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1. Parenting, Family Care and Adolescence in East and Southern Africa: An evidence-focused literature review

   

   Based on an evidence-focused literature review, this paper examines existing knowledge on raising adolescents in east and southern African countries, including Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa,Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Country selection was based on t

   Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Author(s): Bray, Rachel | Dawes, Andrew

2. Bottom-end Inequality: Are children with an immigration background at a disadvantage?

   

   The extent to which the socio-demographic composition of child populations drives inequality in child well-being depends on which children are most likely to do much worse than their peers. This Research Brief presents evidence on the socio-economic vulne

   Publication year: 2016 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Author(s): Bruckauf, Zlata | Chzhen, Yekaterina | Toczydlowska, Emilia

3. Governance and Policy Coordination: The case of birth registration in Ghana

   

   Coordination is a significant issue for the study of governance. Policy and practice in even the most specialized area often have implications or involve relationships beyond the sector, let alone relationships between different units or tiers of administ

   Publication year: 2015 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Author(s): Peters, B. Guy | Mawson, Andrew

4. How Inequalities Develop Through Childhood: Life course evidence from the Young Lives Cohort study

   

   This paper explores the processes of how and why inequalities emerge; their impact on children's lives and future prospects; the extent to which inequalities in individual capacities contribute to the intergenerational transmission of disadvantage; and th

   Publication year: 2015 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti | Young Lives Author(s): Dornan, Paul | Woodhead, Martin

5. Corporal Punishment in Schools: Longitudinal Evidence from Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Viet Nam

   

   Despite the use of corporal punishment in schools being increasingly prohibited by law, in many contexts it persists, even where outlawed. This paper combines a life course and structural determinants framework with Young Lives longitudinal data collected

   Publication year: 2015 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Author(s): Portela, Maria José Oganda | Pells, Kirrily

6. Family and Parenting Support: Policy and Provision in a Global Context

   

   Children’s wellbeing is intrinsically linked to parental well-being, and thus investment in all families, complemented by targeted support for the most vulnerable, is of paramount importance for realizing the rights of the child. In cooperation with the C

   Publication year: 2015 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Author(s): Daly, Mary | Bray, Rachel | Bruckauf, Zlata | Byrne, Jasmina | Margaria, ...

7. Child Poverty and Material Deprivation in the European Union During the Great Recession

   

   This paper examines the effect of the 2008 financial crisis on the children of Europe, the EU-28 plus Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. It attempts to see if children were more affected by the crisis than the population as a whole. Inequities among househo

   Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Author(s): Chzhen, Yekaterina

8. The Repercussions of the Economic Recession in Greece on Adolescents and their Families

   

   Greece is among the countries hit most severely by the recent global economic crisis. Given that poverty in childhood and adolescence can have lifelong implications, this publication investigates the impact of the crisis on various aspects of adolescence

   Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Author(s): Kokkevi, Anna | Stavrou, Myrto | Kanavou, Eleftheria | Fotiou, Anastasios

9. Children of the Recession: The impact of the economic crisis on child well-being in rich countries

   

   Innocenti Report Card 12 – Children in the Developed World: The data and observations in this report card reveal a strong and multifaceted relationship between the impact of the Great Recession on national economics and a decline in children’s well-being

   Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Author(s): Gonzalo, Fanjul

10. Analysing Child Poverty and Deprivation in sub-Saharan Africa

    

    This paper measures multidimensional child deprivation across thirty countries in sub-Saharan Africa using the Multiple Overlapping Deprivation Analysis (MODA) methodology. The findings of this study were also compared with other existing poverty measures

    Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Author(s): de Milliano, Marlous | Plavgo, Ilze

11. Child Poverty and Deprivation in Mali: The First National Estimates

    

    This study provides the first ever estimates of national child poverty and deprivation rates in Mali using the Multiple Overlapping Deprivations Approach (MODA). Deprivations were defined according to the age of the child; four distinct age groups with co

    Publication year: 2014 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Author(s): de Milliano, Marlous | Handa, Sudhanshu

12. Child well-being in rich countries: A comprative overview. Innocenti Report Card 11

    

    This research was conducted by the UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti, as part of the Report Card series which is designed to monitor and compare the performance of economically advanced countries in securing the rights of their children. The Report card

    Publication year: 2013 Publisher(s): UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Author(s): Adamson, Peter

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