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Progress for children: a report card on immunization
United Nations Children's Fund, 2005This volume of Progress for Children reports on the progress of immunisations by countries and region.The report finds that East Asia/Pacific, Latin America/Caribbean and Middle East/North Africa are almost achieving the 90 per cent target for DPT3 (national and district coverage).DocumentThe equality predicament: report on the world social situation 2005
UN, 2005This report traces the trends and patterns in economic and non-economic aspects of inequality and examines their causes and consequences across and within regions and countries.DocumentFacing the crisis: supporting children through positive care options
Save the Children Fund, 2005This report responds to the situation of the increasing number of children who are at risk of separation from their families or need alternative care due to HIV/AIDS, poverty, conflict, natural disasters, exploitation, abuse and family breakdown.The paper emphasises the need for practice and policy responses that reinforce family- and community-based care and support options.DocumentRoars and whispers: gender and poverty: promises vs. action
Social Watch, 2005This annual Social Watch report monitors the progress of the MDGs and poverty reduction using a gendered approach. Divided into three areas it covers: themed discussions, monitoring progress, and national reports from over 50 countries.The study shows that the international community has largely failed to live up to the commitments it adopted in 2000.DocumentEarly childhood care and development: an innoculation against poverty or a daycare refuge for the very poor?
Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre, 2004If children can be protected from vulnerability to poverty, their potential will be enriched, and other far-reaching benefits will be realised.This policy brief discusses the potential of early childhood care and development (ECD) as a tool for combating poverty. It outlines the basic characteristics of ECD and suggests what it should achieve.DocumentInheriting extreme poverty: household aspirations, community attitudes and childhood in northern Bangladesh
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2005This report summarises research into the influence of community institutions on the inheritance of extreme poverty. The authors explore the differences in childhood between ultra poor households and moderately poor households, as well as the inherent implications for policy and practice.DocumentRecommendations from a child rights perspective with regard to joint World Bank and IMF 2005 PRS review
Kindernothilfe, 2005This paper identifies a number of gaps in PRSPs relating to child rights, and makes recommendations to integrate a child rights perspective into PRSPs.The paper provides the following critiques of the PRSPs:no current (I-) PRSP attempts to classify child and youth poverty in its poverty analysismost (I-) PRSPs pay little or no attention to youth unemployment, to the labour conditionDocumentHow does working as a child affect wage, income and poverty as an adult?
World Bank, 2005This study assesses the future poverty impact of child labour. Drawing on empircal evidence from Brazil, the report examines the trends and tradeoffs between education and child labour.DocumentDisabled village children: a guide for community health workers, rehabilitation workers and families
Disabilities Information Resources, 1999This guidebook serves as a reference manual for health workers and village rehabilitation workers who regularly work with disabled children.