Documents et rapports

Pathways to Prosperity for Adolescent Girls in Africa : Executive Summary (anglais)

Africa, the world’s youngest region, is home to over 145 million adolescent girls aged 10–19 - more than one-fifth of the global total, a figure projected to rise to over one-third by 2050. This demographic...

World Bank Africa Gender Innovation Lab (GIL) : Call for Expressions of Interest: Jobs and Income for Women - Annex 1 Priority Questions (anglais)

Each Africa GIL impact evaluation aims to expand the evidence base on how best to close male-female gaps in earnings, productivity, assets, and agency across each of GIL’s six thematic areas: agriculture...

Guinea-Bissau - Human Capital Project (anglais)

The development objective of the Human Capital Project for Guinea-Bissau is to improve utilization of quality social services, particularly for children (0-10 years), pregnant women and adolescent girls...

Associer des Espaces Sûrs Avec des Mesures d’Accompagnement : Une Solution pour Maximiser les Effets sur l’Autonomisation des Adolescentes en Côte d’Ivoire (français)

This cluster-randomized trial in Côte d’Ivoire examined multi-sectoral approaches to improving adolescent girls’ empowerment (AGE). Safe spaces offering life skills and sexual and reproductive health (SRH)...

Sénégal - Projet Investir dans la Santé de la Mère de l’Enfant et de l’Adolescent (ISMEA) : Mission d'Appui à la Mise en Œuvre - du 30 Septembre au 7 Octobre 2024 (français)

Reducir el Embarazo Adolescente (espagnol)

A pesar de una tasa que ha ido disminuyendo lentamente (en comparación con otras regiones), América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) sigue teniendo la segunda tasa más alta de embarazo adolescente luego de África...

Guinea - Enhancing Health System Transformation (GUEST) Project (anglais)

The development objective of the Enhancing Health System Transformation (GUEST) Project for Guinea is to improve the utilization of quality reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, and adolescent health...

Therapy, Mental Health, and Human Capital Accumulation among Adolescents in Uganda (anglais)

Using a cluster-randomized trial, this paper evaluates the impact of group-based interpersonal therapy on mental health and human capital accumulation among adolescent girls in Uganda who were at risk...

Social Protection and Youth (anglais)

This paper provides a narrative review of social protection policies for youth (ages 15–24) in low- and middle-income countries; assesses the state of the evidence on their impacts; and provides recommendations...

Unleashing Aspirations While Ensuring Opportunities Could Help Reduce Teenage Pregnancy in Latin America and the Caribbean (anglais)

Teen pregnancies are common in Latin America and the Caribbean and pose risks for the mother and her future family. Though it has fallen, the region has the second highest teen pregnancy rate in the world...

Resumo da política - Educação entre pares e gravidez na adolescência no Brasil (portugais)

As taxas de gravidez na adolescência no Brasilestão entre as mais altas da América Latina. A taxaatual, de 68,4 casos para cada 1.000 adolescentesseapresenta-se acima da média mundial (de 46casos por 1.000...

Policy Brief - The Nerds, the Cool and the Central: Peer Education and Teen Pregnancy in Brazil (anglais)

Teenage pregnancy rates in Brazil are among thehighest in Latin America. The current rate of 68.4per 1,000 adolescents lies well above the worldaverage of 46 per 1,000 and is higher than the LatinAmerican...

Resumen de Políticas : Los Nerds, los Cool y Los Centrales - Educación Entre Pares y Embarazo Adolescente en Brasil (espagnol)

Las tasas de embarazo adolescente en Brasil se encuentran entre las más altas de América Latina. La tasa actual de 68,4 por cada 1,000 adolescentes se encuentra muy por encima de la media mundial de 46...

Empowering Adolescent Girls through Safe Spaces and Accompanying Measures in Côte d’Ivoire (anglais)

This study uses a cluster-randomized controlled trial to investigate the effects of a large-scale women and girls empowerment program on sexual and reproductive health and empowerment outcomes in Côte...

Levels and Trends Child Mortality - Report 2023 : Estimates Developed by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (anglais)

The Levels and Trends in Child Mortality Report is an annual report presenting the latest, most reliable data and estimates of stillbirths, all-cause child and adolescent mortality, and child and adolescent...

Investing in Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health in Uganda What Have We Learned, and Where Do We Go from Here? (anglais)

This compendium presents the results of a 3-year program instituted in Uganda to assess the status of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH) services and to propose recommendations...

Empowering Bangladesh’s Youth through Adolescent Health : Policy Brief (anglais)

Adolescence is a dynamic period of biological development and social change, and also a period when adolescent girls are at risk of school dropout, early marriage, pregnancy, and gender-based violence...

GIL Top Policy Lessons on Empowering Adolescent Girls (anglais)

Overlapping crises such as climate change, the ongoing recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, regional conflicts and rising global food insecurity exacerbate the inequalities faced by adolescent girls, making...

Mental Health among Adolescents and Young Adults in Latin America and the Caribbean: Indirect Costs of Mental Health Illness and the Economic Impact of Mitigation Policies (anglais)

This document analyzes the indirect costs of mental health for adolescents and young adults in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region and its potential impact in lowering human capital in the region...

Gender Disparities and Poverty - A Background Paper for the Togo Poverty and Gender Assessment 2022 (anglais)

Gender gaps in Togo cut across many dimensions. Inequality starts in childhood, when girls are disadvantaged in access to schooling because of prevalent social norms and gender roles. It continues into...