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  Market assessment toolkit for vocational training providers and youth linking vocational training programmes to market opportunities in Northern Uganda

  Women's Refugee Commission, 2008

  Vocational training is at the intersection of economic recovery, education and rehabilitation and reintegration. It is uniquely positioned to meet the demands of youth and broader goals of economic reconstruction in post-conflict areas. This three-part toolkit aims to help youth in Vocational Training (VT) programs to find employment/self-employment based on market demand.
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  Social issues under economic transformation and integration in Vietnam, Volume 2

  Vietnam Development Forum, 2008

  This is the second of two volumes looking at social issues in transition economies in reference to Vietnam.
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  Social issues under economic transformation and integration in Vietnam, Volume 1

  Vietnam Development Forum, 2008

  Fast 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.
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  Is there a rationale for conditional cash transfers for children in South Africa?

  School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2008

  This 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.
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  The South African Index of Multiple Deprivation for Children: Census 2001

  The Centre for the Analysis of South African Social Policy, 2008

  Since 1994, the government of South Africa has committed itself to protecting child rights and reducing child poverty. Its child poverty strategy is guided by the Constitution, other legislation and the National Programme of Action for Children, amongst others. But how much progress has been made so far?
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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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  A future with no one living in poverty and hunger: highlights from an international youth writing contest

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2007

  How can global hunger be eliminated in the next twelve years? One way to find out is to ask future leaders what they think. As part of its 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and Environment, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has been running international youth writing competitions since 2001 and results are shared with governments and policy makers.
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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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  Factors influencing decisions to use child labour: a case study of poor households in Kabul

  Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2008

  How do households decide whether to put children into work? This case study set in Kabul explores the processes through which poor households make decisions about whether or not to put children into work.
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  The state of children in Serbia 2006: with focus on poor and excluded children

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2007

  This report looks at child poverty and exclusion in Serbia, and the inter-generational transmission of poverty. It aims to raise the awareness of the general public and also of policy and decision-makers in Serbia about the situation of children in the country.

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