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What Works for Africa's Poorest Children

David Lawson,Diego Angemi,Ibrahim Kasirye
What Works for Africa s Poorest Children Book PDF

Author : David Lawson,Diego Angemi,Ibrahim Kasirye
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1780448589

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What Works for Africa's Poorest Children by David Lawson,Diego Angemi,Ibrahim Kasirye Pdf

"While there has been substantial progress in reducing global poverty in recent years, hundreds of millions of vulnerable children remain trapped in extreme poverty. This is especially the case on the African continent, where children account for the majority and growing proportion of the population. Despite rapid economic growth in several African countries, as well as significant achievements in both development and humanitarian interventions, a staggering number of African children remain vulnerable to extreme levels of deprivation. Existing challenges notwithstanding, a number of social policies and programmes proved successful in alleviating the burden of child poverty and deprivation. In addition to being vitally important in promoting and protecting children's rights, these social policies and programmes embody the international community's commitment to achieve the Social Development Goals (SDGs) and ensuring no one is left behind. What Works for Africa's Poorest Children? From Measurement to Action identifies the social policies and programmes that are most effective in supporting Africa's poorest and most vulnerable children, and examines the key features underpinning their documented success. It provides cutting edge examples on how we can identify child poverty and deprivation, analyses innovative ultra-poor child sensitive programmes, and provides new public financing and governance rights suggestions for child poverty elimination."--

Social Protection for Africa’s Children

Sudhanshu Handa,Stephen Devereux,Douglas Webb
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Author : Sudhanshu Handa,Stephen Devereux,Douglas Webb
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136908385

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Social Protection for Africa’s Children by Sudhanshu Handa,Stephen Devereux,Douglas Webb Pdf

Social protection is an increasingly important part of the social policy dialogue in Africa, and yet because of its relatively new place in a rapidly evolving agenda, evidence on critical design choices such as targeting, and on impacts of social protection interventions, is mostly limited to case studies or small, unrepresentative surveys. This impressive collection makes a major contribution to building the evidence base, drawing on rigorous analysis of social protection programmes in several African countries, as well as original research and thinking on key topical issues in the social protection discourse. Social Protection for Africa’s Children is divided into four parts. The first presents economic and human-rights based right arguments for social protection as an integral part of the social policy menu in Africa. This is followed by a part on targeting, which highlights some of the key policy trade-offs faced when deciding between alternative target groups. The third part presents rigorous quantitative evidence on the impact of social cash transfers on children from programmes in South Africa, Malawi and Ethiopia and the final part addresses a set of issues related to social justice and human rights. This book significantly advances existing knowledge about social protection for children in Africa, both conceptually and empirically. It makes a strong case for social protection interventions that address the short term (amelioration) and long term (structural) needs of children, and shows that programming in this sector for children is both feasible and achievable. Policy makers and practitioners in this sector will have, in this book, the theoretical and empirical evidence necessary to advance social protection for Africa’s children in the decades to come. Furthermore, this book should be an essential resource to postgraduates and students focussing on development economics in Africa.

What Works for Africa's Poorest Children

David Lawson,Diego Angemi
What Works for Africa s Poorest Children Book PDF

Author : David Lawson,Diego Angemi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1920-03-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1788530462

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What Works for Africa's Poorest Children by David Lawson,Diego Angemi Pdf

While there has been substantial progress in reducing global poverty in recent years, hundreds of millions of vulnerable children remain trapped in extreme poverty. This is especially the case on the African continent, where children account for the majority and growing proportion of the population. Despite rapid economic growth in several African countries, as well as significant achievements in both development and humanitarian interventions, a staggering number of African children remain vulnerable to extreme levels of deprivation. Existing challenges notwithstanding, a number of social policies and programmes proved successful in alleviating the burden of child poverty and deprivation. In addition to being vitally important in promoting and protecting children's rights, these social policies and programmes embody the international community's commitment to achieve the Social Development Goals (SDGs) and ensuring no one is left behind. What Works for Africa's Poorest Children? From Measurement to Action identifies the social policies and programmes that are most effective in supporting Africa's poorest and most vulnerable children, and examines the key features underpinning their documented success. It provides cutting edge examples on how we can identify child poverty and deprivation, analyses innovative ultra-poor child sensitive programmes, and provides new public financing and governance rights suggestions for child poverty elimination.

