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Changing Educational Aspirations of Children Living in Poverty in Ethiopia
Y. Tafere / Young Lives, 2010
Using both qualitative and quantitative data, this paper examines the changing educational and occupational aspirations and educational achievements of children living in poor communities in Ethiopia. The results suggest that children...
Do Pre-natal and Post-natal Economic Shocks Have a Long-lasting Effect on the Height of 5-year-old Children?
T. Woldehanna / Young Lives, 2010
While the Ethiopian national emergency and food security programmes support farmers hit by area-wide shocks such as crop failure, idiosyncratic shocks such as illness and death of household member, loss of assets and separation or div...
Know Your Place: Ethiopian Children’s Contributions to the Household Economy
K. Heissler / Young Lives, 2010
This paper combines quantitative and qualitative analysis to develop a comprehensive and nuanced understanding of children’s work, in particular, the role of the household in determining work roles. Using a cohort study of childr...
WP44 - The Impact of Parental Death on Schooling and Subjective Well-being: Evidence from Ethiopia using Longitudinal Data
C. camfield / Young Lives, 2009
Parental death is one of the many risks faced by children in poor communities, especially in Africa in the context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.While the death of a parent at any age is a significant and distressing event, Young Lives res...
Children and the Food Price Crisis
S. Dercon / Young Lives, 2008
The sharp increase in food prices both in world markets and in local markets since 2006 has raised serious concerns about the food and nutrition situation of poor families in many countries. Particularly in urban areas, where people c...
Impacts of social protection programmes in Ethiopia on child work and education
J. Yablonski / Young Lives, 2008
Social protection measures are becoming an increasingly important policy tool for African governments. These measures have important potential for reducing poverty and positive impacts on child well-being. However, Young Lives researc...
Priority to Protect: Preventing Children’s Association with Village Defence Militias in Southern Thailand
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, 2011
This report addresses the recruitment and use of children in Chor Ror Bor (Village Defence Militias - Thailand). It also reflects briefly on concerns relating to the administrative detention of children suspected of association with a...
Youth vulnerabilities and adaptation: Exploring the impact of macro-level shocks on youth: 3F (food, fuel, financial) crisis and climate change in Ghana, Mozambique and Vietnam
P. Pereznieto / Overseas Development Institute, 2011
The main component of the study, for which research was undertaken from July 2010 to February 2011, focused on understanding how the 3F crisis impacted on different areas of young people’s lives and development, mediated through ...
The Impact of the Midday Meal Scheme on Nutrition and Learning
C. Porter / Young Lives, 2010
Food insecurity and poor nutrition remain a problem in many developing countries and can have profound effects on children’s health and their development. The Midday Meal Scheme in India is a programme covering primary school chi...
Early Childhood Care and Education as a Strategy for Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Young Lives
H. Murray / Young Lives, 2010
High-quality early childhood care and education (ECCE) is now recognised as a core strategy for poverty reduction. There is evidence of high returns from ECCE investments, which can contribute to global policy priorities such as tackl...
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Do Pre-natal and Post-natal Economic Shocks Have a Long-lasting Effect on the Height of 5-year-old Children?
T. Woldehanna / Young Lives, 2010
While the Ethiopian national emergency and food security programmes support farmers hit by area-wide shocks such as crop failure, idiosyncratic shocks such as illness and death of household member, loss of assets and separation or div...
Know Your Place: Ethiopian Children’s Contributions to the Household Economy
K. Heissler / Young Lives, 2010
This paper combines quantitative and qualitative analysis to develop a comprehensive and nuanced understanding of children’s work, in particular, the role of the household in determining work roles. Using a cohort study of childr...
WP44 - The Impact of Parental Death on Schooling and Subjective Well-being: Evidence from Ethiopia using Longitudinal Data
C. camfield / Young Lives, 2009
Parental death is one of the many risks faced by children in poor communities, especially in Africa in the context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.While the death of a parent at any age is a significant and distressing event, Young Lives res...
Children and the Food Price Crisis
S. Dercon / Young Lives, 2008
The sharp increase in food prices both in world markets and in local markets since 2006 has raised serious concerns about the food and nutrition situation of poor families in many countries. Particularly in urban areas, where people c...
Impacts of social protection programmes in Ethiopia on child work and education
J. Yablonski / Young Lives, 2008
Social protection measures are becoming an increasingly important policy tool for African governments. These measures have important potential for reducing poverty and positive impacts on child well-being. However, Young Lives researc...
Priority to Protect: Preventing Children’s Association with Village Defence Militias in Southern Thailand
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, 2011
This report addresses the recruitment and use of children in Chor Ror Bor (Village Defence Militias - Thailand). It also reflects briefly on concerns relating to the administrative detention of children suspected of association with a...
Youth vulnerabilities and adaptation: Exploring the impact of macro-level shocks on youth: 3F (food, fuel, financial) crisis and climate change in Ghana, Mozambique and Vietnam
P. Pereznieto / Overseas Development Institute, 2011
The main component of the study, for which research was undertaken from July 2010 to February 2011, focused on understanding how the 3F crisis impacted on different areas of young people’s lives and development, mediated through ...
The Impact of the Midday Meal Scheme on Nutrition and Learning
C. Porter / Young Lives, 2010
Food insecurity and poor nutrition remain a problem in many developing countries and can have profound effects on children’s health and their development. The Midday Meal Scheme in India is a programme covering primary school chi...
Early Childhood Care and Education as a Strategy for Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Young Lives
H. Murray / Young Lives, 2010
High-quality early childhood care and education (ECCE) is now recognised as a core strategy for poverty reduction. There is evidence of high returns from ECCE investments, which can contribute to global policy priorities such as tackl...
Social Protection and Children: A Synthesis of Evidence from Young Lives Longitudinal Research in Ethiopia, India and Peru
C. Porter / Young Lives, 2010
This paper sets out the key findings from Young Lives research into the ways that major social protection (SP) policies are impacting on children, their families and communities in Ethiopia, India and Peru. Most research and policy de...
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Baby Milk Action
Baby Milk Action is a non-profit organisation which aims to save lives and to end the avoidable suffering caused by inappropriate infant feeding. Baby Milk Action works within a global network to strengthen independent, transparent and effective controls on the marketing of the baby feeding industry. The global network is called IBFAN (the International Baby Food Action Network) a network of ove...
Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation, Cambodia (MoSVY)
Cambodian Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation (MoSVY)
National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCC)
Organisation coordinating and promoting child-focused social development
Protection Project, Johns Hopkins University
Research institute on trafficking in persons
Kuwait Society for the Advancement of Arab Children,, Kuwait (KSAAC)
Development of children and education organization in Kuwait
Development Partnership International (DPI)
Youth-led, social change and development organisation
Children and youth in Organised Armed Violence (COAV)
Information website of youth in armed groups
HAQ Centre for Child Rights
Centre for child rights
Childhope
Reducing violence against children, and the impact of HIV/AIDS
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, USA (OJJDP)
US Government office
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