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Item Maldives: Moving Towards Economic Stability(World Bank Group, 2014-04-11) World Bank Group; ވޯރލްޑް ބޭންކް ގްރޫޕްItem Maldives Ventures into the Blue Economy(World Bank Group, 2019-06-11) World Bank Group; ވޯރލްޑް ބޭންކް ގްރޫޕްItem Maldives: A Systematic Country Diagnostic(World Bank Group, 2016-05-10) World Bank Group; ވޯރލްޑް ބޭންކް ގްރޫޕްItem Study on the decentralisation process in the Maldives : with reference to the impact on services on children(UNICEF, 2013-05) UNICEFIn 2010, the Decentralisation Act was passed by Maldivian Parliament. This act formalized the role of Atoll and Island Councils, requiring that they be democratically elected. It also established local government authorities, to which island and atoll councils are now held accountability, and required island councils to provide primary health care. In 2013, UNICEF conducted a study to assess how these decentralisation efforts are impacting services for children in the Maldives.Item Country program document: UNICEF Maldives : A document detailing UNICEF's proposed activities from 2016-2020.(UNICEF, 2015-06) UNICEF; ޔުނިސެފްThe country programme document (CPD) for Maldives is presented to the Executive Board for discussion and approval at the present session, on a no-objection basis. The CPD includes a proposed aggregate indicative budget of $4,250,000 from regular resources, subject to the availability of funds, and $5,023,460 in other resources, subject to the availability of specific-purpose contributions, for the period 2016 to 2020. In accordance with Executive Board decision 2014/1, the present document reflects comments made by Executive Board members on the draft CPD that was shared 12 weeks before the second regular session of 2015.Item Implementation handbook for the convention on the rights of the child(UNICEF, 2007-09) UNICEF; ޔުނިސެފްThe third edition of UNICEF's Implementation Handbook for the Convention on the Rights of the Child, published in 2007, provides a detailed reference for the implementation of law, policy and practice to promote and protect the rights of children. It brings together under each article an analysis of the Committee on the Right of the Child’s growing interpretation during its first fourteen years and examination of over 300 of its Concluding Observations following consideration of States’ reports. The Handbook also provides a concise description of the role, power and procedures, and developing activities of the Committee and its appendices include a guide to related United Nations bodies and texts of key instruments.Item UNICEF Maldives office annual report: 2017(UNICEF, 2017-01) UNICEF Maldives; ޔުނިސެފްOverall, the situation of children in the Maldives remained stable throughout 2017. The Government sustained its commitment to allocate a fair share of the GDP to public health and education (4.6 per cent and 6.2 per cent, respectively). The World Bank estimated a real GDP growth of 4.8 per cent and a fiscal deficit of 9.4 per cent of GDP in 2017. The gradual withdrawal of food subsidies continued while the cash transfers to vulnerable households remained limited. Approximately 25 per cent of youth were not employed, in school or in training programmes. Expatriate workers continued to benefit from the growth in the construction and tourism sectors more than Maldivian youth. UNICEF Maldives’ collaboration with national partners focused on enhancing child protection and juvenile justice systems, alternative education for out-of-school adolescents, improving infant and young child feeding, and building information systems. All the activities UNICEF supported were designed to contribute to the UNDAF outcome of improving inclusive, equitable, and high quality social services for all children and adolescents, especially the disadvantaged and vulnerable. In 2017, UNICEF Maldives and partners achieved significant results for children in the country. A real-time system for reporting and addressing violence against children was established and expanded. Local communities are now able to identify cases of violence against children and use the hotline call number to report abuse. The number of reported cases was on the rise, indicating that a functional reporting system was in place. Trained local community support groups and the police routinely picked up the reported cases and addressed them immediately. At the central level, the Ministry of Gender and Family (MoGF) published monthly gender and age disaggregated reports on violence against children cases. These reports contributed to raising awareness on the responsibility of community members to stop violence against children. Alternative education opportunities for out-of-school adolescents were established, including for those who were incarcerated by court decision. In 2017, some 43 adolescents enrolled in vocational training, an alternative learning opportunity that was not previously accessible to outof-school adolescents. The Open Education Information System now allows school management and responsible staff in the Ministry of Education to access real time information about individual students’ attendance and learning achievements as well as teacher performance. The establishment of the Health Information System is progressing. It will provide easy access to real-time information on violence against children, education, and health and will contribute to informed decision-making. UNICEF’s new partnership with the Care Society resulted in the production of behaviour change communication materials for the inclusion of children with disabilities. With UNICEF’s technical guidance and support, the Ministry of Education successfully applied for and received a grant from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). UNICEF support is underway for the development of an education sector strategy and plan. However, delays at the Ministry of 2 Education to meet some of the GPE deadlines is a concern. Both UNICEF and the MoE are looking for innovative ways to overcome this challenge. In 2017, UNICEF and the Ministry of Health launched a study to better understand the underlying causes of malnutrition, an ongoing challenge for some children in the Maldives. The findings of this ongoing study will help sharpen the programme focus next year. The delays on the part of the Ministry of Finance to credit direct cash transfers (DCTs) from UNICEF and other UN agencies to the accounts of partner ministries continue to hamper timely completion of activities and liquidation of DCTs. UNICEF continued to discuss a workable solution for routing direct cash transfers (DCTs) through the Ministry of Finance with national partners. The limited visibility of UNICEF’s work in the Maldives and lack of partnerships with the private sector are key shortfalls that will be aggressively addressed in 2018.Item Household income & expenditure survey :employment 2016 : Analytical Release III(National Bureau of Statistics, 2018-07) National Bureau of Statistics; ނެޝަނަލް ބިޔުރޯ އޮފް ސްޓެޓިސްޓިކްސް ޔުނިސެފް މޯލްޑިވްސްThe third in a series of reports by the National Bureau of Statistics on income and expenditure of households in the Maldives. This publication is primarily focused on employment and labour among Maldivians.Item Maldives : identifying opportunities and constraints to ending poverty and promoting shared prosperity : a systematic country diagnostic(World Bank, 2015-09-01) World Bank Group; ވޯރލްޑް ބޭންކް ގްރޫޕްMaldives is an island nation scattered in the Indian Ocean comprising 1,190 small coral islands of which 190 are inhabited by a local population of 341,000. Maldives’ unique archipelagic coral island provides the country with an extremely rich and diverse marine ecological system. With more territorial sea than land, marine resources have played a vital role shaping the contours of economic development, with nature-based tourism being the key driver of economic growth and fisheries an important sector of employment for the local population. Maldives developed a successful high-end tourism sector, whose sizeable rents have been redistributed to the population to address its development challenges. This systematic country diagnostic for Maldives aims at identifying the most critical constraints and opportunities facing the country as it works towards promoting sustainable growth, reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity. In addition to serving as a public good for the government, civil society, research and academic community, and local and international development partners, the findings of the SCD will be used as key inputs in the preparation of the WBG strategy, the Country Partnership Framework, which will outline how the Bank Group’s engagement in Maldives can best contribute towards achieving the twin goals.Item ނެށުން(ުދިވެހިބަހާއި ތާރީޚަށް ޚިދުމަތްކުރާ ޤައުމީ މަރުކަޒު, 1987-10) މުޙައްމަދު ވަޙީދު; Waheedh, Mohamed