Changes in official development assistance in Vietnam as seen through the prism of governance by Romain Bony-Cisternes

“…Traditionally focused on Millennium Development Goals or Sustainable Development Goals, aid in general, and French aid in particular, have moved into more sensitive areas such as governance. …”
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Teacher rewards and their performance: a case study of selected secondary schools in southern division, Kabale municipality by Agnes, Nyinamasiko, John Michael, Edoru

“…Finally, it was recommended that the Government of Uganda and the Ministry of Education and sports should provide adequate information and counseling to teachers on creating an environment, inside the classroom and beyond where students can talk openly about their learning, their challenges and what allows them to succeed, teachers’ salaries should be determined according to sector needs as opposed to macro-economic policy requirements if Uganda is to attain the Millennium Development Goals related to Education, there is also a need to continuously engage teachers in the National teachers Union (UNATU) a statutory representative of teachers at all levels in both private and government sectors; this will enable teachers to consult on educational, labor and other relevant issues…”
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Hedging irrigated maize crop yields using temperature derivatives in Malawi by Prince Blackson Dennis Chirwa, Nelson Christopher Dzupire

“…In line with Malawi's 2063 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), this study acts as an eye opener for the government to put a policy on whether derivatives should be practised in our country hence, increase cash holding by improving the situation of the farmer and country.…”
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Achieving Universal Access for Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Tuberculosis: Potential Prevention Impact of an Integrated Multi-Disease Prevention Campaign in Kenya by Reuben Granich, Nicolas Muraguri, Alexandre Doyen, Navneet Garg, Brian G. Williams

“…Community-based integrated public health campaigns could be a potential solution to reach universal access and Millennium Development Goals.…”
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The potential impact of austerity on attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals in Brazil by Davide Rasella, Luis Eugenio Portela Fernandes de Souza, Rafael Damasceno de Barros, Maurício Lima Barreto, Thomas V Hone, Rômulo Paes de Sousa, Christopher J Millett, Julia Pescarini

“…In the recent decades, Brazil has outperformed comparable countries in its progress toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals. Many of these improvements have been driven by investments in health and social policies. …”
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The intergenerational effect of tuition-free lower-secondary education on children’s nutritional outcomes in Africa by Alfredo Martin, Aleta Sprague, Amy Raub, Bijetri Bose, Pragya Bhuwania, Rachel Kidman, Arijit Nandi, Jere Behrman, Jody Heymann

“…Countries worldwide have committed to addressing child undernutrition, and ending hunger is foundational to the Millennium Development Goals. In this paper, we study the intergenerational effect of providing free tuition in secondary school on future children’s nutrition. …”
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Progress towards health equity in Vietnam: evidence from nationwide official health statistics, 2010-2020 by Zhuo Li, Yinzi Jin, Zhijie Zheng, Tran Diep Tuan, Mailikezhati Maimaitiming, Junyi Shi, Yikai Feng

“…Vietnam is considered one of the ‘fast-track countries’ to achieve the health-related Millennium Development Goals, but research on its equity strategies remains inadequate.Methods Using Vietnamese official health statistics, we investigated inequity in four dimensions including health resources, service delivery, service utilisation and residents’ health status from the perspectives of income levels, poverty rates and subnational regions. …”
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Investigating the electronic health literacy promotion strategies in adolescent girls: A cross-sectional study in Iran by Elahe Tavassoli, Sara Eslami Farsani, Forouzan Ganji, Ziba Raisi Dehkordi

“…Background: Today, a fifth of the world’s population is made up of adolescents aged 10–19, 500 million of these people are adolescent girls, and investing in the health of adolescents is one of the main ways to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Health concerns are a phenomenon that preoccupies many people at some point in their lives, and in some cases, even though the evidence does not show a specific disease, the person’s concerns are not resolved and health anxiety continues. …”
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Predicting maternal risk level using machine learning models by Sulaiman Salim Al Mashrafi, Laleh Tafakori, Mali Abdollahian

“…As a result, reducing the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is part of goal 3 in the global sustainable development goals (SDGs), and previously, it was an important indicator in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Therefore, identifying high-risk groups during pregnancy is crucial for decision-makers and medical practitioners to mitigate mortality and morbidity. …”
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Factors associated with acute respiratory infection and healthcare-seeking behaviour among primary caregivers in Bangladesh: a study based on MICS 2019 by Md Fuad Al Fidah, Syeda Sumaiya Efa, Ali Amin Nabin

