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Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank

The name Tanzania is a portmanteau of Tanganyika, the mainland, and Zanzibar, the nearby archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The two united to become the United Republic of Tanzania in 1964. With a surface area of 947,300 square kilometers, Tanzania is comparable in size to Nigeria and is slightly...

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Global Issues for Global Citizens : An Introduction to Key Development Challenges

Bhargava, Vinay - Economics Research, World Bank Group

This book grew out of the Global Issues seminars and is itself a testament to that two-way dialogue: the suggestion to compile the speakers' lecture notes into a book came from the students themselves. Both the seminars and this book reflect the Bank's conviction that the seemingly intractable...

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The Global Family Planning Revolution : Three Decades of Population Policies and Programs

Robinson, Warren C.; Ross, John A. - Economics Research, World Bank Group

demographers to work with specialists from many other disciplines, including public health, economics, sociology, political science …

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Reproductive Health—The Missing Millennium Development Goal : Poverty, Health, and Development in a Changing World

White, Arlette Campbell; Merrick, Thomas W.; Yazbeck, … - Economics Research, World Bank Group

While women in developing countries continue to die in large numbers in child birth, population and reproductive health … of narrowly directed health programs to a broader approach of health system development and reform. At the same time … knowledge and capacity gap in the Reproductive Health community and provides tools for key actors to empower faster positive …

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Namibia: Country Brief

Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank

Namibia is a large country in Southern Africa that borders the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola to the north and South Africa to the south. With a surface area of 824,290 square kilometers, it is similar in size to Mozambique and about half the size of the U.S. state of Alaska. Namibia has a...

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Breaking Into New Markets

Newfarmer, Richard; Shaw, William; Walkenhorst, Peter - Economics Research, World Bank Group

This book takes a fresh look at export diversification. It concludes that much of the recent literature, though novel, has focused excessively on simply adding new products to export portfolios. One branch of these studies centers on the 'discovery' of exports, and it argues that the threat of...

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Corporate Responses to HIV/AIDS : Case Studies from India

Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank

This collection of case studies aims to contribute to the growing evidence on private sector engagement in the fight against HIV and AIDS and the challenges businesses are overcoming in this fight. By capturing the experiences of the local private sector, it seeks to foster a more active...

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Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors

Lopez, Alan D.; Mathers, Colin D.; Ezzati, Majid; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group

incorporates information from more than 10,000 datasets relating to population health and mortality, representing one of the … largest syntheses of global information on population health to date. …

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Attacking Inequality in the Health Sector : A Synthesis of Evidence and Tools

Yazbeck, Abdo S. - Economics Research, World Bank Group

The overwhelming evidence of inequalities in health outcomes and in the use of health services calculated and … both understanding the causes of health sector inequalities and developing policies to tackle them. It is time to … vicious circle of income-poverty and ill health. The book presents both a practical set of analytical tools for understanding …

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The Migration and Remittances Factbook 2008

Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank

This fact book for 2008 attempts to present numbers and facts behind the stories of international migration and remittances, drawing on authoritative, publicly available data. It provides a snapshot of statistics on immigration, emigration, skilled emigration, and remittance flows for 194...

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