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  Young people in South Eastern Europe: from risk to empowerment

  World Bank, 2004

  This paper looks at the situation of youth in South Eastern Europe (SEE). It asks the following questions: How are young people at risk? What are the economic and social implications of these risks? How are youth disadvantaged in the labour market?
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  Tamil Nadu’s midday meal scheme where assumed benefits score over hard data

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2004

  This paper examines Tamil Nadu's noon nutritious meal scheme, India's largest in terms of the number of beneficiaries covered.
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  Gender, education and child labour in Egypt

  International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2004

  This study analyses existing literature on the education and gender aspects of child labour. It explores the linkages between child labour, gender and education and highlights areas for further research and programme/policy interventions.The paper looks at the causes of child labour, its prevalence and distribution in Egypt.
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  Child health in rural Colombia: determinants and policy interventions

  2003

  This paper examines the determinants of child health in a sample of poor Colombian children living in small municipalities. The authors want to understand how education interacts with other factors and policies in explaining child health.
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  Role of mothers in alleviating child malnutrition: evidence from Sri Lanka

  Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2003

  This paper begins with the assertion that having a productive workforce depends first on having healthy children, who will grow into workers. The authors argue that Sri Lanka faces a serious problem of malnourished children, which will have knock-on effects for Sri Lanka's growth.
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  Health infrastructure and child health in rural Peru

  2004

  This paper examines the effect of expanding health infrastructure on child nutrition in rural Peru.
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  Child health, poverty and the role of social policies in Nicaragua and the western regions of Honduras

  2004

  This paper looks at government health programmes in Nicaragua and Honduras in an attempt to understand the factors determining child health.This paper examines:private and public determinants of child healthhow public and private determinants interact and whether interactions suggest gross substitution or complementaritieshow the influence of the determinants of child health var
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  How are workers with family responsibilities faring in the workplace?

  International Labour Organization, 2004

  This paper looks at how discrimination associated with family responsibilities can lead to reduced incomes and a vicious cycle of poverty. Based on interviews of workers in Botswana, Honduras, Mexico, the Russian Federation, the United States, and Vietnam, this paper examines how family responsibilities affect the ability of parents to get jobs, keep jobs and earn a living wage.
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  Child malnutrition, social development and health services in the Andean region: second progress report

  Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, 2004

  The authors suggest that child malnutrition severely jeopardises, reduces or impairs prospects for productive social participation in adulthood. The authors propose that it is a major hindrance to human development (defined as a process of enhancing human capabilities).
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  Innocenti Social Monitor 2004: the MONEE Project CEE/CIS/Baltic states

  UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2004

  This paper reviews four areas of child poverty and well-being in CEE, CIS and Baltic States, exploring links with issues such as economic growth, labour markets, migration and drugs use. It argues that a rights based approach must be taken to ensure inclusion, participation and redistribution of the benefits of economic progress.

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