Documents et rapports

As time goes by in Argentina : economic opportunities and challenges of the demographic transition (anglais)

The process of demographic transition through which Argentina is passing is a window of both opportunities and challenges in economic and social terms. Argentina is still a young country in which the working-age...

Development goals in an era of demographic change (anglais)

Chapter one examines the progress made on sustainable poverty reduction and shared prosperity, as well as the policies that are needed to make further progress. With 2015 being a watershed year for global...

As time goes by : economic opportunities and challenges of the demographic transition in Argentina : Los años no vienen solos : oportunidades y desafios economicos de la transicion demografica en Argentina (espagnol)

This study aims to provide an overview of past and future population dynamics, analyzing their impact on social and economic development of Argentina. It tries to identify the opportunities and challenges...

Improving child nutrition outcomes in India : can the integrated child development services program be more effective? (anglais)

This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Improving child nutrition outcomes in India : can the integrated child development services (ICDS) program be more effective?...

Twenty years of health system reform in Brazil : an assessment of the sistema unico de saude (anglais)

It has been more than 20 years since Brazil's 1988 Constitution formally established the Unified Health System (Sistema Unico de Saude, SUS). Building on reforms that started in the 1980s, the SUS represented...

Growing old in an older Brazil : implications of population aging on growth, poverty, public finance, and service delivery (anglais)

This chapter introduces the main issues associated with population aging, many of which will be investigated in detail throughout the volume. The next section describes the demographic transformation that...

Brazil - Fiscal Sustainability, Human Development and Competitiveness DPL : P117244 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 02 (anglais)

Brazil - Quarterly knowledge report (anglais)

This Brazil quarterly knowledge report newsletter includes some of the following headings: Brazil's ,missing middle by Makhtar Diop; becoming old in an older brazil by Michele Gragnolati; Brazil's hour...

Enhancing efficiency and equity : challenges and reform opportunities facing health and pension systems in the Western Balkans (anglais)

This collection of papers explores the major challenges to the sustainability of health and pension system financing in the countries of the Western Balkans - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former...

The impoverishing effect of adverse health events : evidence from the western Balkans (anglais)

This paper investigates the extent to which the health systems of the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and Kosovo) have succeeded in providing financial protection...

Sustainability of healthcare financing in the Western Balkans : an overview of progress and challenges (anglais)

This paper explores the major challenges to the sustainability of health sector financing in the countries of the Western Balkans - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...

Malnutrition and Poverty in Guatemala (anglais)

The objective of this paper is to document the presence and distribution of child and adult malnutrition in Guatemala, to analyze the relationship between selected child, maternal, household and community...

India's undernourished children : a call for reform and action (anglais)

The prevalence of child undernutrition in India is among the highest in the world; nearly double that of Sub-Saharan Africa, with dire consequences for morbidity, mortality, productivity and economic growth...

Health and poverty in Guatemala (anglais)

Unlike many other countries in Latin America, Guatemala is only at the beginning of the demographic and epidemiological transition. The population is young, is growing rapidly, and is still primarily rural...

Nonlinear effects of altitude on child growth in Peru : a multilevel analysis (anglais)

Growth at high altitude has been the object of many investigations after experimental studies on animals showed that hypoxia at high altitude slows growth. Many studies have also looked at the Andean populations...

India's undernourished children: a call for reform and action (anglais)

This paper explores the dimensions of child undernutrition in India, and examines the effectiveness of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program in addressing it. The paper finds that although...

Improving child nutrition outcomes in India : can the integrated child development services be more effective? (anglais)

Levels of child malnutrition in India fell only slowly during the 1990s, despite significant economic growth and large public spending on the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program, of which...

The social impact of financial crisis in East Asia - evidence from the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand (anglais)

The study focuses on the social impact, as suffered in three Asian countries - Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand - following the 1997 financial crisis, seemingly a much less homogeneous, and universal...

Children's growth and poverty in rural Guatemala (anglais)

The author investigates the extent and determinants of poor child health and nutrition in rural Guatemala, as reflected in attained height. Exploiting a rich data set on relevant social, economic, ethnic...