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1. Ten rules/commandments for holistic development of SHGs including the 5 related to financial i... more 1. Ten rules/commandments for holistic development of SHGs including the 5 related to financial intermediation (regular meetings, regular savings, regular inter-loaning, regular repayment, regular book-keeping), health including nutrition and WASH, education, PRI coordination, access to entitlements and sustainable livelihoods Key Lessons and the Way Forward ABoUT THe DISCUSSIoN NoTe SerIeS This note is part of the South Asia Agriculture and Rural Growth Discussion Note Series, that seeks to disseminate operational learnings and implementation experiences from World Bank financed rural, agriculture and food systems programs in South Asia.
This report highlights the global nature of malnutrition and the successes and bottlenecks in add... more This report highlights the global nature of malnutrition and the successes and bottlenecks in addressing it. Malnutrition continues to affect the lives of millions of children and women worldwide. Every country is affected by some form of nutrition problem. This calls for countries to put in place appropriate strategies to overcome the problem in a concerted manner. But it isn't an easy task. We all have many priorities and concerns that compete for our attention, our resources, our energy, and our political commitment. Ethiopia strongly believes that for a country to achieve sustainable human and economic growth, it must give special attention to the early stages of life as the foundation of human capital. We also believe that aligning and harmonizing partners' plans with the government is critical to delivering results in the most efficient and effective manner. This necessitates not only more money for nutrition, but also more value for money.
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The problem of high rates of maternal mortality has proved difficult to tackle in many developing... more The problem of high rates of maternal mortality has proved difficult to tackle in many developing countries. International development targets that seek to reduce maternal deaths have yet to be reached 1 . The latest UN estimates highlight the magnitude of the problem. Roughly half a million women died of risks associated with pregnancy and childbirth in 2000, with almost 95% of deaths occurring in Asia (253,000). 2 Throughout their lives, women face serious health problems, and specific efforts to improve their health are of recent origin and limited success. The lack of progress in improving the health of women is exemplified by the absence of a significant downward trend in maternal mortality ratio in the Developing Member Countries (DMCs). While under-five mortality rates and life expectancy have improved considerably, there has been little change in the maternal mortality ratio. For example, in Bangladesh from 1972 to 1992, under-five mortality was cut in half, the total fertility rate declined by one third, but the MMR remained virtually unchanged. It is also in the area of maternal mortality where developing Asia is lagging furthest behind industrialized countries. With an average of 410 deaths per 100,000 live births, the DMCs have an MMR that is 32 times higher than the average for developed countries. By comparison, the average under-five mortality rate is 11 times higher than in the industrialized economies 3 .
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