Zimbabwe, a landlocked African country, is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The primary sectors crucial for economic growth, outlined in its initial Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)...
This country case study provides a review of primary health care (PHC)-centered integrated care systems for older adults in Mongolia and highlights lessons learned and challenges faced in care delivery...
Recently accepted into the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Colombia is an upper-middle-income country experiencing both demographic and epidemiological transitions that are...
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that, as of 2011, about 15 percent of the global population suffered from disabilities (WHO 2011). Although more recent estimates are not available, the evidence...
Compared to other regions, Africa’s population is considerably younger. Within Africa, the number of older people is projected to increase at a similarly rapid pace across all subregions from 2022 to 2050...
Through proactive and visionary leadership, Abu Dhabi was able to use the COVID-19 crisis to accelerate the introduction and adoption of digital health tools to protect the health of at-risk populations...
Bangladesh is home to one of the largest populations of older adults in the world.Driven by increasing life expectancy at birth, this population is increasing. By 2040,one in five Bangladeshis will be...
Social accountability is an approach that relies on citizens directly or indirectly participating in demanding accountability from service providers and public officials. It aims at strengthening the voice...
Social accountability (SA) refers to the extent and capability of citizens to hold the state accountable and make it responsive to their needs. Although its importance for better governance and reducing...
This working paper includes the following headings: the devastating effects of micronutrient deficiency; Procter and Gamble (P&G): an early innovator in nutritional products; Choco milk and the 'lock and...
This working paper includes the following headings: the devastating effects of micronutrient deficiency; Procter and Gamble (P&G): an early innovator in nutritional products; Choco milk and the 'lock and...
Technology is one of the primary determinants of the competitiveness of manufacturing firms. Since practically all the technologies in use are imported from the developed countries and their application...
This case study is one of six evaluations of the implementation of the World Bank's 1991 Forest Strategy. This and the other cases (Cameroon, China, Costa Rica, India, and Indonesia) complement a review...
In May 2007, Helen Keller International (HKI) announced a new $2.7 million multi-partner public-private initiative to produce vitamin A-fortified cooking oil (oil) in eight countries in West Africa. These...
Iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) could be overcome by eating red meat, consuming iron pills or dietary supplements including iron, or by fortifying foods with iron. All of these approaches...
It was early November 2007, and Anurada Narasimhan, Britannia's category manager, headed down the hall to meet with Neeraj Chandra, vice president of marketing, sales, and innovation, and PP Roy, head...
According to UNICEF in 2005, malnutrition caused approximately 50 percent of child deaths worldwide, making the United Nation's (UN's) millennium development goal to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger...
According to UNICEF in 2005, malnutrition caused approximately 50 percent of child deaths worldwide, making the United Nation's (UN's) millennium development goal to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger...
The identification of agricultural microfinance as a significant remaining challenge to financial sectors that serve the majority of the poor spurred CGAP to undertake an analysis of current practices...
The Cooperative League of the USA (CLUSA) launched its Rural Group Enterprise Development Program in Mozambique in the mid-1990s, when the country was still overcoming armed conflict and settling into...