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Corporate response to HIV/AIDS: case studies from India
World Bank, 2007This paper discusses the role of business in the fight against HIV and AIDS with a particular focus on the private sector in India. The report highlights particular interventions by Indian five companies ranging from advocacy and education to prevention and treatment.DocumentPreventing fistula: transport’s role in empowering communities for health in Ethiopia
C. Hamlin / World Bank, 2004This World Bank mission report addresses the role of transport in preventing obstetric fistula caused by obstructed labour, and providing emergency access to health services in Ethiopia.DocumentWorld Bank Gender Stats: Iraq
World Bank, 2007GenderStats is the World Bank's database of country gender statistics. Its pages on Iraq present sex disaggregated figures on size of population, life expectancy at birth, labour force participation, education and health. The web site also features an ?empowerment table?, which monitors the number of women representatives in national and local government in Iraq.DocumentGlobal Monitoring Report 2007 - Millennium Development Goals: Confronting the Challenges of Gender Equality and Fragile States (Overview in French and Spanish)
World Bank, 2007The 2007 Global Monitoring Report assesses progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Fourth in a series of annual reports, this year's report highlights two key thematic areas - gender equality and women's empowerment (MDG3), and fragile states. The report shows that progress towards the official MDG3 indicators has been made:DocumentGenderStats on Myanmar
World Bank, 2004Myanmar has a population of over 50,000, of which over 50.3 percent are women. Life expectancy is 64 years of age for women compared to 58 for men. Yet only 86.4 percent of women are literate compared to 93.9 percent of men. These are some of the statistics available from GenderStats, an electronic database of gender statistics hosted by the World Bank.DocumentFrom red to gray: the third transition of aging populations in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
M. Chawla, G. Betcherman, A. Banerji / World Bank, 2007The countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are experiencing a third transition, a transition that overlaps with their recent political and economic transitions. This third transition is unique.DocumentGender, Time Use, and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank, 2005It is not always clear what is meant by 'time poverty', nor how time poverty is measured. Time poverty can be understood as the fact that some people, most often women, do not have enough time for rest and leisure after taking into account the time they spend working, whether in the labour market, for domestic work, or for activities such as fetching water and wood.DocumentMinding the gaps: integrating poverty reduction strategies and budgets for domestic accountability
V. Wilhelm, P. Krause / World Bank, 2007This study examines what challenges have arisen in countries where efforts have been made to integrate poverty reduction strategies (PRSs) with national budgets. It argues that both PRSs and national budgets offer scope for enhanced domestic accountability, but that fractures in planning and budgeting systems pose obstacles for donors and national governments.DocumentDoes good government draw foreign capital? explaining China' s exceptional foreign direct investment inflow
J., P., H. Fan, R. Morck, R., C. Xu, B. Yeung / World Bank, 2007This paper explores the linkages between good governance and foriegn direct investment (FDI) in China, which is now the world 's largest destination of FDI, despite its institutional deficiencies. The analysis compares the quality of China’s institutions with other developing countries.