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Fertility Decline in Botswana 1980-2006 : A Case Study
World Bank - 2010
the 13 'economic miracles' of the world for 1960-2005. The total fertility rate remains high in Sub-Saharan Africa, with … 25 countries showing a rate greater than 5.0. In contrast, Botswana experienced the greatest fertility decline in the … region during 1980-2006, with the total fertility rate decreasing from 7.1 in 1981 to 3.2 in 2006. The Botswana national …
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Fertility Decline in Algeria 1980-2006 : A Case Study
World Bank - 2010
Algeria's fertility decline defies conventional explanation. Despite inauspicious starting conditions-a high total fertility … some of its neighbors in fertility reduction. Before its fertility transition, Algeria had one of the highest crude birth … rates in the world, nearly 50 per 1,000. The fertility transition began in 1965-70, before any significant government …
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Niger : Providing All Nigeriens with Food, Education and Health Car, A Demographic Perspective
World Bank - 2012
The analysis focuses on: (1) the study of population (development and impact on different sectors) and reproductive health issues, including the HIV/AIDS epidemic; (2) examination of institutional structures responsible for population and reproductive health issues; (3) the performance of the...
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Reproductive Health
World Bank - 2012
Reproductive health (RH) problems account for a significant part of the burden of disease suffered by poor people in developing countries. Poor women and men are more afflicted with RH problems and often lack access to minimal RH care even when average levels of RH in the country are good. Many...
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Argentina : Rural Reproductive Health (Misiones, Salta, and Santiago del Estero Provinces), Volume 2. Annexes
World Bank - 2013
This report presents the findings of an exploratory study conducted in poor areas of three provinces in northern Argentina (Misiones, Salta, and Santiago del Estero). The study comprised a random (cluster) sample of three hundred households of women in reproductive age with at least one child....
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West African Reproductive Health Commodity Security - Development of a Sub-Regional Coordinated Informed Buying System
World Bank - 2013
During the Fifth Ordinary Meeting of the ECOWAS Health Ministers, organized by the West African Health Organization (WAHO) in Accra, Ghana, in October 2004, the Ministers adopted a recommendation for WAHO to begin the implementation of an information sharing system that would enhance each...
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Seeding Fertile Ground : Education that Works for Bangladesh
World Bank - 2014
Bangladesh is recognized globally for its achievements and potential, despite a number of difficult challenges. Given the sustained economic growth over the last three decades, Bangladesh is identified as one of the next eleven emerging economies in the world. The country is at a crossroads...
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Exploring the Phenomenon of Missing Girls in the South Caucasus
World Bank - 2015
preference for sons, decline in fertility, prenatal sex detection technology, and shocks due to the dropping rates. Finally the …
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