I'd Like You to Know
This report contains powerful stories, supported by data, of how World Bank Group projects have affected and transformed lives across East Asia and Pacific. There are also photographs that put a face on development statistics. The East Asia and Pac...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/04/24326233/id-like-know http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21721 |
| Summary: | This report contains powerful stories,
supported by data, of how World Bank Group projects have
affected and transformed lives across East Asia and Pacific.
There are also photographs that put a face on development
statistics. The East Asia and Pacific region is home to more
than two billion people. They live in more than 20 different
countries; they speak more than 3,000 languages; they are
farmers and fishermen, business men and women, students,
workers, nomadic herders, all showing that a little can go a
long way. They are improving their own lives with a little
help from the World Bank Group, their own country and other
development partners in the form of investments in the
basics of daily life like water, electricity and health
care; a small grant, a community-driven development program;
business initiatives that cut bureaucratic red tape;
scholarships that enable disadvantaged students to skill up
for the future; and initiatives to protect the environment
and tackle climate change. This dynamic region has
experienced remarkable growth and prosperity, with extreme
poverty falling faster than in any other region. However,
there are still more than 340 million people across the
region living on just $2 a day. This report conveys stories
demonstrating how these people are changing that statistic. |
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