African Children at Work

Gerd Spittler,M. F. C. Bourdillon
African Children at Work Book PDF

Author : Gerd Spittler,M. F. C. Bourdillon
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783643902054

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African Children at Work by Gerd Spittler,M. F. C. Bourdillon Pdf

Most children in Africa start working from a very early age, helping the family or earning wages. Should this work be abolished, tolerated, or encouraged? Such questions are the subject of much debate. International and national organizations, employers, parents, and children often have diverse opinions and put pressure in different directions. The contributions in this book offer intensive fieldwork and careful analysis of children's activities, considering childhood and family, work and play, work in rural and urban contexts, paths to learning, work and school, and children's rights. (Series: Reports on African Studies / Beitrage zur Afrikaforschung - Vol. 52)

Child Poverty and Social Protection in Central and Western Africa

Enrique Delamonica,Jan Vandemoortele,Shailen Nandy,Marco Pomati,Eric Patrick Feubi Pamen,Carele Guilaine Djofang Yepndo,Ismael Cid Martinez,Sarah Hague,Daniela Gregr,Latifa Mohamed Vall,Edgar F.A. Cooke,Andy McKay,Maryam Abdu,Aristide Kielem,Michael Samson,Diana Skelton,Jacqueline Plaisir,C. Nana Derby,Samuel Okposin,Shelley Okposin,Christiana O. Adetunde,Robert Asogwa,Meera Tiwari,Eric Ansong,David Ansong
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Author : Enrique Delamonica,Jan Vandemoortele,Shailen Nandy,Marco Pomati,Eric Patrick Feubi Pamen,Carele Guilaine Djofang Yepndo,Ismael Cid Martinez,Sarah Hague,Daniela Gregr,Latifa Mohamed Vall,Edgar F.A. Cooke,Andy McKay,Maryam Abdu,Aristide Kielem,Michael Samson,Diana Skelton,Jacqueline Plaisir,C. Nana Derby,Samuel Okposin,Shelley Okposin,Christiana O. Adetunde,Robert Asogwa,Meera Tiwari,Eric Ansong,David Ansong
Publisher : Ibidem Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Child welfare
ISBN : 3838271769

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Child Poverty and Social Protection in Central and Western Africa by Enrique Delamonica,Jan Vandemoortele,Shailen Nandy,Marco Pomati,Eric Patrick Feubi Pamen,Carele Guilaine Djofang Yepndo,Ismael Cid Martinez,Sarah Hague,Daniela Gregr,Latifa Mohamed Vall,Edgar F.A. Cooke,Andy McKay,Maryam Abdu,Aristide Kielem,Michael Samson,Diana Skelton,Jacqueline Plaisir,C. Nana Derby,Samuel Okposin,Shelley Okposin,Christiana O. Adetunde,Robert Asogwa,Meera Tiwari,Eric Ansong,David Ansong Pdf

In the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Livingstone declaration, and the UN Social Protection Floor, this book deals jointly with multidimensional child poverty and social protection in Central and Western Africa. It focuses both on extent and types of social protection coverage and assesses various child poverty trends in the region. More importantly, it looks at social protection to prevent and address the consequences of child poverty. Child poverty is distinct, conceptually, and different, quantitatively, from adult poverty. It requires its own independent measurement--otherwise half of the population in developing countries may be unaccounted for when assessing poverty reduction. This book posits that child poverty should be measured based on constitutive rights of poverty, using a multidimensional approach. The argument is supported by chapters actually applying and expanding this approach. In addition, the case is made that the underlying drivers of child poverty are inequality, lack of access to basic social services, and the presence of families without any type of social protection. As a result, the case for social protection in contributing to reduce and eliminate child protection and its consequences is made. Poverty reduction has been high on the international agenda since the start of the millennium. First as part of the MDGs and now included in the SDGs. However, in spite of a decline in the incidence of child poverty, the number of poor children is harder to reduce due to population dynamics. As a result, concomitant problems such as the increasing number of child brides, unregulated/dangerous migration, unabated child trafficking, etc. remain intractable. Understanding the root causes of child poverty and its characteristics in Central and Western Africa is fundamental to designing innovative ways to address it. It is also important to map the interventions, describe the practices, appreciate the challenges, recognize the limitations, and highlight the contributions of social protection and its role in dealing with child poverty. No practical policy recommendations can be devised without this knowledge. --Terry McKinley, professor and director of the Centre for Development Policy and Research, SOAS, London

Putting Children First

Keetie Roelen,Richard Morgan,Yisak Tafere
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Author : Keetie Roelen,Richard Morgan,Yisak Tafere
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Child welfare
ISBN : 3838273176

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Putting Children First by Keetie Roelen,Richard Morgan,Yisak Tafere Pdf

This edited volume contributes to the policy initiatives aiming to reduce child poverty and academic understanding of child poverty and its solutions. It challenges existing narratives around child poverty, exploring alternative understandings of its complexities and dynamics and examining policy options that work to reduce child poverty.

