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    Out-of-school children and child labour

    Global March Against Child Labour, 2014
    As the Education For All (EFA) process is progressing, two main groups of children are still left behind. First, children who have yet to gain access to a good primary school. Second, those who do not get to attend even when a basic primary school is accessible: these are referred to as the 'hard-to-reach children' among the out-of-school children.
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    Urbanization and education in East Africa

    African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2012
    The objective of this book is to pull together contributions on how education provision is affected by the rapid urbanization and to highlight the practice and policy gaps in the education of those who live in the urban areas.
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    Chronic poverty and education: a guide to what works in policy and practice

    Chronic Poverty Advisory Network, 2013
    Education is the single most important factor in stopping the transmission of poverty from parents to children. This policy brief makes the case that smart interventions can make rapid, permanent inroads on poverty and inequality reduction, boosting upward mobility and social inclusion.
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    The effects of parental death and chronic poverty on children’s education and health: evidence from Indonesia

    Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2009
    What are the impacts of of parental death and chronic poverty on children's education and health in Indonesia?
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    The impact of parental death on schooling and subjective well-being: evidence from Ethiopia using longitudinal data

    Young Lives, 2009
    This paper investigates whether the death of a parent during middle childhood affects child schooling and subjective well-being (SWB) in Ethiopia. The data comes from two rounds of the Young Lives survey, conducted in 2002 and 2006, of an initial sample of 1000 children across 20 sentinel sites in Ethiopia.
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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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    Progress for children: a world fit for children statistical review

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2007
    This paper provides an overview on progress made in attaining the millennium development goals (MDGs) with regard to children.On the way towards the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger (MDG 1), underweight prevalence has declined even if low weight or height for children aged under 5 remains common in many developing regions.
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    South African Child Gauge 2006

    Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, 2006
    The South African Child Gauge provides an annual snapshot of the situation of children in South Africa, and of progress towards realising children’s rights. The 2006 issue focuses on children and poverty.
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    Children in abject poverty in Uganda: a study of criteria and status of those in and out of school in selected districts in Uganda

    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2005
    This study on children in abject poverty in Uganda was undertaken to identify the problems hidden by the fact that the children in poverty are invisible; yet by the very nature of their situation, they are included among those that are classified as the poor in Uganda.
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    Reviewing ten years of the School Nutrition Programme

    Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2005
    The South African School Nutrition Programme was established in 1994 to address the food needs of impoverished school children. However, researchers are divided about the policy value of the school nutrition programme, with one group wishing to expand the programme whilst the other advocates limiting its scope.

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