Community-driven programs in South Asia have traditionally used local facilitators to disseminate information and external best practices. However, the massive scale of these programs has made this strategy...
Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in East Asia has been moderating after a sharp rebound from the global crisis. The slowdown in growth since mid-2010, even though smaller than earlier projected...
East Asia has recovered from the economic and financial crisis. Largely thanks to China, the region's output, exports and employment have mostly returned to the levels before the crisis. Leading the global...
East Asia has recovered from the economic and financial crisis. Largely thanks to China, the region's output, exports and employment have mostly returned to the levels before the crisis. Leading the global...
This report presents lessons about conserving and protecting the marine and coastal resources. It is important to educate and build awareness in order to mobilize the community for environmental stewardship...
This note describes the career preferences of graduating medical and nursing students in Uttar Pradesh, with special reference to incentives offered for and work attributes of employment opportunities...
This note identifies some key areas for priority action in the current favorable contest for policy in the nursing sector in India. The present policy focus on increasing the number of nurses and nurse...
This note describes some of the problems found in recruiting new doctors to the government health care system, drawing on the recent experiences in three cases: the Central Health Service (CHS), the Uttar...
This note describes how health workforce estimates were calculated using data from the Census, National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) and Government sources and were triangulated to produce a set of...
Human resources are the largest component of health care delivery in India, often accounting for seventy percent of state government health expenditure. National policies and programs, like the National...
Many Community Driven Development (CDD) goals, such as increasing social capital and participation, are difficult to measure. It can therefore be challenging for task teams to demonstrate the benefits...
This study examines the challenges facing land rental markets in the Europe and Central Asia Region - to understand the patterns of land rental market development and constraints on further growth, and...
The report focuses on the rationale, financial instruments, and institutional requisites for effective public support for commercial innovation. The set of institutions and conditions in the various ECA...
This report presents the highlights of the findings and recommendations of the Joint Needs Assessment (JNA) team on the needs in the conflict-affected areas (CAA's) in Mindanao, Philippines. These are...
The note looks at the strategy of the Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF) in linking the roles of information, education, and communication (IEC), designed through a process known as "systematic client consultations"...
The note looks at the strategy of the Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF) in linking the roles of information, education, and communication (IEC), designed through a process known as "systematic client consultations"...
The note looks at the strategy of the Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF) in linking the roles of information, education, and communication (IEC), designed through a process known as "systematic client consultations"...
Ce travail se penche sur la stratégie du Fonds d’action sociale du Malawi (MASAF) pour relier les rôles de l’information, de l’éducation et des communications (IEC). Cette stratégie a été conçue au moyen...
The note looks at the role the Regional Initiatives Fund Project had in Bulgaria, which tested the social fund approach, as an institutional mechanisms to help the country protect incomes of the poor during...
One of the most striking elements of the Thailand Social Investment Fund (SIF), is its emphasis on social capital formation, and how it has catalyzed the voluntary response from Thai society, to help those...