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Children and social protection in the Middle East and North Africa
Overseas Development Institute, 2011There are a number of interrelated factors involved in poverty and vulnerability in the MENA region. This project briefing reflects the conclusions of a study mapping social protection in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with a particular focus on policies and programmes that impact children.DocumentYoung lives, international study of childhood poverty - working papers
Young Lives, 2011Working papers from the Young Lives study.Papers below date from 2010-2011. Please see the site for further selection of papers dating back to 2002.DocumentYoung lives, international study of childhood poverty - policy papers
Young Lives, 2011Policy papers from the Young Lives study:DocumentAdvancing child-sensitive social protection
United Nations Children's Fund, 2010There 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 reduce their risk of abuse and exploitation.DocumentLiving with our Bibi: a qualitative study of children living with grandmothers in the Nshamba area of north western Tanzania
HelpAge International, 2008The Kwa Wazee Project works with grandparents and the grandchildren who live with them (generally orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS) in the Kagera district of Tanzania. The main activity of the Project is to provide a cash transfer in the form of a pension to grandparents (mostly grandmothers). Grannies get small monthly pensions for themselves and for the grandchildren they support.DocumentCash transfers and child labour: an intriguing relationship
International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2008Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes provide cash to poor households. In return, the households are expected to meet the conditionalities attached to schooling, among others. Several evaluations have found positive impacts on primary school attendance. This one page article considers how CCT programmes have impacted on Child Labour.DocumentSocial issues under economic transformation and integration in Vietnam, Volume 1
Vietnam Development Forum, 2008Fast growth and integration has intensified social problems in Vietnam. New problems have also arisen. Rapidly urbanising areas are experiencing issues with street children, prostitution, and HIV/AIDS epidemic transmission. Nationally there are problems in the education system and social welfare, rising inequality, and in elderly populations.DocumentIs there a rationale for conditional cash transfers for children in South Africa?
School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2008This paper assesses the rationale behind Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) in South Africa. It looks at evidence of the reach and impact of major CCT programmes, particularly in Latin America, and the Child Support Grant (CSG) in South Africa.DocumentInnocenti Social Monitor 2006: understanding child poverty in South-Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2006This study examines child poverty in the 20 countries of South-Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (SEE/CIS). It is designed to stimulate effective policy responses and action in these countries towards the decisive improvement of children’s lives.DocumentReducing child poverty with cash transfers: a sure thing?
Consortium for Street Children, 2006Can cash transfer programmes targeted at children be effective in reducing childhood poverty? This article examines the effectiveness of three types of cash transfer programmes.Pages