Demographic Change in Uruguay

World Bank

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• "The population of Uruguay is undergoing a slow but sustained aging process, driven by the demographic transition that started early in the twentieth ... Lees meer

Do Our Children Have a Chance?

World Bank Group, Jose R Molinas Vega, Ricardo Paes De Barros

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• "The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region is making progress in opening the doors of development to all. But it still has a long way to go. At the... Lees meer

The Health Workforce in Latin America and the Caribbean

Carmen Carpio, Natalia Santiago Bench

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• This report provides a status update on the human resources for health (HRH) sub-system in six Latin American and Caribbean countries: Colombia, Costa... Lees meer

Financing Health Care in East Asia and the Pacific

John C Langenbrunner, Aparnaa Somanathan

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region is characterized by wide variations in the types of health financing systems. The continued high prevalence of ... Lees meer

Universal Health Coverage for Inclusive and Sustainable Development

Akiko Maeda, Cheryl Cashin, Joseph Harris

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• "The goals of universal health coverage (UHC) are to ensure that all people can access quality health services, to safeguard all people from public he... Lees meer

Putting Nigeria to Work

World Bank

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• This study assesses the impact of the recent strong economic growth on employment. It addresses the question of what Nigeria could do to increase the ... Lees meer

Children and Youth in Crisis

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• The successful development of children and young people requires that we protect and nurture a set of interrelated physiological, cognitive, and socio... Lees meer

Stepping Up Skills in Urban Ghana

Peter Darvas, Marta Favara, Tamara Arnold

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• The Skills Toward Employment and Productivity (STEP) Survey is an initiative of the World Bank in cooperation with other development partners and nong... Lees meer

Building the Skills for Economic Growth and Competitiveness in Sri Lanka

Halil Dundar, Benoit Millot, Yevgeniya Savchenko

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• "Despite armed internal conflict and the global financial crisis, Sri Lanka has made remarkable progress in recent years, enjoying healthy economic gr... Lees meer

Analyzing Markets for Health Workers

Barbara McPake, Anthony Scott, Ijeoma Edoka

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• "This publication is part of the Bank's multiyear program to enhance its knowledge of HRH policies. The program's ultimate objective is to strengthen ... Lees meer

Twenty Years of Health System Reform in Brazil

Michele Gragnolati, Magnus Lindelow, Bernard Couttolenc

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• "It has been over twenty years since the Brazilian Sistema Único de Saúde (Unified Health System or SUS) was formally established by the 1988 Constitu... Lees meer

Striving for Better Jobs

Roberta Gatti, Diego Angel-Urdinola, Joana Silva

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• "While economic growth has been sustained for a number of years in many countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, this has not resu... Lees meer

Options for Aged Care in China

Elena Glinskaya, Zhanliang Feng

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• China is aging at an unprecedented rate. Improvements in life expectancy and the consequences of the decades-old family planning policy have led to a ... Lees meer

The Elderly and Old Age Support in Rural China

John Giles, Dewen Wang, Philip O'Keefe

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• This volume first examines projected demographic changes that will affect the economic well-being of China's rural elderly over the next twenty years,... Lees meer

Accounting for Education Mismatch in Developing Countries

Michael J Handel, Alexandria Valerio, Maria Laura Sanchez Puerta

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• This publication uses data from the World Bank s Skills Towards Employability and Productivity (STEP) Household Skills Survey to explore patterns of e... Lees meer

Thirty Years of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Argentina

Fernando Lavadenz, Carla Pantanali, Eliana Zeballos

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• The 1992 creation of the National HIV/AIDS Program was a fundamental step for Argentina to reach the second lowest burden of HIV/AIDS in South America... Lees meer

Reducing Poverty and Investing in People

Victoria Monchuk

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• "For two decades, Africa's strong economic growth has paved the way for poverty reduction. Nevertheless, high chronic poverty levels persist, and the ... Lees meer

Faire de l'Enseignement supérieur le moteur du développement en

World Bank

• Paperback | Frans | Directions in Development - Human Development
• The revival of economic growth across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) since the beginning of the millennium is a heartening development. Sustaining it over t... Lees meer

Early Childhood Education and Development in Poor Villages of Indonesia

Amer Hasan, Marilou Hyson, Mae Chu Chang

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• "Indonesia has begun to emerge into middle-income status, yet persistent poverty and stark inequalities continue to affect young children's developmen... Lees meer

Toward More Efficient and Effective Public Social Spending in Central America

Pablo Acosta, Rita Almeida, Thomas Gindling

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• Central America has come a long way both in terms of economic and political stability. Increasingly the region is focusing on implementing productivit... Lees meer

Building Effective Employment Programs for Unemployed Youth in the Middle East and North Africa

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• "Given the labor market challenges that countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are facing (notably high unemployment, prevalence ... Lees meer

The Global HIV Epidemics Among People Who Inject Drugs

Arin Dutta, Andrea Wirtz, Anderson Stanciole

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• People who inject drugs (PWID) are at higher risk for acquiring HIV infection than the general population in many countries. Injecting drug use is pre... Lees meer

Fostering Skills in Cameroon

Shobhana Sosale

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• Cameroon has strong goals for its growth and development. By 2035, it aims to be an emerging economy. The country s medium-term goals are focused on a... Lees meer

Skills, not just Diplomas

Lars Sondergaard, Mamta Murthi

• Paperback | Engels | Directions in Development - Human Development
• Future growth in the countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) will increasingly depend on innovation. And innovation requires skills. This m... Lees meer