A comprehensive analysis of poverty in India
This paper offers a comprehensive analysis of poverty in India. It shows that no matter which of the two official poverty lines is used, poverty has declined steadily in all states and for all social and
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Risking your health: causes, consequences, and interventions to prevent risky behaviors
This new World Bank report warns that risky behaviors –smoking, using illicit drugs, alcohol abuse, unhealthy diets, and unsafe sex— are increasing globally and pose a growing threat to the health of individuals, particularly in developing countries.
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Building resilience : integrating climate and disaster risk into development
This report presents the World Bank Group's experience in climate and disaster resilient development and contends that it is essential to eliminate extreme poverty and achieve shared prosperity by 2030.
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On thin ice: how cutting pollution can slow warming and save lives
This new scientific report released by World Bank shows that moving rapidly to reduce pollutants such as methane and black carbon, could slow warming in critical snow and ice-covered regions while benefitting human welfare.
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Global financial development report 2014: financial inclusion
Global Financial Development Report 2014 is the second in a new World Bank series. It contributes to financial sector policy debates, building on new data, surveys, research, and country experience, with
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Weather and climate resilience: effective preparedness through national meteorological and hydrological services
The importance of weather, climate, and water information is rising because of the need to minimize growing economic losses, serve more elaborate societal needs, and help countries adapt to climate change.
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World development report 2014: risk and opportunity - managing risk for development
Effective risk management can provide both resilience to withstand adverse events and the ability to take advantage of development opportunities. It is, therefore, a critical ingredient in the fight to end poverty, says this latest edition of the World Development Report.
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The state of the poor: where are the poor, where is extreme poverty harder to end, and what is the current profile of the world’s poor?
According to this new World Bank report on "state of the poor" the extreme poverty has fallen across the developing world in the last three decades, but the pace was considerably slower in LICs and poverty for middle and high income countries (including India and China) fell by more than a half since 1981.
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Effects of early-life exposure to sanitation on Childhood cognitive skills: evidence from India’s Total Sanitation Campaign
Early life health and net nutrition shape childhood and adult cognitive skills and human capital. In poor countries—and especially in South Asia—widespread open defecation without making use of a toilet
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Effects of early-life exposure to sanitation on Childhood cognitive skills: evidence from India’s Total Sanitation Campaign
This World Bank paper studies the effects on childhood cognitive achievement of early life exposure to India’s Total Sanitation Campaign, a large government program that encouraged local governments to build and promote use of inexpensive pit latrines.