Social safety nets (SSN) are cash or in-kind/food transfer programs designed to help individuals and households cope with chronic poverty, destitution, and vulnerability (World Bank, 2018).
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The World Health Organization (WHO) and other global nutrition and health agencies recommend nutrition actions throughout the life-course to address malnutrition in all its forms.
Pakistan is a prime example of low learning levels for primary school children (Andrabi et al., 2007).
Pakistan has extremely low learning levels and poor education service delivery is a driving factor.
South Asia is home to the largest concentration of poor and undernourished people in the world, so food security—especially in basic staples such as wheat, rice, and corn—continues to be a major concern.
Governments in Asia used grain price stabilization as a major policy instrument when they began to promote the Green Revolution in the 1960s.
Pakistan’s economy relies heavily on its cotton and textile sectors.
Recent research has shown that improving women’s decisionmaking power relative to men’s within households leads to improvements in a variety of well-being outcomes for children.
This policy brief is designed to help policymakers and practitioners understand the financial services needed by the poor.
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Banking on the poor
This policy brief is designed to help policymakers and practitioners understand the financial services needed by the poor.
The authors examine the lessons that rural financial institutions such as banks and cooperatives can learn from the informal lending sector. They also considers the roles government should play in the provision of financial services.
Au Pakistan, où l’agriculture est fortement tributaire de l’irrigation, les marchés hydriques informels constituent un moyen d’importance croissante donnant accès aux nappes phréatiques aux petits agriculteurs et aux cultivateurs à bail*.
Like many other regional groups, the member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)--Bangladesh , Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka--have taken steps toward forming a regional free trade area
En este informe de investigaciones, , se examina cómo funcionan los mercados de agua, quién participa, cuál es la naturaleza de las transacciones y qué efectos tienen los mercados en la productividad y el ingreso agrícolas, con objeto de determina
Pourquoi certaines personnes reçoivent-elles des revenus supérieurs à ceux des autres qui pourtant disposent de talents et d’aptitudes similaires?
Like many other regional groups, the member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)--Bangladesh , Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka--have taken steps toward forming a regional free trade area