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    Putting children at the centre of poverty debates

    2011
    This paper discusses the methodology of Young Lives - a 15-year study of childhood poverty in Ethiopia, India, Vietnam and Peru, following the lives of 3,000 children in each country.  The Young Lives programme is interested in children’s development within the context of economic constraint and disparities, and cumulative risk.
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    Chronic poverty amid growth: insights from long-term poverty trajectories

    Young Lives, 2012
    In recent years there has been growing interest in researching the dynamics of poverty, including the poverty mobility of households and communities. This paper is a part of a longitudinal study that seeks to improve understanding of the causes and consequences of childhood poverty; the focus in this paper is tribal households not conforming to the general trend of upward mobility.
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    Is School Education Breaking the Cycle of Poverty for Children: Factors Shaping Education Inequalities in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam

    Young Lives, 2012
    School education is held up as an ‘escape route from poverty’. Millions of poor children and families are buying into this promise and often investing scarce resources in going to school, in the hope that it will lead to a better life.
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    Determinants of Child Labour: The Case of Andhra Pradesh

    Young Lives, 2009
    This study examines the extent to which child labour is explained by the main determinants proposed in the literature, focusing on three determinants: income shocks, household composition and parental preferences. In addition, it examines the role of child-specific characteristics, such as psycho-social abilities and nutritional endowment.
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    The Impact of the Midday Meal Scheme on Nutrition and Learning

    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 children to improve nutrition as well as increase educational enrolment, retention and attendance.
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    Social Protection and Children: A Synthesis of Evidence from Young Lives Longitudinal Research in Ethiopia, India and Peru

    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 debate focuses on effects of SP schemes on households, with children assumed to be passive beneficiaries of programmes to reduce vulnerability.
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    Young lives, international study of childhood poverty - working papers

    Young Lives, 2011
    Working 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.
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    Malnourishment among children in India: a regional analysis

    Right to Food Campaign, New Delhi, 2007
    In spite of recent economic growth, India maintains one of the highest proportions of undernourished children in the world, partly owing to the highly uneven nature of its development. This paper provides a detailed analysis of inter-state differentials in malnourishment among children in India on the basis of the National Family Health Survey, 1992-93, 1998-99 and 2005-06.
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    Trade adjustment and human capital investments: evidence from Indian tariff reform

    International Monetary Fund, 2008
    This paper addresses the question about the influence of trade policy on schooling and child labor decisions in low income countries in the context of India's 1991 tariff reforms. In the 1990s, rural India experienced a dramatic increase in schooling and decline in child labour.
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    Understanding bonded child labour in Asia: an introduction to the nature of the problem and how to address it

    Child Workers in Asia, 2007
    This document presents an overview of bonded child labour in South and Southeast Asia, and provides information on legal instruments and approaches that organisations might use to fight it.

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