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Best of UNICEF Research Retrospective: Documenting impact and lessons learned
In this retrospective, we look back at finalist research from six years of the Best of UNICEF Research exercise to gain perspective on its uptake and ...

Child Mortality and Injury in Asia: An overview
Special Series on Child Injury no. 1. This paper presents an overview of the IRC Child Injury Series, a working paper series on child injury ...

Child Mortality and Injury in Asia: Policy and programme implications
Special Series on Child Injury no.4 This paper presents a summary of the findings of the national and sub-national surveys and discusses ...

Child Mortality and Injury in Asia: Survey methods
Special Series on Child Injury no.2 This paper presents a more detailed description of the survey methodology for technical specialists ...

Child Mortality and Injury in Asia: Survey results and evidence
Special Series on Child Injury no.3 This paper presents a detailed description of the survey results which were introduced in the Overview ...

Child Poverty in Perspective: An overview of child well-being in rich countries
This report builds and expands upon the analyses of Report Card No. 6 which considered relative income poverty affecting children and policies to mitigate ...

Проблема детской бедности в перспективе: Обзор благополучия детей в богатых странах
В данном выпуске содержится всесторонний анализ жизни и благополучия детей и подростков в 21 промышленно развитой стране. Такой анализ преследует цель ...

Child Well-Being in the EU and Enlargement to the East
The accession of up to 13 new members in the next decade is the most important development now facing the European Union. This paper analyses measurable ...

Children in Bulgaria: Growing impoverishment and unequal opportunities
This paper investigates the changes that occurred in Bulgaria over the last decade in three dimensions of child welfare recognised as fundamental child ...

Crisis in Mortality, Health and Nutrition
After the collapse of the communist system in 1989, most Eastern European countries experienced a mortality and health crisis. However, this did not hit ...

Crisis in Mortality, Health and Nutrition (Russian version)
After the collapse of the communist system in 1989, most Eastern European countries experienced a mortality and health crisis. However, this did not hit ...

Evidence and Gap Map Research Brief: UNICEF STRATEGIC PLAN 2018–2021 GOAL AREA 1: EVERY CHILD SURVIVES AND THRIVES
This research brief is one of a series of five briefs, which provide an overview of available evidence shown in the Campbell-UNICEF Mega-Map of the effectiveness ...

Global Climate Change and Child Health: A review of pathways, impacts and measures to improve the evidence base
This paper reviews the published evidence of pathways and impacts of global climate change on child health. The review was occasioned by the recognition ...

L'impact de la hausse des prix des produits alimentaires sur la pauvreté des enfants et les reponses politiques au Mali
Depuis 2006, le Mali subit de plein fouet les effets de la crise alimentaire mondiale avec des augmentations de prix allant jusqu'à 67%. Cette étude propose ...

Impact Evaluation of the Integrated Safety Net Programme in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia: Baseline Report
UNICEF supports the Government of Ethiopia to implement a pilot Integrated Safety Net Programme (ISNP) in the Amhara Region from 2019 to 2023. The objective ...

The Impact of the Increase in Food Prices on Child Poverty and the Policy Response in Mali
Since 2006, Mali has experienced the full effects of the global food crisis, with price increases of up to 67%. This study presents simulations of the ...

Impacts of the Global Crisis and Policy Responses on Child Well-being: A macro-micro simulation framework
This paper outlines the methodology of a UNICEF research project on the impact of the global economic crisis on children in Western and Central Africa, ...

Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis on Child Poverty in Cameroon and Options for a Policy Response
This study aims to evaluate the potential impacts of the 2008/09 global economic crisis on child poverty in Cameroon. It also explores the potential effects ...

Improving Children’s Health and Nutrition Outcomes in Ethiopia: Qualitative midline evaluation of the ISNP in Amhara
Integrated social protection programmes are increasingly being pursued as more effective and efficient ways to improve children’s health and nutrition ...

Improving Children’s Health and Nutrition Outcomes in Ethiopia: A qualitative mid-line evaluation of the Integrated Safety Net Programme in Amhara
Integrated social protection programmes are increasingly being pursued as more effective and efficient ways to improve children’s health and nutrition ...

Incidences de la crise economique mondiale de 2008/09 et des options de la politique de reponse sur la pauvreté des enfants au Cameroun
Cette étude vise, d’une part, à explorer les effets potentiels de la crise économique mondiale de 2008/09 sur la pauvreté des enfants au Cameroun. D’autre ...

Interventions to Reduce Violence Against Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Evidence and gap map research brief of phase 1 and 2 findings
Evidence on interventions for reducing violence against children (VAC) has steadily increased over the years. Yet, gaps remain when it comes to research ...

Is there Catch-Up Growth? Evidence from Three Continents
The ability to correct deficiencies in early childhood malnutrition, what is known as catch-up growth, has widespread consequences for economic and social ...

Malawi’s Social Cash Transfer Programme: A comprehensive summary of impacts

The Measurement of Food Insecurity among Children: Review of literature and concept note
An effective global monitoring system for child food insecurity is needed to increase awareness about the nature, extent, and distribution of child food ...

La pauvreté des enfants en perspective : vue d’ensemble du bien-être des enfants dans les pays riches
Ce rapport à la fois exploite et développe les analyses contenues dans le Bilan 6 qui traitait de la pauvreté de revenu relative des enfants ainsi que ...

Pobreza infantil em perspectiva: visão de conjunto do bem-estar da criança nos países ricos
Este relatório surge na sequência do Report Card Nº. 6, expandindo as análises nele contidas que consideravam a pobreza relativa de rendimento que afecta ...

Pobreza infantil en perspectiva: un panorama del bienestar infantil en los países ricos
Este Report Card proporciona un amplio análisis de la vida y el bienestar de niños y jóvenes de 21 naciones del mundo industrializado. Su objetivo es ...

Simulating the Impact of the Global Economic Crisis and Policy Responses on Children in Ghana
Like many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana is experiencing the impact of the global crisis and the uncertain economic outlook. Indeed, as Ghana’s ...

Simulating the Impact of the Global Economic Crisis and Policy Responses on Children in West and Central Africa
The current global financial and economic crisis, which exacerbates the impacts of the energy and food crises that immediately preceded it, has spread ...

Simulation des effets de la crise économique et des politiques de reponse sur les enfants en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre: le cas du Burkina Faso
Le Burkina Faso à vu ses gains économiques, durement acquis ces dernières années, rongés par la crise financière et économique mondiale du 2008-09. Il ...

The Right to Child Health: The development of primary health services in Chile and Thailand
Traditional methods of assessment of the success of a nation in meeting the obligations of the CRC have centred upon an analysis of comparative ‘social ...