Children and AIDS

Dr Alex Ochumbo,Dr Margaret Lombe
Children and AIDS Book PDF

Author : Dr Alex Ochumbo,Dr Margaret Lombe
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781472401960

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Children and AIDS by Dr Alex Ochumbo,Dr Margaret Lombe Pdf

The disproportional loss of individuals to HIV/AIDS in their most productive years raises concerns over the welfare of surviving members of affected families and communities. One consequence of the rapid increase in adult mortality is the rise in the proportion of children who are orphaned. Sub-Saharan Africa, accounts for about 90 percent of these. Mainly due to the staggering toll of HIV/AIDS, research effort has focused on treatment and prevention. Children have received attention primarily in relation to 'mother to child transmission' and paediatric AIDS. These issues are important and compelling but fail to capture the whole story - the unprecedented surge in the number of children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. In this book we reflect on the plight of children classified as vulnerable, review interventions implemented to improve their welfare and grapple with the concept of vulnerability as it relates to human rights and the African child.

Child Poverty and Social Protection in Central and Western Africa

Gustave Nébié,Chinyere Emeka-Anuna,Enrique Delamonica,Félix Fofana N'Zue
Child Poverty and Social Protection in Central and Western Africa Book PDF

Author : Gustave Nébié,Chinyere Emeka-Anuna,Enrique Delamonica,Félix Fofana N'Zue
Publisher : Ibidem Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3838211766

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Child Poverty and Social Protection in Central and Western Africa by Gustave Nébié,Chinyere Emeka-Anuna,Enrique Delamonica,Félix Fofana N'Zue Pdf

In the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Livingstone declaration, and the UN Social Protection Floor, this book deals jointly with multidimensional child poverty and social protection in Central and Western Africa. It focuses both on extent and types of social protection coverage and assesses various child poverty trends in the region. More importantly, it looks at social protection to prevent and address the consequences of child poverty. Child poverty is distinct, conceptually, and different, quantitatively, from adult poverty. It requires its own independent measurement--otherwise half of the population in developing countries may be unaccounted for when assessing poverty reduction. This book posits that child poverty should be measured based on constitutive rights of poverty, using a multidimensional approach. The argument is supported by chapters actually applying and expanding this approach. In addition, the case is made that the underlying drivers of child poverty are inequality, lack of access to basic social services, and the presence of families without any type of social protection. As a result, the case for social protection in contributing to reduce and eliminate child protection and its consequences is made. Poverty reduction has been high on the international agenda since the start of the millennium. First as part of the MDGs and now included in the SDGs. However, in spite of a decline in the incidence of child poverty, the number of poor children is harder to reduce due to population dynamics. As a result, concomitant problems such as the increasing number of child brides, unregulated/dangerous migration, unabated child trafficking, etc. remain intractable. Understanding the root causes of child poverty and its characteristics in Central and Western Africa is fundamental to designing innovative ways to address it. It is also important to map the interventions, describe the practices, appreciate the challenges, recognize the limitations, and highlight the contributions of social protection and its role in dealing with child poverty. No practical policy recommendations can be devised without this knowledge.

Early Childhood Care and Education at the Margins

Hasina Banu Ebrahim,Auma Okwany,Oumar Barry
Early Childhood Care and Education at the Margins Book PDF

Author : Hasina Banu Ebrahim,Auma Okwany,Oumar Barry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351185134

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Early Childhood Care and Education at the Margins by Hasina Banu Ebrahim,Auma Okwany,Oumar Barry Pdf

The importance of early childhood care and education (ECCE) in the lives of very young children is gaining increasing attention around the globe and yet there is a persistent lack of diverse knowledge perspectives on this critical phase. This stems from dominant Eurocentric framings of early childhood research, and related theories. Early Childhood Care and Education at the Margins provides contextual accounts of ECCE in Africa in order to build multiple perspectives and to promote responsive thought and actions. The book is an entry point to knowledge production for birth to three in Africa and responds to the call for the field to be in dialogue with different perspectives that attempt to map concepts, debates and contemporary concerns. In this book, a group of African authors, representing both Anglophone and Francophone Africa, provide insider's perspectives on a wide range of geographic, cultural and thematic positions. In so doing, they show the breadth and depth of ideas on which the ECCE field draws. The chapters in the volume highlight a range of topics including poverty, early socialisation, local care practices, gendered roles, and service provision. They open up important points of departure for thinking about ECCE policy, practice, theory and research. The book presents African perspectives in a globalising world. It is therefore suitable for an international readership. It includes cross-cultural comparisons as well as critiques of dominant discourses which will be of particular interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students active in the field of ECCE, childhood studies, cultural studies and comparative education.