“…Bangladesh has demonstrated success in achieving the Millennium Development Goals, particularly in relation to target 4. …”
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Organisational best practices for advancing women in leadership: protocol for a systematic literature review by Jacqueline Boyle, Helen Skouteris, Helena J Teede, Mariam Mousa, Alexandra K Mullins

“…The aim of the review is to learn from other sectors and analyse the evidence to inform implementation in the health sector.Methods and analysis A systematic search will be performed on Ovid MEDLINE, PsycINFO and SCOPUS databases to identify studies since 2000, reflecting a major shift in the global gender equality agenda with the development of the 2000 Millennium Development Goals. Titles and abstracts will be screened to assess eligibility; data extraction, quality assessment (using the Critical Appraisal Skill Programme checklist) and synthesis of outcomes will be performed. …”
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Correlating NAADS Agricultural Initiatives in the Tea Sector and the Industrialisation Potential for Community Transformation and Poverty Reduction in South-Western Uganda (2015–20... by Mucunguzi, Abel, Nabimanya, Boaz, Mpirirwe, Jedras, Nabaasa, Edgar

“…Community transformation and poverty alleviation are central to every country's holistic development agenda as emphasized by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs, 2000–2015) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs, 2015–2030). …”
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Implementation of medicines pricing policies in sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a systematic review by Tim Ensor, Tolib Mirzoev, Natalie King, Judy M Wright, Anna Cronin De Chavez, Irene Akua Agyepong, Augustina Koduah, Leonard Baatiema, Anthony Danso-Appiah, Irene A Kretchy

“…The searches will be limited to literature published from the year 2000 onwards that is, since the start of the Millennium Development Goals.Published peer-reviewed studies of implementation of medicines pricing policies in SSA will be eligible for inclusion. …”
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Ingeniería sostenible: nuevos objetivos en los proyectos de construcción Sustainable engineering: new objectives for construction projects by Fernando Rodríguez, Gonzalo Fernández

“…The objectives of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the alleviation and adjustment proposals from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in their consecutive reports, as well as the proposals by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) cannot go unnoticed for general projects and for particular construction projects. …”
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Prioritization of Alternative Agricultural Products Based on Market Signals as a Tool for the Development of Innovative Projects by D. Villalva-Bustamante, M. F. Logroño-Rodríguez, T. F. Flores-Pulgar, B. Naula-Erazo

“…Additionally, it was recognized that the management of the province of Chimborazo was based on its management of the Millennium Development Goals, the Constitution of the Republic, the National Plan for Development in a Supra-Provincial Framework, as well as the Plan Development of Chimborazo, the Territorial Planning Plan and others that promoted planning with a focus on territorial and solidarity sustainable development. …”
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Poverty Dynamics and the Fundamental Root Causes in Iran by Zahra Azari, Parviz Mohamadzadeh, Davoud Behboudi

“…Aim and Introduction The importance of poverty and dealing with that is so critical that poverty alleviation is the first goal in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). …”
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Childhood Mortality: Trends and Determinants in Ethiopia from 1990 to 2015—A Systematic Review by Yohannes Mehretie Adinew, Senafikish Amsalu Feleke, Zelalem Birhanu Mengesha, Shimelash Bitew Workie

“…Background. Millennium Development Goal 4 calls for reducing under-five mortality rate by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015. …”
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The Effects of Poverty on Rural Lively Hoods: A Case Study of Bufumbo Sub-County and Bufumeo Sub-Couny, Mbale District. by Muduwa, Jennifer

“…Uganda has made progress towards poverty elimination in rural areas having successfully achieved the Millennium Development goal target of halving the number of people in extreme poverty way ahead of the 2015 deadline. …”
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The Food Crisis and Food Security: Towards a New World Food Order? by Christophe Golay

“…Contradictory proposals are made and the thought given to the causes underlying hunger and the food crisis (social, economic and political discrimination and exclusion) has gone largely unheeded. The first Millennium Development Goal, which calls for cutting the percentage of hungry people by half by 2015, is clearly out of reach. …”
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Standardized Functions for Smartphone Applications: Examples from Maternal and Child Health by Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Mark Tomlinson, Dallas Swendeman, Adabel Lee, Erynne Jones

“…Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are unlikely to be met in most low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). …”
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