Mobile creches are transforming the lives of women and children in Africa europeansting.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from europeansting.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In this file photo, people buy vegetables from Karachi s Empress Market. Photo by Shahab Nafees/File
Given the rate of inflation that has taken place, Prime Minister Imran Khan has removed unelected technocrat Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and given the additional charge of the finance ministry to Federal Minister for Industries and Production Mohammad Hammad Azhar. He has been tasked “to devise policies according to ground realities of Pakistan and (ensure) the poor get relief.”
The portfolio for finance has been clubbed together with industries and production apparently for better policy coordination and decision-making in changing policy priorities. The ground realities demand the current disconnect between fiscal/ monetary policies and the real economy that produces goods and non-financial services be significantly reduced to improve the fundamentals of the economy. For example, the World Bank experts say that Pakistan exports will dip further this fiscal year.
Living Off the Land: Land Allocation in Cambodia Provides Safety Net to Workers Hit by COVID-19
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In Cambodia, ongoing World Bank-supported projects have been adjusted to support recovery from COVID-19 impacts.
The Bank approved a US$20 million COVID-19 Emergency Response project in April 2020 and allocated an additional $14 million under the Health Equity and Quality Improvement project.
High-frequency phone surveys to monitor the household-level impacts of COVID-19 show that reported declines in household income gradually became less severe over 2020.
Yu Thy and his wife, Neath Sim, a Cambodian couple in their late fifties, had to return home to Chaem Kravien commune in Tboung Khmum province in June 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
What Child Stunting Numbers Tell Us About North-East Indian States indiaspend.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiaspend.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Baby WASH: Supporting nutrition outcomes with water, sanitation and hygiene
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An approach known as ‘Baby WASH’ aims to address frequently overlooked environmental and personal hygiene risks by encouraging food hygiene, clean play spaces, control of animal feces, and child handwashing.
Poor nutrition and frequent infections among children can cause stunting, or impaired growth and development. Stunting limits children both physically and mentally and continues to affect their health and productivity well into adulthood. Lack of access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), neglect, food insecurity, and feeding of low quantity, quality and diversity can magnify the effects of stunting. In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, stunting affects around 40% of children under the age of five