The Condition of Young Children in Sub-Saharan Africa

Nat J. Colletta,Jayshree Balachander,Xiaoyan Liang
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Author : Nat J. Colletta,Jayshree Balachander,Xiaoyan Liang
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0821336770

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The Condition of Young Children in Sub-Saharan Africa by Nat J. Colletta,Jayshree Balachander,Xiaoyan Liang Pdf

Reviews the World Bank's experience in industrial restructuring in 46 countries during the past 14 years. The study finds that for most completed public enterprise restructuring operations, sustainability of benefits was a large problem, mainly because of fragile sector reforms and inadequate governance and management. Those completed for the private sector experienced poor outcomes from inadequate attention to country economic conditions and policy distortions. To overcome such problems, the study recommends that future restructuring operations be designed and implemented to have an impact at the firm level.

Child Poverty

J. E. Doek
Child Poverty Book PDF

Author : J. E. Doek
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105134507644

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Child Poverty by J. E. Doek Pdf

Examines the linkages between child rights, child wellbeing and child poverty, the dimension and state of child poverty and policy options to tacking it. Reveals that high rates of economic growth and reductions in income poverty do not translate in improvements of the wellbeing of children.

Children at Work

Anne Kielland,Maurizia C. Tovo
Children at Work Book PDF

Author : Anne Kielland,Maurizia C. Tovo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114500544

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Children at Work by Anne Kielland,Maurizia C. Tovo Pdf

A straightforward discussion of child labor in Africa, enriched throughout with photographs that give a human face to the issues involved.

What Works for Africa's Poorest?

David Lawson,Lawrence Ado-Kofie,David Hulme
What Works for Africa s Poorest Book PDF

Author : David Lawson,Lawrence Ado-Kofie,David Hulme
Publisher : Open Access
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1853398438

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What Works for Africa's Poorest? by David Lawson,Lawrence Ado-Kofie,David Hulme Pdf

Well-designed microfinance can help poor people improve their lives but generally such programmes do not reach the poorest. As a result, NGOs and donors have started to mount programmes explicitly targeting the extreme poor, the poorest and the ultra-poor.

Child poverty, evidence and policy

Jones, Nicola A.,Sumner, Andy
Child poverty evidence and policy Book PDF

Author : Jones, Nicola A.,Sumner, Andy
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781847424471

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Child poverty, evidence and policy by Jones, Nicola A.,Sumner, Andy Pdf

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book is about the opportunities and challenges involved in mainstreaming knowledge about children in international development policy and practice. It focuses on the ideas, networks and institutions that shape the development of evidence about child poverty and wellbeing, and the use of such evidence in development policy debates. It also pays particular attention to the importance of power relations in influencing the extent to which children's voices are heard and acted upon by international development actors. The book weaves together theory, mixed method approaches and case studies spanning a number of policy sectors and diverse developing country contexts in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It therefore provides a useful introduction for students and development professionals who are new to debates on children, knowledge and development, whilst at the same time offering scholars in the field new methodological and empirical insights.

A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Building an Agenda to Reduce the Number of Children in Poverty by Half in 10 Years
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Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Building an Agenda to Reduce the Number of Children in Poverty by Half in 10 Years
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309483988

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A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Building an Agenda to Reduce the Number of Children in Poverty by Half in 10 Years Pdf

The strengths and abilities children develop from infancy through adolescence are crucial for their physical, emotional, and cognitive growth, which in turn help them to achieve success in school and to become responsible, economically self-sufficient, and healthy adults. Capable, responsible, and healthy adults are clearly the foundation of a well-functioning and prosperous society, yet America's future is not as secure as it could be because millions of American children live in families with incomes below the poverty line. A wealth of evidence suggests that a lack of adequate economic resources for families with children compromises these children's ability to grow and achieve adult success, hurting them and the broader society. A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty reviews the research on linkages between child poverty and child well-being, and analyzes the poverty-reducing effects of major assistance programs directed at children and families. This report also provides policy and program recommendations for reducing the number of children living in poverty in the United States by half within 10 years.