Böcker i Human development perspectives-serien

The book details the steps taken by 11 countries across Eastern Europe and Central Assia to strengthen their HIV programs based on the findings, and highlights critical issues for the road ahead.

Obesity is a global ticking time-bomb with huge potential negative economic and health impacts, especially for the poor. Countries and global partners need to act urgently to address this ensuing epidemic with emphasis highlighting interventions that require corrective public action rather than one of individual responsibility.

Explores the threats to education quality in the developing world that cannot be explained by lack of resources. This study reviews the observed phenomenon of service delivery failures in public education, and documents what we know about the extent and costs of such failures across low and middle-income countries.