Search Results - subject:"Family Planning Programs"

Did you mean: subject:"Family Planning program" (1,264 results)

Population, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health Policy Harmonization in Bangladesh

El-Saharty, Sameh; Ahsan, Karar Zunaid; May, John F. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

Over the past 30 years, Bangladesh has achieved significant economic and human development progress, and demonstrated impressive policy as well as programmatic commitment to lowering the fertility level. However, its future socioeconomic prospects may be hampered by its population growth rate,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011076254

The Potential for Integrating Community-Based Nutrition and Postpartum Family Planning: Review of Evidence and Experience in Low-Income Settings

Alvesson, Helle M.; Mulder-Sibanda, Menno - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013

The objective of this review was to study where community-based family planning and nutrition programs have been integrated, how this has been accomplished, and what the results have been. Although family planning is a nontraditional intervention in community-based nutrition programs, it can...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010754598

Economics and Ethics of Results-Based Financing for Family Planning: Evidence and Policy Implications

Chowdury, Sadia; Vergeer, Petra; Schmidt, Harald; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013

This paper was developed for World Bank task team leaders (TTLs) and teams designing results-based financing (RBF) programs in family planning (FP). It explores the rationale for introducing such incentives based on insights from classical and behavioral economics, to respond to supply- and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010754599

Ethnic differentials of the impact of Family Planning Program on contraceptive use in Nepal

Sharma, Sharad Kumar; Ghimire, Dhruba Raj; Pratap, Naresh - In: Demographic Research 25 (2011) 27, pp. 837-868

There is wide variation of family planning services use among ethnic groups in Nepal. Despite three decades of implementation the need for family planning services is substantially unmet (25%), and there have been no systematic studies evaluating the impact of the family planning program. This...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399796

Rwanda; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Progress Report

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011

Rwandaâ€™s Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS) covers the period 2008â€“12 and provides a medium-term framework for achieving the countryâ€™s long-term development aspirations as embodied in Rwanda Vision 2020, the seven-year Government of Rwanda (GoR)...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243282

Niger; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008

The Government of the Republic of Niger has implemented the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS), which describes the country's macroeconomic, structural, and social policies in support of growth and poverty reduction. This strategy is based on the conviction that poverty can be reduced through...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243650

Republic of Madagascar; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007

The Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) on the Republic of Madagascar explain the Madagascar Action Plan (MAP) to accelerate and better coordinate the development process. The National Leadership Institute of Madagascar (NLIM) was created in 2006 to provide cutting-edge training to build...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245160

Union of the Comoros; Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

The Union of the Comorosâ€™s Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRGS) paper reports that the governmentâ€™s macroeconomic objectives under the PRGS framework entail preserving major economic equilibria. To increase control over government spending, the government intends to reduce the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244800

Women's education in the fertility transition: The reversal of the relationship between women's education and birth spacing in Indonesia

2005

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352559

Women's education in the fertility transition : the reversal of the relationship between women's education and birth spacing in Indonesia

Jungho Kim (contributor) - 2005

fertility decline. Most researchers find that family planning programs in developing countries, which lower the cost of … children. Hence, family planning programs can have a big impact on fertility in a relatively low-educated population. In … forces in fertility decline. Most researchers ﬁnd that family planning programs in developing countries, which lower the cost …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003317382