World Bank

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programs. The World Bank Group has set two goals for the world to achieve by 2030: end extreme poverty by decreasing the percentage of people living on less than $1.25 a day to no more than 3%; promote shared prosperity by fostering the income growth of the bottom 40% for every country. According to its Articles of Agreement all its decisions must be guided by a commitment to the promotion of foreign investment and international trade and to the facilitation of capital investment.

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    • Health Nutrition and Population Statistics
      December 2022
      Source: World Bank
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 24 December, 2022
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      Health Nutrition and Population Statistics database provides key health, nutrition and population statistics gathered from a variety of international and national sources. Themes include global surgery, health financing, HIV/AIDS, immunization, infectious diseases, medical resources and usage, noncommunicable diseases, nutrition, population dynamics, reproductive health, universal health coverage, and water and sanitation.
    • Health Nutrition and Population Statistics by Wealth Quintile
      December 2021
      Source: World Bank
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 07 January, 2022
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      This dataset presents HNP data by wealth quintile since 1990s to present. It covers more than 70 indicators, including childhood diseases and interventions, nutrition, sexual and reproductive health, mortality, and other determinants of health, for more than 90 low- and middle-income countries. The data sources are Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS).
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    • Subnational Malnutrition Database
      March 2016
      Source: World Bank
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 31 July, 2018
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      Data cited at:  The World Bank  https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/ Topic: Subnational Malnutrition Database Publication:  https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/subnational-malnutrition-database License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   Subnational estimates of child malnutrition (prevalence for stunting, underweight, overweight, wasting and severe wasting indicators) using available data up to 2012.