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Página do Banco Mundial sobre Saúde, Nutrição e População. Tem como missão promover melhorias na saúde e nutrição, proteger a população menos favorecida da desnutrição e incentivar um comportamento que contribua para a baixa fertilidade. Disponibiliza acesso a projetos e programas, publicações, dados econômicos e estatísticos, bases de dados, informações sobre as ações regionais do Banco Mundial, tópicos sobre o desenvolvimento, notícias, entre outros.
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Public Health , 24439 , 52503 , Food , Nutrition Programs , Nutrition Programs and PoliciesABSTRACT
It introduces the Integrated Questionnaire for the Measurement of Social Capital - SC-IQ, with a focus on applications in developing countries. This tool aims to generate quantitative data on various dimensions of social capital as part of a larger household survey. Document in pdf format; Acrobat Reader required.
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Organization and Administration , Knowledge Management , Information ManagementABSTRACT
Database that allows access to texts, videos, and hundreds of abstracts of documents on social capital. The database is intended to further the knowledge, understanding, and applications of social capital for sustainable social and economic development.
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Organization and Administration , Knowledge Management , Information ManagementABSTRACT
The site is for researchers, policy-makers, advocates and others, as they choose and implement effective tobacco control measures. This site provides information, analysis and data on tobacco use and policies to reduce it. It covers key issues that societies and policymakers face when thinking about tobacco and its control.
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Smoking , Tobacco Smoke Pollution , Smoking Cessation , Tobacco Use Disorder , Tobacco Industry , Health PolicyABSTRACT
Parte do site do Grupo Banco Mundial (World Bank Group). Apresenta estatísticas de saúde e indicadores, organizados por tópicos e por países, indicadores recentes de desenvolvimento social (World Development Indicators - WDI), fornecendo acesso a sites relacionados .
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Public Health , Statistics , Indicators of Quality of Life , Health Status Indicators , Development Indicators , Social Indicators , Immunization , Health Expenditures , Malnutrition , PhysiciansABSTRACT
This section presents a list of website on science and technology indicators.
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Indicators (Statistics)ABSTRACT
It presents news, key outputs, research program web sites, research topics, policy research Working papers, and featured resources.
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International Cooperation , International Cooperation , International CooperationABSTRACT
It presents featured researches about health and population like public-private health, nutrition, AIDS and malaria. The full texts are in pdf format
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Public Health , Public Health , International Cooperation , 52503 , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome , MalariaABSTRACT
Fighting poverty in all of its dimensions lies at the core of the World Bank’s work. We work closely with governments to develop sound policies so that poor people can improve their livelihoods, and access social and infrastructure services and good jobs
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Poverty/prevention & control , 23927 , Economic Development , Poverty/trends , Poverty/statistics & numerical dataABSTRACT
It presents the India reproductive and child health project: strengthening management performance, reproductive and child health services, nation-wide policy reform, health services improved quality, local capacity enhancement, reduce unwanted fertilitypregnancies, health risks and disease, child survival.
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Reproductive Medicine , Child Health , Health Programs and Plans , Total Quality Management , Health Services , Health Policy , Quality Assurance, Health Care , Health Management , Pregnancy, Unwanted , Health Risk , Survival RateABSTRACT
It is the leading international investment-specific portal website providing free access to online foreign investment and privatization resources.
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Investments , Privatization , Private Sector , Developing Countries , Information ServicesABSTRACT
It is to promote foreign direct investment into emerging economies to improve people's lives and reduce poverty. MIGA fulfills this mandate and contributes to development by offering political risk insurance (guarantees) to investors and lenders, and by helping developing countries attract and retain private investment.
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Investments , Developing Countries , International Cooperation , 16949 , Technical CooperationABSTRACT
...This file contains data on Gini coefficients, cumulative quintile shares, explanations regarding the basis on which the Gini coefficient was computed, and the source of the information. There are two data-sets, one containing the "high quality" sample and the other one including all the information (of lower quality) that had been collected.Each file is in Excel (".xls"), Lotus (".wk1"), and Text (".txt") format (Au)
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28568ABSTRACT
The World Development Indicators (WDI) is the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development. WDI 2002 includes approx. 800 indicators in 87 tables, organized in six sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links. The tables cover 152 economies and 14 country groups-with basic indicators for a further 55 economies.
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Development Indicators , Economic Development , Social IndicatorsABSTRACT
This article is about the $27.1 million credit the World bank approves for health system reform in Honduras to support government policies aimed at extending health care to the poor in Honduras and enhancing the quality of medical services the quality of medical services.
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PovertyABSTRACT
This article is about the importance of water for human needs and how Improving water supply and sanitation service delivery is crucial in the quest to reduce poverty and diseases.
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Water Quality , 16407 , Water Purification , Human Rights , Human Development , SanitationABSTRACT
This article presents the increase of poor exclusion from the rest of society in Uruguay.It explains how in many developing countries the characteristics of the urban poor go beyond the traditional definition of poverty. While the latter generally refers to the lack of access to material resources, there are other factors which are linked to poverty. In the case of Uruguay one of these factors is an increase in the perception among the poor of exclusion from the rest of society. Although this group only represents a small proportion of Uruguay's total population, the phenomenon is of relevance to policy makers given demographic factors (the poor tend to have more children), and the cyclical nature of poverty. To assess the different aspects of social exclusion both quantitative and qualitative methods were used..." Document in PDF format; Acrobat Reader needed.
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Poverty , Policy MakingABSTRACT
Technological innovations and the dismantling of trade barriers over the past decade have contributed to an acceleration of growth in global trade. This acceleration has been associated with faster growth in developing countries as a group. However, many of the poorest countries have not kept pace. This year's Global Economic Prospects focuses on international trade and discusses policies that are required if developing countries are to benefit from global integration.
