The contents of this newsletter focus on World Bank Group support, status of ongoing operations, and Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund. It has the following headings: news; World Bank group support;...
Afghanistan's biggest economic challenge is finding sustainable sources of growth. To date, the World Bank has committed more than $3.73 billion for development projects. The Bank-administered Afghanistan...
The contents of this newsletter focus on World Bank Group support, status of ongoing operations, and Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund. It has the following headings: news; World Bank group support;...
The low level of women’s economic participation in the region, including Bangladesh, is a critical constraint to growth. While labor force participation in Bangladesh has increased for women, an almost...
Agriculture generates one-third of Nepal`s GDP and employs nearly 70 percent of the population. Rural women have become increasingly engaged in agriculture over the past decade as many men left Nepal to...
This brief summarizes the women's inheritance rights and intergenerational transmission of resources in India for the period 1986-1994. The author use inheritance patterns over three generations of individuals...
A major obstacle to Pakistan's transformation into a dynamic, middle-income economy is underinvestment in its people, particularly women. The role of women in Pakistan is complex: in many social contexts...
Lighting Asia/India, part of IFC’s Lighting Global program, accelerates access to clean and affordable energy in rural India by promoting modern off-grid lighting products, home systems, and mini-grid...
Traditional financial institutions in many countries, have often failed to provide the needy with financial services to increase their income and reduce poverty. Hence, microcredit programs have been developed...
The report is organized into three chapters: chapter two looks at the pace and patterns of India's urbanization, providing a 100-year perspective on demographic shifts and a 20-year perspective on the...
Nepal is undergoing two momentous transformations-from a rural to an urbanizing economy and from a unitary to a federal state. This book aims at understanding the first of these two transitions: Nepal's...
Within the past decade Maldives moved from low- to middle-income status, introduced democracy, and was hailed as a Millennium Development Goal Plus country. Women face little discrimination in basic aspects...
Child labour constitutes an important obstacle to achieving universal primary education and other millennium development goals in Bangladesh. It not only harms the welfare of individual children, but also...
The current report as part of UCW project activities in Nepal. It provides an overview of the child labor phenomenon in the Kingdom - its extent and nature, its determinants, its consequences on health...
These notes outline a framework for the economic analysis of tax and public sector pricing reform in Bangladesh. The proposals put forward here lay down a general structure based on the application of...
The Afghanistan gender mainstreaming implementation note series disseminates the findings of sector work in progress and best practices to staff of the Government of Afghanistan (GoA), its implementing...
The Afghanistan gender mainstreaming implementation note series disseminates the findings of sector work in progress and best practices to staff of the Government of Afghanistan (GoA), its implementing...
The Afghanistan gender mainstreaming implementation note series disseminates the findings of sector work in progress and best practices to staff of the Government of Afghanistan (GoA), its implementing...
The women's movement in India progressed during the period of high nationalism and the freedom struggle, both of which shaped its contours. Among the movement's many achievements, the most significant...
A unique strategic opportunity beckons Bangladesh. Dhaka, the economic powerhouse of the country, stands on the cusp of a dramatic transformation that could make it much more prosperous and livable. Today...