This study was jointly undertaken by the Climate Change and Health Promotion Unit of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh, and...
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Community programs and women's participation : the Chinese experience, conducted in 1993 in China. The study observed the...
Global climate change is predicted to adversely affect agriculture, which provides the principle source of income for the world’s poor populations. A large body of country-level studies have confirmed...
Scaling-up adoption of renewable energy technology-such as solar home systems (SHS)-to expand electricity access in developing countries can accelerate the transition to low-carbon economic development...
Scaling-up adoption of renewable energy technology, such as solar home systems, to expand electricity access in developing countries can accelerate the transition to low-carbon economic development. Using...
The main objective of this report is to strengthen understanding of climate-related risks and impacts in coastal megacities in developing countries using case studies of three cities that are different...
This study focuses on the human cost by analyzing the prevalence of diarrhea and acute respiratory infections (ARI), as well as under nutrition, in children under the age of three. Malaria, an important...
Extreme weather events are known to have serious consequences for human health and are predicted to increase in frequency as a result of climate change. Africa is one of the regions that risks being most...
Community-based natural resource management is an important strategy to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity and wildlife in Namibia. The authors examine the extent to which conservancies have been...
Empirical studies on health at a disaggregate level-by socioeconomic group or geographic location-can provide useful information for designing poverty-focused interventions. Using Demographic and Health...