2015 Sustainability Review

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The 2015 Sustainability Review provides insights into activities undertaken to manage environmental, social, and economic impacts in the World Bank’s internal business operations. The content and data in this document relate to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA), together the World Bank.

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“World Bank. 2015. 2015 Sustainability Review. Washington, DC. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/22723 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”

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An Investment Framework for Nutrition in Uganda : Reducing Stunting and Other Forms of Child Malnutrition

Shekar, Meera; Hyder, Zia; Subandoro, Ali; Dayton Eberwein, Julia; Pereira, Audrey; Akuoku, Jonathan Kweku (2016-10)

This paper builds on global experience and Uganda's specific context to estimate costs,benefits, and cost-effectiveness of key nutrition interventions. It is intended to help guide theselection of the most cost-effective interventions as well as strategies for scaling these up. Thepaper considers both relevant "nutrition-specific" interventions, largely delivered through thehealth sector, and multisectoral "nutrition-sensitive" interventions, delivered through other sectors such as agriculture, education, and water and sanitation. We estimate that the costs and benefits of implementing 10 nutrition-specific interventions in all regions of Uganda would require a yearly public investment of $68 million. The expected benefits are enormous: annually over 8,000 lives would be saved, while at least 375,000 DALYs and 8,700 cases of stunting among children under five would be averted. ...

This paper builds on global experience and Uganda's specific context to estimate costs,benefits, and cost-effectiveness of key nutrition interventions. It is intended to help guide theselection of the most cost-effective interventions as well as strategies for scaling these up. Thepaper considers both relevant "nutrition-specific" interventions, largely delivered through thehealth sector, and multisectoral "nutrition-sensitive" interventions, ...

This paper builds on global experience and Uganda's specific context to estimate costs,benefits, and cost-effectiveness of key nutrition interventions. It is intended to help guide theselection of the most cost-effective interventions as well as strategies for scaling these up. Thepaper considers both relevant "nutrition-specific" ...
Sustainable Groundwater Irrigation : Approaches to Reconciling Demand with Resources

Garduño, Héctor; Foster, Stephen (2010)

The aim of this paper is to provide a strategic overview of a decade of experience in supporting public administrations in their efforts to confront excessive groundwater resource exploitation for agricultural irrigation. Special emphasis is put on a series of on-the-ground pilot projects mainly in South and East Asia and Latin America, which are profiled through a series of boxes introduced in the paper. In these pilots' appropriate packages of technical, economic, institutional and social measures, in the main selected through use of a 'pragmatic framework' for groundwater resource management, have been introduced with agreement of stakeholders in an attempt to promote more sustainable groundwater use in agricultural irrigation. They have achieved varying degrees of success but do provide hope and orientation for the future in this important aspect of water resource management.

The aim of this paper is to provide a strategic overview of a decade of experience in supporting public administrations in their efforts to confront excessive groundwater resource exploitation for agricultural irrigation. Special emphasis is put on a series of on-the-ground pilot projects mainly in South and East Asia and Latin America, which are profiled through a series of boxes introduced in the paper. In these pilots' appropriate packages ...

The aim of this paper is to provide a strategic overview of a decade of experience in supporting public administrations in their efforts to confront excessive groundwater resource exploitation for agricultural irrigation. Special emphasis is put on a series of on-the-ground pilot projects mainly in South and East Asia and Latin ...
Government and Rural Transformation : Role of Public Spending and Policies in Bangladesh

Mudahar, Mohinder S.; Ahmed, Raisuddin (2010-04)

The British finally granted independence to India in 1947 but the British India was divided into two independent states, India and Pakistan, in the acrimonious process of granting independence. Twenty four years after this landmark episode, another dramatic episode occurred in 1971 in the sub-continent's history that saw the emergence of another independent state, the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The same people, who played a vigorous role in the struggle for Pakistan, became desperate to separate from West Pakistan to emerge as an independent nation. Even though the population of East Pakistan was larger than the population of West Pakistan, usurpation of political power by the West through military and dictatorial governments resulted in egregious economic discriminations against the people of East Pakistan. The average per capita income in East Pakistan in 1948-50 was only about 3 percent lower than per capita income in West Pakistan. The income of the people of Bangladesh was stagnant during the Pakistani era. Poverty was widespread. The war of independence caused extensive ...

The British finally granted independence to India in 1947 but the British India was divided into two independent states, India and Pakistan, in the acrimonious process of granting independence. Twenty four years after this landmark episode, another dramatic episode occurred in 1971 in the sub-continent's history that saw the emergence of another independent state, the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The same people, who played a vigorous role in the struggle for Pakistan, became desperate to separate from West Pakistan to emerge as an independent ...

The British finally granted independence to India in 1947 but the British India was divided into two independent states, India and Pakistan, in the acrimonious process of granting independence. Twenty four years after this landmark episode, another dramatic episode occurred in 1971 in the sub-continent's history that saw the emergence of another independent state, the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The same ...

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