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  Measuring child poverty and health: a new international study

  Young Lives, 2002

  This working paper introduces the research plan of an international cohort study on child poverty and health.The study will follow up children born into poverty (plus a small number of non-poor for comparative purposes) in Ethiopia, Vietnam, Peru, and the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.
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  Latin American youth in transition: a policy paper on youth unemployment in Latin America and the Caribbean

  2002

  This policy analysis focuses on the school-to-work transition as providing the central context in understanding youth unemployment in Latin America.Youth unemployment is not a transitory state to employment, rather it is a very lengthy process where youth move from unemployment, schooling, unpaid unemployment, and low-wage unskilled employment — all of which have low opportunity costs.
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  Borderline slavery: child trafficking in Togo

  Human Rights Watch, 2003

  This report documents the trafficking of children in Togo, in particular the trafficking of girls into domestic and market work and the trafficking of boys into agricultural work.Hundreds of children are trafficked annually in Togo, either sent from, received in or transited through the country.
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  Poverty and exclusion among urban children

  UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2002

  This Digest assesses the human rights situation of poor and marginalised children in urban areas around the world.
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  Building blocks: Africa-wide briefing notes

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2003

  These briefing notes for working with children are organised into an overview and five sections:EducationHealth and nutritionPsychosocial supportSocial inclusionEconomic strengtheningEach briefing note provides issues and principles for guiding strategy, while drawing on best practice from programme experience.
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  Global Employment Trends 2002

  International Labour Organization, 2002

  This report estimates that the number of unemployed grew by 20 million since the beginning of 2001 to reach about 180 million at the end of 2002, and that the increase was most severe among women. In addition an increasing number of young people entering the labour market were unable to find jobs.
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  Comparative perspectives on child poverty: a review of poverty measures

  Young Lives, 2002

  The purpose of this paper is to discuss the current measures of child welfare that are used in both developed and developing countries and how appropriate they are in terms of incorporating all necessary indicators.The authors argue that that it is important to ensure that a wide range of child well-being indicators fall within the policy domain (including more traditional income, health and e
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  Preliminary assessment on trafficking of children and women for labour exploitation in Lao PDR

  International Labour Organization, 2001

  This preliminary assessment is to provide current insights on trafficking of children and women for labour exploitation in Lao PDR. It attempts to present several character profiles of children and women at risk of trafficking, typifying selected villages and families in Khammuane, Savannakhet and Champassak Provinces.
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  Child mortality in Maharashtra, India

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2002

  This article examines official statistics on child mortality rates in Maharashtra, and compares them against an initial set of findings on child and infant mortality that also measured extent and causes of under-reporting of child deaths.
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  Whose poverty matters?:vulnerability, social protection and PRSPs

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2002

  Looks at how PRSPs are tackling the issue of "social protection": public policy concerned with the livelihoods and welfare of particularly poor and vulnerable group. The report particularly focuses on weaknesses of policies aimed at childhood and youth poverty.

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