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Universal Child Benefits
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A Foundation to End Child Poverty: How universal child benefits can build a fairer, more inclusive and resilient future
Globally, many countries are failing to sufficiently prioritise the wellbeing of children and invest in their future potential. In the context of rising child poverty and deprivation resulting from COVID-19, and persistently high humanitarian caseloads fu
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Universal Child Benefits (UCBs): A foundation to end child poverty
Although children represent a third of the world’s population, they make up half of the world’s extreme poor (surviving on less than $1.90 per day). Just 35% of children globally receive any form of government child or family benefit, falling to as low as