Children and young people
- Children’s vulnerability to climate change and disaster impacts in East Asia and the Pacific
- J. Lawler / United Nations Children's Fund, 2011
- In 2011, UNICEF commissioned field research in Indonesia, Kiribati, Mongolia, Philippines and Vanuatu to determine if there were noticeable patterns and trends of climate change and disaster impacts o...
- Global Inequality: Beyond the Bottom Billion - A Rapid Review of Income Distribution in 141 Countries
- I. Ortiz / United Nations Children's Fund, 2011
- This working paper: (i) provides an overview of global, regional and national income inequalities based on the latest distribution data from the World Bank, UNU-WIDER and Eurostat; (ii) discusses the ...
- Prioritizing Expenditures for a Recovery for All: A Rapid Review of Public Expenditures in 126 Developing Countries
- I. Ortiz / United Nations Children's Fund, 2010
- This working paper examines the extent to which fiscal consolidation is occuring in 2010-11 among 126 low and middle-income countries, and the potential risks for children and poor households at a tim...
- Opportunity in Crisis: Preventing HIV from early adolescence to young adulthood
- United Nations Children's Fund, 2011
- At the UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV and AIDS in 2001, the world made a promise to reduce the prevalence of HIV in young people globally by 25 per cent by the end of 2010 and to increase ...
- Gap analysis: children and climate change in the small islands development states (SIDS) of the Eastern Caribbean
- L. O'Garro / United Nations Children's Fund, 2009
- The paper is based on the 2009 study, “Gap Analysis: Children and Climate Change in the Eastern Caribbean”, undertaken by the Business Development Office of the University of the West Indi...
- Telling their stories: the direct impact of social cash transfers on the lives of ultra poor families in Malawi
- G. Sevenier;D. Jinadasa / United Nations Children's Fund, 2007
- This story-telling publication raises awareness about the impact of cash transfers on the lives of the most vulnerable children in Malawi. It forms one part of an advocacy package on the Malawi's pilo...
- Blame and banishment: The underground HIV epidemic aff ecting children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- United Nations Children's Fund, 2010
- This report, published by UNICEF, highlights the issues faced by children living with HIV, adolescents engaged in risky behaviours, pregnant women using drugs, and the more than one million children a...
- The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children: A Critical Review of Progress Made and Obstacles Encountered in Increasing Protection for War-affected Children
- G Machel / United Nations Children's Fund, 2000
- August 1996 marked the release of the expert report ' The Impact of Armed Conflict on Children' prepared by Graca Machel, expert of the Secretary-General of the United Nations. This report broke new g...
- Climate change and social protection in Cambodia: linkages and synergies
- M. Stirbu / United Nations Children's Fund, 2010
- Because of its low adaptive capacity, Cambodia is highly vulnerable to climate change events, particularly as the social protection system in Cambodia is still under development. ...
- Advancing child-sensitive social protection
- DFID, HelpAge International, Hope & Homes for Children Institute of Development Studies, ILO, / United Nations Children's Fund, 2010
- There is a growing body of evidence from a range of developing countries that social protection programmes can effectively increase the nutritional, health and educational status of children and reduc...
