This Stakeholder Engagement Plan sets out a holistic approach for involving stakeholders in the development, execution, and oversight of the forthcoming Action Plan for Combating Sexual Violence and Sexual...
The development objective of Southeastern Corridor Road Asset Management Project for Liberia aims to support the recipient’s efforts to enhance road connectivity for residents living along selected sections...
This report provides a systematic review of the evidence on HIV vulnerability and response in all fifty-three countries of the WHO European Region, stretching from Iceland to the borders of China. It focuses...
Conditional cash transfer programs are often used to encourage poor families to take young children for regular health check-ups and enroll them in school decision making. Can cash transfers successfully...
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Incentivizing safe sex : a randomized trial of conditional cash transfers for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually...
This study aimed to estimate the cost-effectiveness and returns on investments of HIV prevention programs implemented during 2006-2010 and to identify the optimal allocation of resources across combinations...
The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Regional HIV/AIDS Partnership Program (IRAPP) Support Project development objective (PDO) is to: (i) increase preventative action, and reduce misconception...
This press release announces that on the eve of a global AIDS summit in Vienna, the World Bank on July 18, 2010, released two new studies that show how young women and men in Malawi and Tanzania who were...
The development objective of the Multisectoral HIV/AIDS Project is to mitigate the negative impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the stabilization, recovery, and development of the Democratic Republic of...
Formal and informal commercial sex work is a way of life for many poor women in developing countries. Though sex workers have long been identified as crucial in affecting the spread of HIV/AIDS, particularly...
On April 26, 2007, the World Bank approved today a US250 million dollars credit to support India’s National AIDS Control Program (NACP) in its efforts to curb the spread and mitigate the impact of HIV...
South Asia's HIV epidemic is highly heterogeneous. As a result, informed, prioritized, and effective responses necessitate an understanding of the epidemic diversity between and within countries. Further...
This news release, dated July 12, 2005, announces the World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved an International Development Association (IDA) credit of United States (U.S.) 30 million dollars to...
This news release, dated June 30, 2005, announces the World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved an International Development Association (IDA) grant of United States (U.S.) 24 million dollars to...
This news release, dated March 31, 2004, announces the World Bank approved a 10 million dollars grant to Guyana to support human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome...