Results on the Ground

A World Bank funded project in Pakistan’s Punjab Province has continued its support of the country’s education sector and recently approved the second phase of the project. It will support the Province’s medium-term reform program to improve performance and quality of school education; improve school participation and retention rates; and reduce gender and regional disparities. The project had already contributed towards improvements in education with public school enrollments increasing by over 2.4 million over the past three years. However, about 40% of Punjab’s primary school-aged children are still out of school. Read More.

Related Resources

• - Education and the International Development Association
• - Data and Statistics on Pakistan
• - Pakistan In Brief
• - South Asia Regional Highlights from the World Development Report 2007
• - YouThink, A World Bank Youth Dedicated Website

More Numbers from "Data Highlight"

• 400,000 deaths in India are caused by tuberculosis (TB) each year, and it is the leading cause of death in the 15 to 45 age group.
• 99% of the population in Afghanistan did not have access to telecom services in 2002.
• 275 million rural poor in India depend on forest as part of their livelihood.
• 10% of rural households in Sri Lanka have access to tap water.
• 1.25 million hectares of land had been left completely barren due to sodification in Uttar Pradesh, India.
• 14% is the number of births attended by skilled health staff in Afghanistan.