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  Childhood poverty, basic services and cumulative disadvantage: an international comparative analysis

  Young Lives, 2007

  This paper explores the ability of children living in poverty to access multiple basic services. The study draws on a sample of over 8,000 children in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam.The authors argue that children denied access to education or health services are more likely to reside in households deprived of other basic infrastructure and therefore prone to cumulative disadvantages.
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  Voices of child migrants: a better understanding of how life is

  Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2006

  There is a significant gap between how children see their own experiences of migration and the way that child migrants are often represented. This report presents accounts from 16 children from Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, India and Ghana who were interviewed in the course of the Migration DRC research so as to highlight what children themselves think and say about their lives.
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  Childhood poverty in Mozambique: a situation and trends analysis

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2006

  Mozambique has made significant progress since the end of the civil war, particularly in terms of post-war reconstruction, macroeconomic stabilisation, economic recovery and the rapid reduction of poverty.
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  The role of cash transfers in tackling childhood poverty

  Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2004

  This briefing paper focuses on the contribution one main social protection instrument - child-oriented cash transfers - can make to reducing childhood poverty and vulnerability.The paper argues that child-oriented cash transfers and wider social protection strategies can play an important role in reaching various Millennium Development Goals, including those on health, education, nutrition and
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  IDS In Focus Issue 1: Social Protection

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006

  Social protection has come a long way in a short time. Ten years ago, it was a new phrase for social safety nets, and was limited to interventions that provided short-term support to people lacking the capacity to cope on their own.
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  Making Philippine cities child friendly: voices of children in poor communities

  UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2005

  This study analyses how the Philippines’ national Child Friendly Movement, which has engaged government, NGOs, civil society, children and UNICEF, has enhanced the capacity of local governments, communities and young people to fulfil the rights of the poorest children.The study uses participatory methodologies and reflects the viewpoint of children and the community.
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  Tap and Reposition Youth (TRY): providing social support, savings, and microcredit opportunities for young women in areas with high HIV prevalence

  Population Council, USA, 2006

  Tap and Reposition Youth (TRY) is a multiphase initiative whose overall aim is to reduce adolescents' vulnerabilities to adverse social and reproductive health outcomes, including HIV infection, by improving their livelihoods options. The project operates in low-income and slum areas of Nairobi, Kenya, where rates of HIV infection are high and where young women are disproportionately affected.
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  A situational analysis of orphans and vulnerable children in four districts of South Africa

  Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2006

  This situational analysis in four districts in South Africa was conducted to gain information about services offered to orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) by government and NGOs and the situation of OVC in general, to identify strengths and weaknesses of these services and suggest possible ways of improving them.The majority of OVC interviewed live below the poverty line, are hungry, have be
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  Growing up in Asia: Plan's strategic framework for fighting poverty in Asia 2005-2015

  Plan, 2005

  This report discusses the future environment children in Asia will grow up in from 2005 - 2015.
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  Research, policy engagement and practice: reflections on efforts to mainstream children into Ethiopia’s second national poverty reduction strategy

  Young Lives, 2005

  This paper explores efforts to bridge multi-disciplinary research, policy engagement and practice to improve the life quality of children living in poverty, focusing on Ethiopia.The paper is structured in two parts. The first section discusses the importance of mapping the policy context so as to carry out effective policy influencing for and with children.

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