... of emerging issuesindeveloping countries, including in infrastructure Significant economic research on infrastructure also comes from major international organizations such as the International ... rating by income groups is: o High- income countries: 6.30 o Upper- middle- income countries: 5.33 o Lower- middle-income countries: 4.59 o Low- income countries: 3.33 Question 7.04: In your industry, ... infrastructure financing? • How much fiscal space governments have to meet infrastructure financing needs? • What should drive the new wave of financing mechanisms? Financing needs Considerable financing...
... 9840238 THE INFORMAL SECTOR IN SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT INDEVELOPINGCOUNTRIES The motivation for recycling indeveloping and industrialised countries is rather different In the latter recycling is ... INDEVELOPINGCOUNTRIES II.6 Problems of SWM indevelopingcountries ZURBRUGG (2002) identifies four typical problem areas for SWM indeveloping countries: • Inadequate service coverage and inefficiencies ... INFORMAL SECTOR IN SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT INDEVELOPINGCOUNTRIES II.1 Typical elements of SWM indevelopingcountries According to ZURBRUGG (2003) a typical waste management system in a low-income country...
... of sustainability, or of threats to sustainability In order to this, proper sustainability criteria/indicators must provide this information, to indicate our progress in achieving sustainability ... drawbacks in attaining sustainability, Scenario is still an option as it brings many positive impacts in terms of environmental, economic, technical and functional aspects including low capital investment ... improperly maintained At present, no policy dealing with the distinct issues of small towns has been developed No single organization has clear responsibility for managing sewerage, drainage or sanitation...
... population explosion indevelopingcountries and in SSA in particular, is accompanied by increasing urban poverty and malnutrition [2,5] Newly assembled evidence from developingcountries indicates that ... bio-demographic covariates produced an increase of urban inequities in most countries is quite surprising Similar findings have been reported in other developingcountries like Brazil where Sastry ... substantially decreasing in Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean, it is on the rise in some countries of SSA, whilst in many others they remain disturbingly high or are declining only sluggishly...
... in the percent marrying before 18 in 24 countries and no change incountries The percent having premarital sex by age 18 has risen in 20 countries, and remained unchanged incountries Nonetheless, ... Panel on Transitions to Adulthood inDevelopingCountries Cynthia B Lloyd (ed.) Growing Up Global: The Changing Transitions to Adulthood inDevelopingCountries Washington, DC: National Academies ... is apparent in Figure 5b in that most points that not fall on the diagonal line (indicating gender equality) fall below the line indicating a higher percent of female students attending secondary...
... the most convincing preventive and protective measure against breast cancer is breast-feeding Research from Mexico is consistent with this finding.13 Recent research reviews, including the World ... women.” 22 The burden of breast cancer indevelopingcountries Recent evidence shows that in middle-income developing countries, breast cancer is replacing cervical cancer as the number one cause ... becoming a pressing priority for women’s health in the developing world Informing women about their health and empowering them to take it in their hands is only a first step especially in the...
... teachers is an ongoing concern incountries already struggling to maintain the teaching force to attain EFA goals Incountries with generalized HIV epidemics, successful efforts to increase access ... side effects, teachers can easily be trained to administer the treatments Capitalizing on existing teacher training systems and incorporating deworming within a comprehensive school health framework ... education and learning outcomes Many NGOs working in the developing world also support training for and implementation of school health programs and have been instrumental in providing the technical...
... mortality by setting (deaths and % of total) Developed countriesDevelopingcountries Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2000, 78 (9) Indoor air pollution indevelopingcountries Exposure ... smoke trigger asthma in sensitized individuals (79, 81) Indeveloping countries, studies on biomass smoke in relation to asthma in children and adults have yielded mixed findings A questionnaire ... exposure is protective in these settings Cancer Lung cancer Tobacco smoke is the most important risk for lung cancer and explains most cases in industrialized countriesIndeveloping countries, non-smokers,...
... Bank classifies developingcountries as either low-income or middle-income countriesIn broad terms, by developingcountries we mean low-income countries still characterized by limited industrialization ... different route to international markets Indeveloping countries, an increasing number of firms go international by becoming contract manufacturers in a global value chain, created and coordinated by an ... capital, in particular, is considered significant in explaining the internationalization of SMEs In small firms, constraints in terms of human resources make the task of identifying and operating in...
