This paper investigates the interplay between structural and behavioral barriers that discourage pregnant women from accessing institutional care in Haiti, where despite some improvements in the past decades...
Child workers constitute a significant share of the Myanmar labor force, which has translated into an unprotected child labor market. Given the prevalence of issues surrounding school enrollment and dropout...
Haiti has the highest maternal mortality rates (MMR) in the Latin America and Caribbean region, and low rates of institutional care contribute to high MMR. Although both structural and behavioral barriers...
Myanmar's economy is expected to suffer greatly from Coronavirus (COVID-19) with the gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate expected to fall to 0.5 percent in fiscal year 2019-2020. The pandemic and...
This report aims to provide more evidence on the linkages between forest uses and poverty in Armenia with a focus on fuelwood. The report aims to answer the following three questions: what are the patterns...
Nested in a bay, the Cap-Haïtien, Haiti second largest city, is home to a large river basin characterized by rapid and uncontrolled urbanization and fears devastating floods during the rainy season. In...
Forests can contribute significantly to the livelihoods of households living in their vicinity. But strong measurement of forest income is still at its early stage. And there is very little assessment...
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Given the high exposure in Haiti to natural hazards, ensuring that proper disaster preparedness and response mechanisms are well established and managed can save lives. Systems such as Municipal Civil...
Secure property rights are widely understood as critical for socio-economic development and sustainable land management in forested areas. Policies and programs, ranging from devolution of specific resource...
The report is presented as follows. The following section two presents the importance of having data on poverty in forests. Section three explains Forest-SWIFT methodology while section four describes...
The relationship between forest dependence and welfare remains partially explored, partially due to a lack of data. Data collection of household consumption and poverty correlates has been constrained...
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Haiti has the highest maternal and neo-natal mortality rates in the Latin America and Caribbean region. Low rates of prenatal and postnatal care, and institutional births, contribute to high levels of...
Haiti has the highest maternal and neo-natal mortality rates in the Latin America and Caribbean region. Low rates of prenatal and postnatal care, and institutional births, contribute to high levels of...
Poverty estimates are essential to track the progress or impact of programs and policies that target poverty itself. However, while forest areas are home to the poor, very little is known about poverty...
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The Haiti water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) Poverty Diagnostic seeks to inform how to maximize the socioeconomic impact of the scarce fiscal resources channeled to the sector. The study assesses...