Nutrition

COVID-19 and Nigeria’s human capital crisis

Nigeria’s ambitious poverty-reduction targets hinge on developing human capital. Many of the drivers of poverty are considered in detail in a new report, “A Better Future for All Nigerians:…

Jonathan Lain, Tara Vishwanath|
Education, Health, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Nutrition, Poverty

Policy Research Working Paper series publication roundup for June 16-June 30, 2022

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group that were published in the World Bank’s Policy Research Working Paper Series. It introduces five…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team|
Agriculture and Food, Climate Change, Education, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Health, Jobs & Development, Nutrition, Regional Integration, Social Protection, Social Sustainability and Inclusion, Water

Master plan for Universal Health Coverage in Bangsamoro

As the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) moves towards full autonomy in 2025 it needs to continue prioritizing health sector reform.

Maria Vida Gomez, Sutayut Osornprasop|
Health, Nutrition

How to apply a behavioral lens to increase women’s economic opportunity

While recent decades have seen a narrowing of gender gaps, more innovative approaches are needed to tackle persistent challenges. This World Bank policy note helps to motivate and guide policy…

Christopher Walsh, Ana Maria Rojas Méndez, Abigail Dalton|
Education, Gender, Health, Jobs & Development, Nutrition, Social Protection, Social Sustainability and Inclusion

Six charts to understand Chad’s food security crisis

While Chad, a net oil exporter since 2003, saw its GDP per capita double between 1995 and 2014, since then, it has lost about one-fourth of its GDP per capita. A sharp decline in oil prices,…

Fulbert Tchana Tchana, Claudia Noumedem Temgoua, Aboudrahyme Savadogo, Landry Kuate Fotue|
Agriculture and Food, Nutrition, Poverty
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