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1. Out of School and Out of Work: Risk and opportunities for Latin America's Ninis

   

   Children and adolescents who neither work nor go to school are often known as ‘ninis’ throughout Latin America. One in five youths in the region are living as ninis. This persistent problem, according to the World Bank Group, needs to be given closer cons

   Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): The World Bank Group Author(s): de Hoyos, Rafael | Rogers, Halsey | Székely, Miguel

2. Child poverty in 2012: It shouldn’t happen here

   

   There are an estimated 3.5 million children living in poverty in the UK- 1.6 million in severe poverty. This shocking figure is expected to rise by 400,000 by 2015.A lack of jobs, stagnating wages, increased living costs and spending cuts are placing enor

   Publication year: 2012 Publisher(s): Save the Children UK Author(s): Whitham, Graham

3. Education Aspirations and Barriers to Achievement for Young People in Ethiopia. Working paper No. 120

   

   This paper reports on the educational aspirations and the challenges facing children living in poor communities in Ethiopia. Using Young Lives survey and qualitative longitudinal data, the paper finds that children hold high educational aspirations and ma

   Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): Young Lives | ODID, Oxford Department of International Development Author(s): Tafere, Yisak

4. Child Rights Situation Analysis: Children of Families engaged in Sugarcane Farming in Maharashtra

   

   "Child Rights Situational Analysis of Children of Families engaged in the Sugarcane Farming in Maharashtra" is a study conducted jointly by Save the Children and Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE). The study focuses on the situation of chi

   Publication year: 2012 Publisher(s): Save the Children India Author(s): Nandy, Debasish

5. Violence against Children in Kenya: Findings from a 2010 National Survey. Summary Report on the Prevalence of Sexual, Physical and Emotional Violence, Context of Sexual Violence, and Health and Behavioral Consequences of Violence Experienced in Childhood

   

   The 2010 Kenya Violence Against Children Survey (KVACS) was funded by UNICEF and carried out in collaboration with the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, crucial stakeholders and partners from across t

   Publication year: 2012

6. Beyond Food Security: Transforming the Productive Safety Net Programme in Ethiopia for the Well-being of Children [Working Paper No. 83]

   

   This paper investigates the possible impacts of the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) on children’s well-being and recommends child-focused social protection that goes beyond the PSNP. It draws on data from the Young Lives survey of 569 rural househo

   Publication year: 2012 Publisher(s): Young Lives Author(s): Tafere, Yisak | Woldehanna, Tassew

7. Child poverty in Dungarpur, Rajasthan. Gross violation of children’s rights

   

   As India moves ahead on the path of economic growth, inequality continues to be widened alongside. Many people are excluded from the benefits of economic progress and children living in poor households suffer the most. This report presents a disheartening

   Publication year: 2012 Publisher(s): Save the Children Finland Author(s): Sjöblom, Disa | Pant, Neema

8. From Policy to Implementation: An In-Depth Exploration of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Andhra Pradesh [Working paper No. 82]

   

   The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) was rolled out across India in 2008. Following positive appraisals of MGNREGS based on quantitative data (e.g. Uppal 2009), this paper uses household survey data from adults and from

   Publication year: 2012 Publisher(s): Young Lives Author(s): Camfield, Laura | Vennam, Uma

9. Growing up with the promise of the MDGs: Children’s hopes for the future of development

   

   Improving children’s life chances is central to what the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are seeking to achieve. Based on an analysis of survey and qualitative data from 12,000 children in four countries – Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh), Peru and Vi

   Publication year: 2013 Publisher(s): Save the Children Author(s): Pells, Kirrily | Dornan, Paul | Ogando, María José

10. Does International Child Sponsorship Work? A Six-Country Study of Impacts on Adult Life Outcomes

    

    A new study published in the Journal of Political Economy shows international child sponsorship to result in markedly higher rates of schooling completion and substantially improved adult employment outcomes. International child sponsorship is one of the

    Publication year: 2013 Publisher(s): Journal of Political Econnomy Author(s): Wydick, Bruce | Glewwe, Paul | Rutledge, Laine

11. Child Protection Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Central and Western Liberia- 2011

    

    This report provides the initial findings of a Child Protection Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) Study commissioned by Save the Children (SC) as part of the project “Educating and Protecting Vulnerable Children in Family Settings in Liberia” (201

    Publication year: 2011 Publisher(s): Save the Children UK Author(s): Ruiz-Casares, Mónica

12. Literacy Boost: Pakistan- Year 1 Report

    

    In 2010, Save the Children began implementing the Literacy Boost program – an intervention focused on working with teachers and communities to improve children’s reading skills – in Allai Tehsil, part of the Battagram District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provin

    Publication year: 2011 Publisher(s): Save the Children US Author(s): Mithani, Shahzad | Alam, Imtiaz | Alam, Jalal Afsar Babar | Dowd, Amy Jo | ...

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