- Gender Bias and the “Marriage Squeeze” in China, South Korea and India 1920-1990: The Effects of War, Famine and Fertility Decline
- M. Das Gupta; S Li / Global Reproductive Health Forum, 1997
- China, South Korea and Northern India have commonalities in their kinship systems which make for discrimination against female children. Discrimination was heightened by war, famine and fertility decline. During 1920-90, India has had...
- World Health Report 1998
- World Health Organization, 1998
- Report provides the latest expert assessment of the global health situation, and uses that as a basis for projecting health trends to the year 2025. Examining the entire human life span, and sifting data gathered in the past 50 years,...
- By the Sweat & Toil of Children: Volume IV: Consumer Labels and Child Labor
- International Child Labor Program, USA, 1997
- Analyzes voluntary efforts, particularly labeling initiatives, to inform consumers that measures are being taken to prevent the use of child labor in the production of hand-knotted carpets, leather footwear, footballs and tea.
- Report on labour practices in Burma
- International Child Labor Program, USA, 1998
- Surveys, analyzes, and summarizes the major allegations US concerning labor practices in Burma. Addresses allegations of child labor practices, workers' rights, the forced relocation of laborers, and the use of forced labor to support...
- By the Sweat & Toil of Children: Volume V: Efforts to Eliminate Child Labor
- International Child Labor Program, USA, 1999
- provides an assessment of the child labor situation in 16 countries.4 It reviews the extent and nature of child labor in these countries and establishes a framework that can be used in future studies to evaluate progress in eliminatin...
- The potential of the military in environmental protection in India (D'Souza / Unasylva)
- Unasylva, FAO, 1999
- WHO Global Database on Child Health
- World Health Organization, 1999
- Children's rights: reports and projects (HRI)
- Human Rights Internet, 1999
- Declaration and plan of action for the development of rural radio in Africa (FAO)
- Communication for Development, FAO SD Dimensions, 1999
- Improving Girls' Education in Guatemala
- Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 1999
- Evaluation of USAID project. Demonstrated that improving educational quality is the best approach to enhancing girls’ participation. With Agency support, private sector actors improved scholarship programs and gave visibility to ...
- Healthy cities, healthy children
- L. Duhl; T. Hancock / The Progress of Nations Report, UNICEF, 1999
- Economic development has brought comfort and convenience to many people in the industrialized world, but in its wake are pollution, new health problems, blighted urban landscapes and social isolation. Growing numbers of the dispossess...
- Social indicators for less populous countries [statistics and league tables]
- The Progress of Nations Report, UNICEF, 1998
- The indicators used to construct the league tables in The Progress of Nations 1998 include: per cent of registered births; per cent of children not immunized against measles; and number of live births per 1,000 women age 15-19. Using ...
- League table of child death rates
- The Progress of Nations Report, UNICEF, 1999
- Promise and progress: Achieving goals for children 1990-2000
- United Nations Children's Fund, 1999
- Six years after the World Summit for Children brought together leaders, including 71 Heads of Government or State, from nearly 160 countries in New York to pledge to ensure the survival and to promote the development of children, Unit...
- World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children
- United Nations Children's Fund, 1999
- Plan of Action for Implementing the World Declaration on the Survival, Protection and Development of Children
- United Nations Children's Fund, 1999
- Goals for Children and Development in the 1990s
- United Nations Children's Fund, 1999
- By the Sweat & Toil of Children: The Use of Child Labor in American Imports
- International Child Labor Program, USA, 1999
- Report reviews the countries and industries that export to the United States products produced by child labour. Country profiles are available for: Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire,Egypt, Guatemala, India, Indonesia,...
- The UN's convention on children's rights
- United Nations Children's Fund, 1989
- The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was adopted by the UN's General Assembly in 1989 and entered into force in 1990. This Convention applies to human beings below the age of eighteen. Its provisions include: ...
- By the Sweat & Toil of Children: The Use of Child Labor in U.S. Agricultural Imports & Forced and Bonded Child Labor
- International Child Labor Program, USA, 1999
- Examines children working to produce agricultural products exported to the United States and children working under forced labor conditions, such as bonded (or slave) labor and forced prostitution.
- Global Unification the Gambia (GU)
- Global Unification The Gambia (GU) is a chapter of Global Unification International (GUI) in Australia. It is a youth-led research and development, non-political, non-religious, tax exempted charitable, association established in 2006 at the University of the Gambia. In partnership with relevant institutions, its mission is to provide education, skills and strengthen the capacity of yo...
- Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
- The Child Poverty Action Group was formed in 1994 out of deep concern for the rising level of poverty in New Zealand and its effects on children. CPAG works to produce evidence about the causes and effects of poverty on children and their families. It examines how Government policies affect children and families. CPAG publishes reports, makes submissions and conducts small-scale researc...
- Earth Child Institute (ECI)
- Earth Child Institute is committed to combating climate change, deforestation and water scarcity. By investing in hands-on environment and educational projects with and for children, both in and out of schools. Its goal is to engage with and support empowerment of the world’s 2.2 billion people under the age of 18 to plant trees, ensure access to safe water, sanitation, clean energy and nutr...
- Kenya Community Support Center (KECOSCE)
- The Kenya Community Support Center (KECOSCE) was founded in 2006 and has been working in the coastal region of Kenya. It was established to address democratic governance, socio?economic and youth concerns with a focus on the coast of Kenya.
- United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
- Multidisciplinary research institute on development economics
- Countdown to 2015
- The Countdown to 2015 Initiative tracks coverage levels for health interventions proven to reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality.It calls on governments and development partners to be accountable, identifies knowledge gaps and proposes new actions to reach Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5, to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health. The Countdown Initiative is a supra-institu...
- UNICEF Bangladesh
- The UNICEF Bangladesh country office work in partnership with government ministries, non-government organisations, UN agencies and a wide range of donors in order to solve the problems facing children in Bangladesh. Specifically, UNICEF Bangladesh works on: education health and nutrition protection...
- Global Health Promotion
- Global Health Promotion, is the official publication of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE). It is a multilingual journal, which publishes authoritative peer-reviewed articles and practical information for a world-wide audience of professionals interested in health promotion and health education. The title was formerly known as Promotion & Education.
- BASICS fragile and post-conflict states publications
- As part of a multi-donor exercise to deepen the international development community's understanding of health programming in post conflict and fragile environments, BASICS authored a series of papers to distill current thinking and share lessons learned. This website page provides access to the titles of and links to these papers.
- Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic economics (CHILD)
- Promotes the collaboration of researchers in the field of population and household economics with a particular interest to the relationships between households, within households and between the family and the state by organising conferences, seminars and research on these themes. Acts as a network for the activities of five Italian universities.
