This note presents a multisectoral examination of the national and provincial landscapes for ECD in Pakistan. It explains the critical importance of improving investments and services for young children...
Malnutrition is one of Pakistan’s biggest development challenges, with long-term implications for human capital development and economic growth. The proportions of young children stunted (40 percent)...
Pakistan faces a human capital crisis. Its population, three-quarters of which is under the age of 35, has very recent memories of failures in the schooling system and in health services. Federal and provincial...
The policy note builds on the relationship between human capital and labor market outcomes for the poor and reviews some of the few programs currently active for ad dressing the needs of the poor. It describes...
This note develops back-of-the-envelope estimates of what it would cost to provide all children with a life raft: schooling at a minimum quality level to achieve literacy and develops a framework of interventions...
Investing in high-quality programs that support young children’s health, nutrition, and early learning improves learning outcomes and ultimately increases adult wages and productivity. This note presents...
Pakistan can realize major economic growth and development by investing in its people and their human capital. But the reality is that Pakistan’s human capital is low and has improved only marginally over...
Pakistan faces a human capital crisis. Its population, three-quarters of which is under the age of 35, has very recent memories of failures in the schooling system and in health services. Federal and provincial...
Investments in human capital and labor market outcomes are self-reinforcing. The problem is that poorer households are often unable to invest enough in human capital, so they lag in human development outcomes...
This note’s findings are based on desk reviews and consultations with key stakeholders to collect and analyze data pertaining to nutrition interventions and their quality, coverage, service delivery and...
Pakistan can realize major economic growth and development by investing in its people and their human capital. But the reality is that Pakistan’s human capital is low and has improved only marginally over...
This note develops back-of-the-envelope estimates of what it would cost to provide all children with a life raft: schooling at a minimum quality level to achieve literacy and develops a framework of interventions...