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Gulf Economic Update, Spring 2023 : The Health and Economic Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in the GCC
World Bank Group - 2023
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies performed strongly in 2022. Amidst a year of economic uncertainty marked by inflation, geopolitical crises, and supply chain insecurity, the GCC region registered remarkable GDP growth of 7.3 percent in 2022. Progress made on structural reforms are...
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Tackling Noncommunicable Diseases in Kosovo to Enhance Human Capital and Economic Growth
World Bank Group - 2023
chronic conditions that are often untreatable and require close monitoring to control the progression of the disease. They … mortality due to NCDs reduces economic growth by 0.5 percent. NCDs have a direct and indirect impact that threatens the human …
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Impact Evaluation on Improving Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Demand in Malawi through the Use of Incentives
World Bank Group (contributor) - World Bank Group - 2017
This report presents an impact evaluation assessing the effect of incentives on improving the uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) in two districts in Malawi. The cluster randomised control trial was led by the National AIDS Commission of Malawi and implemented from December 2015...
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Republic of Cabo Verde Public Expenditure Review : Revisiting the Efficiency of Public Spending to Reduce Debt and Improve Education and Health Outcomes
World Bank Group - 2019
This Public Expenditure Review (PER) was prepared by the World Bank at the request of the Ministry of Finance of Cabo Verde. With a debt-to-GDP ratio of 126 percent in 2017, Cabo Verde is the most indebted country in Sub-Saharan Africa. The country is also at a high of risk of external debt...
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Evaluation of the National Adherence Guidelines for Chronic Diseases in South Africa : The Impact of Differentiated Care Models on Short-Term Indicators in HIV Patients
World Bank Group - 2017
This report describes the short-term outcomes of an evaluation study for five different HIV cohorts using routinely collected data. The evaluation study is a collaboration between the National Department of Health of South Africa, the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) and the World Bank....
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Modeling the Long-Term Health and Cost Impacts of Reducing Smoking Prevalence through Tobacco Taxation in Ukraine
World Bank Group - 2017
diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and smoking-related cancers. Over recent years, successful …
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Tajikistan Country Economic Update, Fall 2020 : Economic Slowdown Amid the Pandemic
World Bank Group - 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant adverse impact on the Tajik economy. Real GDP growth slowed to 4.2 percent year-on-year in the first nine months of 2020, compared to 7.2 percent a year earlier. Restrictions on labor mobility and economic activity at home and abroad resulted in lower...
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India Development Update, March 2018 : India's Growth Story
World Bank Group - 2018
India has achieved much in the last 25 years. Since the early 1990s, when reforms began, growthrates have been higher … the last few quarters has generated worried commentaries about India's growth potential. The questions being raised are …" for India's growth potential? What sets of policies, structural or cyclical, might be needed to revive growth? In this …
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Greater Maputo : Urban Poverty and Inclusive Growth
World Bank Group - 2017
The overall objective of the Maputo Urban Poverty and Inclusive Growth Study is to inform the municipal governments of Maputo and Matola in the Greater Maputo Area (GMA) on how to better target and finance urban poverty reduction programs by building critical knowledge on urban poverty and...
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India - Unlocking Agribusiness for Inclusive Growth, Jobs, and More : Policy and Investment Priorities
World Bank Group - 2017
seeks to inform strategic dialogue between the government of India and the World Bank Group toward investments in …
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