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Who is Dr Indermit Gill, new VP of EFI at World Bank


Who is Dr Indermit Gill, new VP of EFI at World Bank
Dr Gill has replaced M. Ahyan Kose and his appointment will be effective from June 1, 2021
BusinessToday.In | April 10, 2021 | Updated 09:22 IST
Dr Indermit Gill (Image: Twitter)
The World Bank appointed an Indian national Dr Indermit Gill as the Vice President for the Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions (EFI) Global Practice Group. Dr Gill has replaced M. Ahyan Kose and his appointment will be effective from June 1, 2021.
Dr Gill is currently Professor, Practice of Public Policy and Senior Research Scholar at the Centre for International and Global at the Duke University. He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution. ....

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Baseline study on the use of evidence in the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage in South Asia - Bangladesh


Baseline study on the use of evidence in the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage in South Asia
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The UNFPA–UNICEF Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage (GPECM) promotes the rights of adolescent girls to avert marriage and pregnancy, and enables them to achieve their aspirations through education and alternative pathways.
The strategic objective of the GPECM is to accelerate action to address child marriage by enhancing investments in and support for unmarried and married girls and by making visible the corresponding benefits; by engaging key actors, including young people as agents of change in catalysing shifts towards positive gender norms; by increasing political support, resources, positive policies and frameworks; and by improving the data and evidence base. ....

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Direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 pandemic and response in South Asia - Afghanistan


Direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 pandemic and response in South Asia
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Disruptions in health services due to COVID-19 “may have contributed to an additional 239,000 child and maternal deaths in South Asia” - new UN report
Kathmandu/Bangkok/New Delhi, 17 March 2021: Drastic cuts in the availability and use of essential public health services across South Asia due to COVID-19 may have contributed to an estimated 228,000 additional child deaths in 2020, according to a new United Nations report. Around 11,000 additional maternal deaths are also expected.
Clinics and other health facilities have been closed and many vital health and nutrition programmes halted as the region battles to contain COVID-19 cases, which numbered 11 million by the end of 2020. ....

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