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  Indigenous and tribal children: assessing child labour and education challenges

  International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2003

  This working paper analyzes child labour and education challenges among indigenous and tribal peoples. A number of project and policy approaches are assessed, followed by a list of recommendations for action.Based on a global review of existing evidence and documentation, indigenous and tribal children are identified as a group at particular risk of ending up in child labour.
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  The economic impact of child labour

  International Labour Organization, 2001

  This paper contains a theoretical discussion and a literature survey on the economic impact of child labour.Three main categories of economic impact of child labour are analysed:the effects of child labour at the micro family level, particularly on family poverty both in the short and in the long runthe effects of child labour on long-run growth and social development through a numb
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  AIDS in Africa during the nineties: young people in Kenya

  MEASURE Evaluation, 2003

  This summary report brings together and examine existing information about adolescent sex in Kenya during the nineties.The report examines evidence for the success of major prevention strategies: what do young people know about HIV and how to avoid it? What proportion of them are abstaining, and until what ages? Once they do start having sex, is it within marriage or outside it?
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  WABA/UNICEF Colloquium on HIV and breastfeeding

  World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, 2002

  This resource is a collection of conference presentations on breastfeeding and HIV transmission, includingthe role of breastfeeding-supportive NGOs in HIV and infant feedingHIV and infant feeding: a framework for priority actionsexperiences with early cessation of breast feeding among HIV infected women in Kampala, UgandaPMTCT, infant feeding: the Botswana experienceHIV and
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  Trafficking in persons: a gender and rights perspective

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2002

  This briefing kit presents the gender dimension of human trafficking. It introduces the issues, the magnitude of the problem and the trafficking mechanisms and techniques. It offers the gender perspective and the issues of women and vulnerability to trafficking and potential impacts.
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  Does subsidized childcare help poor working women in urban areas?: evaluation of a government-sponsored program in Guatemala City

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002

  This paper presents an evaluation and impact assessment (1998) of the urban Hogares Comunitarios Program (HCP), Guatemala, a government-sponsored pilot programme designed to alleviate poverty by providing working parents with low-cost, quality childcare within their community.
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  The US Department of Labor’s 2002 findings on the worst forms of child labor

  International Child Labor Program, USA, 2003

  US Government report on child labour conditions in 146 developing countries Each country profiles describes the extent of child labour in the countries and territories, the type of work that children are doing, the laws and enforcement policies that exist to protect them and the efforts that have been made by their governments to meet international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of ch
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  Tanzania: child labour in the informal sector: a rapid assessment

  International Labour Organization, 2002

  This report presents the findings of a rapid assessment study conducted in Arusha, Dar Es Salaam and Mwanza regions to investigate activities performed by working children in the informal sector.Some of the main findings from this study include: There were more male working children in the informal sector activities investigated than females (9.6 %) ).
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  Public spending and outcomes: does governance matter?

  World Bank, 2002

  This paper examines the role of governance, as measured by level of corruption and quality of bureaucracy, and asks how it affects the relationship between public spending and outcomes.The paper discusses the following questions:how effective is public spending in improving social indicators such as infant mortality?
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  Primary education in Eastern and Southern Africa: increasing access for orphans and vulnerable children in AIDS-affected areas

  Global Health Department, USAID, 2001

  This paper investigates the national and community level interventions that offer promise for increasing primary education access for children who have been orphaned or made vulnerable in areas heavily affected by AIDS in the eastern and southern Africa region.The report examines thirteen initiatives that have potential to increase primary education access for such groups.

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