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Child Poverty in Africa: An SDG emergency in the making
The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) envisage an end to extreme poverty for ‘all people everywhere’. That goal is drifting out of reach for one group of people in one region: children in Africa. On current trends, 305 million African children – t
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Climate Change, Migration and Displacement: The need for a risk-informed and coherent approach
In 2016 alone, over 24 million people were displaced by unexpected climate-related disasters. It is commonly understood that there is a correlation between climate change and human mobility, however, the lack of evidence-based findings has hindered necess
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Electronic Transfers in Humanitarian Assistance and Uptake of Financial Services: A synthesis of ELAN case studies
Cash transfers are playing an increasingly large role in humanitarian responses. Mobile money, using a mobile device to access financial services, is growing across the globe and humanitarian agencies are taking advantage of this trend to deliver cash tra
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Women's Work: Mothers, children and the global childcare crisis
This publication highlights the hidden crisis the world is facing in childcare. Written by The Overseas Development Institute, the report identifies the severe shortcomings of current early childhood care and education programming in meeting the needs of
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Child Labour and Education: A survey of slum settlements in Dhaka
This report, produced and published by the ODI, presents findings from one of the largest surveys on child work and education conducted in Bangladesh. Their research finds that 15% of 6 to 14-year-old children in Dhaka's slums were out of school and engag
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Bringing Taxation into Social Protection Analysis and Planning
This guidance note on social protection and tax comes after their emergence as two of the key policy instruments available to governments in the pursuit of development goals. Social protection and tax feature prominently in the Sustainable Development Goa
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Investment for Education in Emergencies: A review of evidence
This study, through a rigorous review of literature and analysis of selected case studies, provides a snapshot of what is known – and often not known – about investment for education in emergencies. Among its findings, the study shows that communities and
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Change and Continuity in Social Norms and Practices Around Marriage and Education in Nepal
Nepal has made measurable progress in terms of human development, human rights, gender parity, and access to education. However, these improvements are often felt unequally- young women and adolescent girls face highly discriminatory social structures tha
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The Hidden Costs of the 2014 Gaza-Israeli Conflict: Adolescent girls' psycho-social wellbeing
The Overseas Development Institute (ODI), together with local experts, undertook an in-depth qualitative research assessment of the experiences of adolescent girls and their families in the immediate post-conflict context in Gaza. This assessment consider
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Intra-Household Inequalities in Child Rights and Wellbeing: A barrier to progress?
This paper attempts to measure the extent of inequality between boys and girls within households and its contribution to overall levels of inequality in child wellbeing. Without better knowledge of this area, our view of progress towards eliminating child
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Addressing Gender in Impact Evaluation: What should be considered?
This guide provides a clear explanation of gender, false categorizations of ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’, and how ‘gender’ too often crops up in funding applications as a synonym for working with women. This guide also emphasizes gender as a process, rather
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Change and Persistence in Discriminatory Social Norms and Practices Affecting Adolescent Girls in Rural Uganda
This report explores the many factors that contribute to early marriage, early or unwanted pregnancy, HIV and other sexually transmitted illnesses, and gender-based violence. Although girls' education is found to have greater social value, lack of access