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Africa’s youth employment challenge: new perspectives | IDS Bulletin Vol 48, No 3
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2017Youth and employment concepts are not new to development discourse in sub-Saharan Africa but over the last decade interest has increased dramatically, becoming a much more important focus for policy, intervention and research throughout the continent (and globally).DocumentParental background and child human capital development throughout childhood and adolescence: evidence from four low- and middle-income countries
Young Lives, 2017Although there are a vast number of empirical studies documenting a strong positive link between parental socio-economic status (SES) and child outcomes, we do not know whether these associations remain robust when other parental background dimensions are controlled.DocumentZambia's Multiple Category Targeting Grant: 24-month impact report
American Institutes for Research, 2016This report provides the 24-month follow-up results for the Multiple Category Targeting Grant (MCTG) impact evaluation. In 2011, the government of the Republic of Zambia—through the Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health (MCDMCH)—began implementing the MCTG in two districts: Luwingu and Serenje.DocumentZambia's Multiple Category Grant: 36-month impact report
American Institutes for Research, 2016In 2011, the government of the Republic of Zambia—through the Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health (MCDMCH)—began implementing the MCTG in two districts: Luwingu and Serenje.DocumentZambia's Child Grant Program: 48-month impact report
American Institutes for Research, 2016In 2010, the government of the Republic of Zambia, through the Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health (MCD MCH), began implementing the Child Grant cash transfer program (CGP) in three districts: Kaputa, Kalabo, and Shangombo.DocumentCash for women's empowerment? A mixed-methods evaluation of the Government of Zambia' s Child Grant Programme
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2016The empowerment of women, broadly defined, is an often-cited objective and benefit of social cash transfer programmes in developing countries. Despite the promise and potential of cash transfers to empower women, the evidence supporting this outcome is mixed. In addition, there is little evidence from programmes that have gone to scale in sub-Saharan Africa.DocumentPoverty, vulnerability and family size: evidence from the Philippines
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2005The role of demographic changes in the development of the Philippines has been highlighted in many papers for a considerable period.DocumentInnovative features in conditional cash transfers: an impact evaluation of Chile Solidario on households and children
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2012Chile Solidario is an avant garde CCT in the Latin American context, introducing innovative features which are aimed at specifically addressing the multidimensional nature of poverty, considered not only as a consequence of the lack of income, but also as a result of low levels of human and social capital, and the vulnerability of a household to shocks.DocumentA note on defining the dependent population based on age
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008Dependent population is defined as that part of the population that does not work and relies on others for the goods and services they consume. In practice, specific population age groups have in their entirety been categorised as dependent population, even while the definition may not necessarily apply to every individual in the population with the indicated ages.DocumentChildren and the labor force participation and earnings of parents in the Philippines
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2005How children affects the labor force participation and earnings of mothers and fathers can spell the difference on whether additional children are can expect the needed care or not. When parents exert more effort with additional children, then their impact of on the welfare of the family will be mitigated.Pages