangladesh's Journey in Women's Economic Empowerment (English)

    This book analyzes advances in women's economic engagement and empowerment in rural and urban Bangladesh. It concludes that despite notable improvement, women's economic choices and control remain limited...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 136461 Document Date: January 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Solotaroff, Jennifer L.,Kotikula,Aphichoke,Lonnberg,Anna Tara,Ali,Snigdha,Pande,Rohini P.,Jahan,Ferdous

  • Female labor force participation in Pakistan : what do we know (English)

    Pakistan's development road map "Vision 2025" sets an ambitious target of an increase in female labor force participation (FLFP) from its current level of 25 percent to 45 percent by 2025. Women's labor...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 127518 Document Date: February 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Amir,Saman,Kotikula,Aphichoke,Pande,Rohini P.,Bossavie,Laurent Loic Yves,Khadka,Upasana

  • Reaching the poor with health, nutrition, and population services : what works, what doesn't, and why : Llegar a los pobres : con salud, nutricion y servicios de poblacion - que funciona, que no y por que (Spanish)

    Health services can make an important contribution to improved health conditions among disadvantaged groups. Yet as the contents of this volume make clear, the health services supported by governments...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 34716 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gwatkin,Davidson R,Wagstaff, Adam,Yazbeck,Abdo S.,Qamruddin,Jumana N.,Waters,Hugh R.,Grabowsky, Mark,Farrell, Nick,Chimumbwa, John,Nobiya, Theresa,Wolkon, Adam,Selanikio, Joel,Montagu,Dominic,Prata, Ndola,Campbell, Martha M.,Walsh, Juli,Orero, Solomon,Thiede, Michael,Palmer, Natasha,Mbatsha, Sandi,Anwar, A.T.M. Iqbal,Killewo, Japhet,Chowdhury, Mahbub-E-Elahi,Dasgupta, Sushil Kanta,Schwartz,James Brad,Bhushan,Indu,Ranson,Michael Kent,Joshi, Palak,Shah, Mittal,Shaikh, Yasmin,Peters, David,Rao, Krishna,Ramana,Gandham N.V.,Malhotra,Anju,Mathur, Sanyukta,Pande,Rohini P.,Roca, Eva,Gasparini,Leonardo Carlos,Panadeiros, Monica,Barros, Aluisio J.D.,Victora,Cesar Gomes,Cesar, Juraci A.,Neumann, Nelson Arns,Bertoldi, Andrea D.,Valdivia Huaringa,Jose Martin

  • Development outreach 7 (2) : reaching the poor with health services (English)

    This development outreach newsletter includes some of the following headlines: special report: reaching the poor with health services. Vigilance, hope and hard work; by Abdo S. Yaazbeck and Davidson R...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 33717 Document Date: May 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bhushan,Indu,Bloom,Erik A.,Butera,Jean Damascene,Coady, David P.,Diop, Francois Pathe,Excobar, Maria Luisa,Filmer,Deon P.,Gwatkin,Davidson R,Ir, Por,Joshi, Palak,Koro,Emmanuel,Loevinsohn,Benjamin P.,Malhotra,Anju,Mathur, Sanyukta,Mcneil,Mary L.,Meessen,Bruno,Mponda, Hadji,Mshinda, Hassan,Nathan,Rose,Pande,Rohini P.,Ranson,Michael Kent,Rawlings,Laura B.,Roca, Eva,Schwartz,James Brad,Shah, Mittal,Shaikh,Alanna Yasmin,Yazbeck,Abdo S.

  • Reaching the poor with health, nutrition, and population services : what works, what doesn't, and why (English)

    Health services can make an important contribution to improved health conditions among disadvantaged groups. Yet as the contents of this volume make clear, the health services supported by governments...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 34716 Document Date: January 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gwatkin,Davidson R,Wagstaff, Adam,Yazbeck,Abdo S.,Qamruddin,Jumana N.,Waters,Hugh R.,Grabowsky, Mark,Farrell, Nick,Chimumbwa, John,Nobiya, Theresa,Wolkon, Adam,Selanikio, Joel,Montagu,Dominic,Prata, Ndola,Campbell, Martha M.,Walsh, Juli,Orero, Solomon,Thiede, Michael,Palmer, Natasha,Mbatsha, Sandi,Anwar, A.T.M. Iqbal,Killewo, Japhet,Chowdhury, Mahbub-E-Elahi,Dasgupta, Sushil Kanta,Schwartz,James Brad,Bhushan,Indu,Ranson,Michael Kent,Joshi, Palak,Shah, Mittal,Shaikh, Yasmin,Peters, David,Rao, Krishna,Ramana,Gandham N.V.,Malhotra,Anju,Mathur, Sanyukta,Pande,Rohini P.,Roca, Eva,Gasparini,Leonardo Carlos,Panadeiros, Monica,Barros, Aluisio J.D.,Victora,Cesar Gomes,Cesar, Juraci A.,Neumann, Nelson Arns,Bertoldi, Andrea D.,Valdivia Huaringa,Jose Martin

  • Socio-economic differences in health, nutrition, and population in Uzbekistan (English)

    The figures presented in this paper describe the health, nutrition, and population (hnp) status and service use among individuals belonging to different socio-economic classes in Uzbekistan. These figures...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 30551 Document Date: May 1, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gwatkin,Davidson R,Johnson,Kiersten Blair,Pande,Rohini P.,Rustein, Shea,Wagstaff, Adam

  • Socio-economic differences in health, nutrition, and population in Viet Nam (English)

    The publication is one of a series covering forty-four countries, commissioned by the Bank's HNP and Poverty Thematic Group, and, the figures presented in this publication describe the health, nutrition...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 30547 Document Date: May 1, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gwatkin,Davidson R,Johnson,Kiersten Blair,Pande,Rohini P.,Rustin, Shea,Wagstaff, Adam

  • India : Socio-Economic differences in health, nutrition, and population (English)

    The figures presented in this publication describe the health, nutrition, and population (HNP) status, and service use among individuals belonging to different socio-economic classes. The figures are intended...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 30544 Document Date: May 1, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gwatkin,Davidson R,Rustein, Shea,Johnson,Kiersten Blair,Pande,Rohini P.,Wagstaff, Adam

  • Socio-economic differences in health, nutrition, and population in Malawi (English)

    The figures presented in this paper describe the health, nutrition, and population (hnp) status and service use among individuals belonging to different socio-economic classes in Malawi. These figures...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 30576 Document Date: May 1, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gwatkin,Davidson R,Johnson,Kiersten Blair,Pande,Rohini P.,Rustein, Shea,Wagstaff, Adam

  • Socio-economic differences in health, nutrition, and population in Colombia (English)

    The figures presented in this paper describe the health, nutrition, and population (hnp) status and service use among individuals belonging to different socio-economic classes in Colombia. These figures...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 30554 Document Date: May 1, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gwatkin,Davidson R,Johnson,Kiersten Blair,Pande,Rohini P.,Rustein, Shea,Wagstaff, Adam

  • Socio-economic differences in health, nutrition, and population in Brazil (English)

    The figures presented in this paper describe the health, nutrition, and population (hnp) status and service use among individuals belonging to different socio-economic classes in Brazil. These figures...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 30553 Document Date: May 1, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gwatkin,Davidson R,Johnson,Kiersten Blair,Pande,Rohini P.,Rustein, Shea,Wagstaff, Adam