An ever-growing urban population with overflowing and at times chaotic vehicular traffic can make life difficult even for the most well-abled pedestrian. The challenges become higher for a person with disability. ‘How can I go out of my home?’ asks Tajkia Mariam Jahan, a wheelchair user from Dhaka, who was confined to her home for seven years due ...
Tajkia Mariam Jahan, a wheelchair user from Dhaka, Bangladesh was confined to her home for seven years due to the road environment. The city roads are unwelcoming not only for people in a wheelchair like her but also for persons with all types of disabilities. Credit: World Bank An ever-growing urban population with overflowing and at times chaotic vehicular ...
Rahul Kumar is a 25-year-old community extension worker at Jeevika in the eastern Indian state of Bihar.. He set up an agri-business enterprise six months ago and it’s turned out to be quite a success. Kumar earned more than INR 180,000 ($2,700) in barely one month during the rainy season crop cycle, also known as Kharif crop in India. ...
Progress is being made on the largest railway project in India's modern history – the Dedicated Freight Corridor Program. View the 3D presentation here Thump…thump…thump...like a slow rhythmic drum, concrete ties that hold the track in place are laid down one after another with the latest machinery as rails are placed precisely on top of them. It’s nearing sunset near ...
Afghanistan: Learning from a decade of progress and loss In Afghanistan, the past decade saw remarkable progress, as well as reversals and lost opportunities. The overall macroeconomic and security context in Afghanistan since 2007 can be broken into two distinct phases, pre- and post- the 2014 security transition, when international troops handed over security responsibilities to the Afghan National ...
چگونه از پیشرفت ها و ناتوانایی های یک دهه گذشته در افغانستان آموخت افغانستان در یک دهه یی گذشته شاهد پیشرفت های زیاد بوده اما در عین زمان با عقب گرد های نیز رو برو شده و فرصت های را نیز از دست داده است. در کل، وضعیت اقتصاد بزرگ و امنیت افغانستان از سال ۲۰۰۷ میلادی به بعد ...
Primary school students are attending their class in northern Balkh Province. Photo credit: Rumi Consultancy/ World Bank Today, the World Bank Group released the first Human Capital Index (HCI), a new global indicator to measure the extent to which human capital in each country measures up to its full potential. The HCI is part of the World Bank ...
حضورشاگردان در یکی از مکاتب ابتدایی ولایت بلخ. عکس: شرکت مشورتی رومی/ بانک جهانی گروپ بانک جهانی، امروز نخستین گزارش شاخص سرمایه گذاری بالای مردم را منتشرنمود. این گزارش جدید شاخص بین المللی میزان سرمایه گذاری را نظر به استفاده مکمل ظرفیت هر فرد در کشور های جهان نشان میدهد. گزارش شاخص سرمایه گذاری بالای مردم (HCI) بخش از ...
فامیل های عودت کننده افغان بمنظور ثبت نام به دفتر کمیشنری عالی سازمان ملل متحد در امور پناهنده گان در کابل مراجعه میکنند. عکس: شرکت مشورتی رومی/ بانک جهانی بزرگترین شمار مهاجرین جهان را افغانها تشکیل میدهند در حالیکه انان نیز در عین زمان بیشترین کسانی در طی این قرن هستند که دوباره به ذات گاه (کشور خود) بر میگردند. ...
Afghan returnee families are arriving at a UNHCR registration office in Kabul. Photo Credit: Rumi Consultancy/ World Bank Afghans represent the world’s largest protracted refugee population, and one of the largest to be repatriated to their country of origin in this century.More than seven million refugees returned to Afghanistan between 2002 and 2017, mainly from Iran and Pakistan. Afghan ...
A little girl in Balochistan, Pakistan, who now receives a quality education thanks to World Bank support. Credit: World Bank Human capital – the potential of individuals – is going to be the most important long-term investment any country can make for its people’s future prosperity and quality of life. Just look around the world: Technology is reshaping every ...
Photo Credit: Zachary Collier The 2016 monsoon was much heavier than usual affecting almost all of Bhutan, especially in the south. Landslides damaged most of the country’s major highways and smaller roads. Bridges were washed away, isolating communities. The Phuentsholing -Thimphu highway which carries food and fuel from India to half of Bhutan was hit in several locations, and ...
In remote border regions in Bangladesh and India, a government-to-government initiative is changing cross border relations, shifting the focus from smuggling and skirmishes to mutual economic gains and building a coalition for peace and cooperation. In 2011, Bangladesh and India flagged off the first of their border haats, representing an attempt to recapture once thriving economic and cultural relationships ...
"Think before you do, not after you're done,” says a Bengali proverb that applies to an urgent threat today for Bangladesh—major environmental problems spawned by rapid urbanisation and industrialisation. A decade of strong economic growth helped Bangladesh reach lower middle-income status while sharply decreasing its poverty rate, a remarkable achievement. But like many countries in the world, such ...
Nepal has a high incidence of gender-based violence and women remain — by large — the main victims. Credit: David Waldorf Last month, I visited Nepal to understand the gravity of gender-based violence (GBV) and how victims can seek help and access confidential and quality support services. Nepal has a high incidence of gender-based violence. And while everyone, regardless ...
Community based, preventative approaches to health care will improve stunting and wasting outcomes for Afghan children. Photo Credit: Rumi Consultancy/ World Bank Last year, Afghanistan became the 60th country to join Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN), a global movement to end malnutrition, and thus signaled its strong commitment to invest in a better future for its citizens.This engagement comes at ...
اتخاذ تدابیر پیشگیرانه در زمینه مراقبت های صحی مبتنی بر نیاز های مردم میتواند نتایج ناگوار ناشی از رُشد و نموی بطی اطفال و نارسایی های صحی آنها را بهبود بخشد. عکس: شرکت مشورتی رومی/ بانک جهانی در سال گذشته میلادی افغانستان شصتمین کشورجهان بود، که شامل حرکت جهانی محو سوء تغذی گردید. با اتخاذ این تصمیم، این کشور ...