... are more applicable indeveloping countries, for instance, to increasing milk yield in cows fed high forage diets in India [NDDB records quoted in Leng [1997] Industrialised countries normally ... 1984] Improving protein nutrition is the second strategy for increasing production in ruminants with a high protein requirements These include young animals following weaning, cows in the last ... basis for an industrialised pig and poultry industry to expand indevelopingcountries to meet the growing demand for meat Legislation for the inclusion of alcohol [an oxygenate] in gasoline for motor...
... countries are used there in production processes while fewer than percent of the patents issued indevelopingcountries go to developingcountries nationals Additionally, inventors in poor countries ... thuringensis) crops engineered to produce their own insecticide The logic behind herbicide resistance crops is the hope for the increased sales Biotechnology and food security indevelopingcountries ... factors in shaping the socio-economic, environmental and the food-security consequences of biotechnological innovations for the developingcountries Biotechnology via ‘genetic engineering’ involves...
... constraints for using gene-based technologies in animal agriculture indevelopingcountries and possible role of international donor agencies in promoting R&D in this field In FAO/IAEA international ... analysis of rinderpest viruses has been vital in determining the lineages circulating in the world and instrumental in aiding the Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme Enzyme-linked immunosorbent ... 128 The livestock economy indevelopingcountries Livestock is becoming increasingly important in the growth of agriculture indeveloping economies The contributions made by livestock...
... are preventing more effective work-family policies from being instituted indeveloping countries, but certainly advocates of such policies need to be aware of the issue In principle, international ... and schooling.2 Before reviewing existing empirical work I outline, in the next section, the conceptual frameworks delineating the pathways linking women’s work to child outcomes This informs the ... education, it is important to keep in mind their context The increases in female employment were induced by falling household incomes brought on by economic crisis Declining incomes would have had a direct...
... younger in India and 17–18-year-olds in Indonesia had significantly reduced odds of using antenatal care (0.8 and 0.5, respectively) In four countries (one in Latin America and three in Asia), ... and the measles vaccinations In six countries one in Africa (Uganda), two in Latin America (Nicaragua and Peru) and three in Asia (Bangladesh, India and Indonesia)—infants born to adolescents ... biases against youth in clinical settings, including examination of provider attitudes, health care policies and logistical issues However, the few studies that have focused on maternal and infant...
... Urban Poverty and Health inDevelopingCountries The era in which developingcountries could be depicted mainly in BY 2050, two-thirds of the developing world’s population is likely to live in urban areas ... particulates and other pollutants emitted by industry and vehicles.50 There is increasing interest in the problem in India, China, and other rapidly developingcountries of Asia, where the effects of ... Discussion Paper (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2002) Mental health interventions are only beginning to be studied indevelopingcountries Highly promising results have been obtained from several randomized...
... developed and developingcountries For prices indevelopingcountries these cancers, primary prevention is the most practical and often the only possible intervention indevelopingcountries Currently ... can, in principle, Effective tobacco and alcohol control programs be delivered through district health care facilities in include increasing taxes on the products, restricting developingcountries ... or banning advertising and promotion, banning cervical cancer, in particular, is feasible and cost-effective smoking in public places, educating the public about in low- and middle-income countries...
... certainly relevant to developing countries, their findings not necessarily generalize to them Obviously, institutional and socioeconomic contexts are dissimilar in industrialized and developingcountries ... Policies inDeveloping Countries: Informal, Informational, and Voluntary Allen Blackman ∗ Introduction After decades of rapid urbanization, population growth, and industrialization, developingcountries ... Email: tanzania@efdinitiative.org Alternative Pollution Control Policies inDeveloping Countries: Informal, Informational, and Voluntary Allen Blackman Abstract Indeveloping countries, weak environmental...
... use indevelopingcountries that would help detemline how much time people spend indoors 18 Studies in developed countries, however, show that more than 90% (28-30) of person-hours is spent in indoor ... developing- country cities, including some participating in the studies listed in the Appendix, there have been monitoring systems in place for some time If not participating in a quality-control program, ... only concentrations in spite of being relatively well-ventilated Even in village homes using the main clean fuel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), ETS is increasing in many countries Although by...
... of disasters in developed countries generally not find and discuss aggregate, macroeconomic impacts; indevelopingcountries a series of studies focusing on developingcountries find significant ... in different contexts Overall, the aims of this manual are: presenting methods for CBA in the context of disaster risk management indeveloping countries, outlining the potential of integrating ... occurring over time, eg for maintaining a dike On the other hand, risk financing measures usually demand a constant annual payment, e.g insurance premium guaranteeing financial protection in case...