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  What drives family planning use in Ethiopia? Insights from a 2009 study conducted by Marie Stopes International Ethiopia in five regions and two administrative areas

  Marie Stopes International, 2010

  A knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) survey was conducted by MSI Ethiopia in five regions and two administrative areas of Ethiopia. The survey covered a range of topics, such as modern family planning use, major drivers of family planning use and exposure to MSI Ethiopia interventions and services. Results from the study are discussed with reference to key action priorities for MSI Ethiopia.
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  Changing Educational Aspirations of Children Living in Poverty in Ethiopia

  Young Lives, 2010

  Using both qualitative and quantitative data, this paper examines the changing educational and occupational aspirations and educational achievements of children living in poor communities in Ethiopia. The results suggest that children had high aspirations at an earlier age but that these changed later, with poverty rarely influencing their earlier aspirations but having a strong impact later on.
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  Poor Households’ Experiences and Perception of User Fees for Healthcare

  Young Lives, 2010

  Ethiopia has one of the worst health outcomes in the world. A new health policy resulted in some improvements in the population’s health and there have been critical changes in the financing structure of healthcare. However, user fees for healthcare remain an important element of healthcare financing.
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  Do Pre-natal and Post-natal Economic Shocks Have a Long-lasting Effect on the Height of 5-year-old Children?

  Young Lives, 2010

  While the Ethiopian national emergency and food security programmes support farmers hit by area-wide shocks such as crop failure, idiosyncratic shocks such as illness and death of household member, loss of assets and separation or divorce are not covered.
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  Know Your Place: Ethiopian Children’s Contributions to the Household Economy

  Young Lives, 2010

  This paper combines quantitative and qualitative analysis to develop a comprehensive and nuanced understanding of children’s work, in particular, the role of the household in determining work roles. Using a cohort study of children from Ethiopia, we examine the intra-household distribution of labour and make comparisons between households.
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  WP44 - The Impact of Parental Death on Schooling and Subjective Well-being: Evidence from Ethiopia using Longitudinal Data

  Young Lives, 2009

  Parental death is one of the many risks faced by children in poor communities, especially in Africa in the context of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.While the death of a parent at any age is a significant and distressing event, Young Lives research in Ethiopia finds that the age the child is when a parent dies is important for outcomes later on.
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  Impacts of social protection programmes in Ethiopia on child work and education

  Young Lives, 2008

  Social protection measures are becoming an increasingly important policy tool for African governments. These measures have important potential for reducing poverty and positive impacts on child well-being.
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  Social Protection and Children: A Synthesis of Evidence from Young Lives Longitudinal Research in Ethiopia, India and Peru

  Young Lives, 2010

  This paper sets out the key findings from Young Lives research into the ways that major social protection (SP) policies are impacting on children, their families and communities in Ethiopia, India and Peru. Most research and policy debate focuses on effects of SP schemes on households, with children assumed to be passive beneficiaries of programmes to reduce vulnerability.
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  Integrating Family Planning and HIV Services - Programs in Kenya & Ethiopia Lead the Way

  US Agency for International Development, 2011

  In regions of high fertility and HIV prevalence, integration of family planning and HIV services has emerged as a promising strategy to prevent transmission of HIV, particularly from mother to child. This case study explores different models of integration and how they have been realised in Kenya and Ethiopia, two pioneers in family planning and HIV service integration
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  Southern voices on climate policy choices: analysis of and lessons learned from civil society advocacy on climate change

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2012

  Since the beginning of international climate change negotiations, civil society has worked alongside governments in shaping global agreements and keeping an eye on the implementation (and sometimes the lack of implementation) of these agreements. This report is the first joint product of the Southern Voices capacity building programme.

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