Vulnerable groups
- Cameroon: how do extended families buffer against social and economic inequalities?
- P.M Eloundou-Enyegue; D. Shapiro / Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program, Cornell University, 2004
- This paper investigates the role of extended family systems in buffering socioeconomic inequality in African societies, notably through fosterage of children across nuclear family units. Previous study has raised concerns that this su...
- Responding to the European Union's commitment to fight child poverty
- ATD Fourth World, 2004
- This paper is the English translation of Precieux enfants, precieux parents published in November 2003. The paper is a response to the European Union's commitment to fight child poverty, and discusses parents and children living in ex...
- Examination of the Tamil Nadu noon meal scheme reveals necessary changes
- P. Swaminathan; J. Jeyaranjan; R. Sreenivasan; K. Jayashree / Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2004
- This paper examines Tamil Nadu's noon nutritious meal scheme, India's largest in terms of the number of beneficiaries covered. The authors propose that enrolment and retention of children, including girls, in schools have shown signif...
- Education system in Egypt highly responsible for child labour
- K. A. Gazaleh; L. Bulbul; S. Hewala; S. Najim / International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2004
- This study analyses existing literature on the education and gender aspects of child labour. It explores the linkages between child labour, gender and education and highlights areas for further research and programme/policy interventi...
- Child rights and poverty reduction in CEE/CIS and Baltic States
- UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2004
- This paper reviews four areas of child poverty and well-being in CEE, CIS and Baltic States, exploring links with issues such as economic growth, labour markets, migration and drugs use. It argues that a rights based approach must be ...
- Donor responses to child poverty in Ghana and Tanzania
- J. Marshall; E.O. Aboagye / Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2004
- This paper study examines how selected donors approach poverty affecting children, and how they use aid to tackle child poverty through support to particular activities and through the aid instruments. It takes as it focus, Ghana and ...
- Evaluating donors contribution to tackling child poverty in Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan
- R. Marcus; J. Marshall / Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2003
- This report examines how donors approach poverty among children and young people in Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. Both the scale and nature of childhood poverty, and the significance of aid for poverty reduction in Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia,...
- Do cash transfers make significant conributions to eradicating child poverty?
- A. Barrientos; J. DeJong / Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2004
- This paper addresses the effectiveness of cash transfers in addressing childhood poverty in developing and transition economies. It argues that the provision of cash transfers and basic services to the poor are complementary activitie...
- Child poverty impact of South African budget limited by government structures and capacity
- J. Streak / Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2003
- This budget brief assesses the extent to which the 2003 South African Budget addresses widespread child poverty and the delivery of children's socio-economic rights. It looks at both indirect channels (tax and spend proposals that are...
- Improving child nutrition in vulnerable urban households in Guatamala
- M.T. Ruel; B. Brière (de la); K. Hallman; A. Quisumbing; N. Coj / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002
- This paper presents an evaluation and impact assessment (1998) of the urban Hogares Comunitarios Program (HCP), Guatemala, a government-sponsored pilot programme designed to alleviate poverty by providing working parents with low-cost...
- Cameroon: how do extended families buffer against social and economic inequalities?
- P.M Eloundou-Enyegue; D. Shapiro / Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program, Cornell University, 2004
- This paper investigates the role of extended family systems in buffering socioeconomic inequality in African societies, notably through fosterage of children across nuclear family units. Previous study has raised concerns that this su...
- Responding to the European Union's commitment to fight child poverty
- ATD Fourth World, 2004
- This paper is the English translation of Precieux enfants, precieux parents published in November 2003. The paper is a response to the European Union's commitment to fight child poverty, and discusses parents and children living in ex...
- Examination of the Tamil Nadu noon meal scheme reveals necessary changes
- P. Swaminathan; J. Jeyaranjan; R. Sreenivasan; K. Jayashree / Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2004
- This paper examines Tamil Nadu's noon nutritious meal scheme, India's largest in terms of the number of beneficiaries covered. The authors propose that enrolment and retention of children, including girls, in schools have shown signif...
- Education system in Egypt highly responsible for child labour
- K. A. Gazaleh; L. Bulbul; S. Hewala; S. Najim / International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2004
- This study analyses existing literature on the education and gender aspects of child labour. It explores the linkages between child labour, gender and education and highlights areas for further research and programme/policy interventi...
- Child rights and poverty reduction in CEE/CIS and Baltic States
- UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2004
- This paper reviews four areas of child poverty and well-being in CEE, CIS and Baltic States, exploring links with issues such as economic growth, labour markets, migration and drugs use. It argues that a rights based approach must be ...
- Donor responses to child poverty in Ghana and Tanzania
- J. Marshall; E.O. Aboagye / Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2004
- This paper study examines how selected donors approach poverty affecting children, and how they use aid to tackle child poverty through support to particular activities and through the aid instruments. It takes as it focus, Ghana and ...
- Evaluating donors contribution to tackling child poverty in Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan
- R. Marcus; J. Marshall / Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2003
- This report examines how donors approach poverty among children and young people in Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. Both the scale and nature of childhood poverty, and the significance of aid for poverty reduction in Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia,...
- Do cash transfers make significant conributions to eradicating child poverty?
- A. Barrientos; J. DeJong / Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2004
- This paper addresses the effectiveness of cash transfers in addressing childhood poverty in developing and transition economies. It argues that the provision of cash transfers and basic services to the poor are complementary activitie...
- Child poverty impact of South African budget limited by government structures and capacity
- J. Streak / Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2003
- This budget brief assesses the extent to which the 2003 South African Budget addresses widespread child poverty and the delivery of children's socio-economic rights. It looks at both indirect channels (tax and spend proposals that are...
- Improving child nutrition in vulnerable urban households in Guatamala
- M.T. Ruel; B. Brière (de la); K. Hallman; A. Quisumbing; N. Coj / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002
- This paper presents an evaluation and impact assessment (1998) of the urban Hogares Comunitarios Program (HCP), Guatemala, a government-sponsored pilot programme designed to alleviate poverty by providing working parents with low-cost...
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