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    Why is youth unemployment so high and unequally spread in South Africa?

    Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2002
    The authors explore variables affecting youth unemployment. 1999 figures suggest a 58 percent unemployment rate among young, active South Africans.
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    Childhood challenged: South Africa's children, HIV/AIDS and the corporate sector

    Save the Children Fund, 2002
    HIV/AIDS is now the greatest threat to child development in many parts of the world, including South Africa,and will continue to affect the lives of several generations of children.This report from Save the Children summarises research undertaken into the South African corporate sector's engagement with affected children in 2001.HIV/AIDS is a major challenge for business in South Africa,and
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    Every child counts: new global estimates on child labour

    International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2002
    As part of its effort to increase the knowledge base on child labour, the ILO has prepared new global estimates on the overall magnitude and distribution of working children.
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    Child labor and poverty transmission: no room for dreams

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2001
    It is widely believed that poverty is the main reason for child labour. Recent studies have focused on the impact of poverty on child labour. It is often assumed that parents send their children to work only if they are poverty stricken.
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    Community mobilization for orphans in Zambia: an assessment of the orphans and vulnerable children programme of Project Concern International

    Displaced Children and Orphans Fund & Patrick J. Leahy War Victims Fund, USAID, 1999
    An estimated 78 percent of Zambia’s current orphans are the result of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.The paper argues that:finding effective ways to mitigate the impacts of HIV/AIDS on children and families must become a top national prioritystrategies to mitigate the problems of AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children must focus on strengthening the capacities of the extended family and
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    The New Partnership for Africa's Development: are African children the new human capital for trade and development?

    Save the Children Fund, Canada, 2002
    Designers of the New Economic Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) state that the initiative's success will depend upon its ownership by African people.
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    A world fit for children

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2002
    This UNICEF report is the official outcome document approved at the Special Session of the General Assembly on Children on 10 May 2002. The paper reviews progress made and lessons learned since the World Summit for Children in 1991 and calls on society to join together to build a better world for children .
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    Child labour and labour rights in the sporting goods industry: a case for corporate social responsibility

    Clean Clothes Campaign, 2002
    This study seeks to (re)examine the issue/problem of child labour and other labour standards in the football industry in India building upon the previous studies done on the industry in the recent past.The study presents results from interviews and surveys of households and stitching centres in the football producing areas of Jallandhar and Batala, Punjab.
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    How effective is the British government's attempts to reduce child poverty?

    UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2000
    Although the new Labour Government in Britain has made the reduction of child poverty one of its central objectives, Britain still has one of the most severe problems of child poverty among industrialised nations. This paper describes the specific initiatives involved in Labour’s approach and weighs them up in terms of their potential impact.
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    The global impact of HIV/AIDS on youth

    Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2002
    This fact sheet provides an overview of the impact of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic on young people, including data on prevalence and incidence, why adolescents are vulnerable to HIV, which young people are at particular risk, and the role of prevention.The document concludes that rates of infection amongst young people are set to increse and thus, prevention interventions directed at youth will

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