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This Human Capital Review (HCR) report presents an in-depth analysis of human capital indicators throughout a person’s lifetime, from in utero to productive aging. By examining the various stages...

Timor-Leste is facing a human capital crisis. Children born in Timor-Leste today will be less than half as productive as adults as they could be if they...

Across developing countries, women play an important role both as producers of major food crops and in improving household nutrition. This research paper aims to assess the effect...

This paper, prepared by the World Bank Group and UNICEF, presents estimated trends in child poverty from 2013 to 2022, based on three international poverty lines: $2.15 (extreme...

Highlights: The Joint Malnutrition Estimates (JME) released in 2023 reveal insufficient progress to reach the 2025 World Health Assembly (WHA) global nutrition targets and...

Human capital, which encompasses knowledge, skills, health, and nutrition, is a significant determinant of long-term economic growth and social advancement. Human capital drives economic growth...

Highlights: Since the last update on January 12, 2023, the agricultural and cereal price indices closed 1 percent and 2 percent higher, respectively, than 2 weeks ago...

Oportunidades was an innovative anti-poverty program that put additional resources in the hands of women and their families and encouraged parents to invest in the human capital of their children. This program...

Childhood stunting (defined as being too short for one’s age) has long-lasting impacts on children’s physical and cognitive development. These impacts, in turn, reduce productivity...

Most welfare measures, including food expenditure and diet quality, are based on household aggregates and assume an equal or equitable distribution of resources among members within...