Best of UNICEF Research 2021

Abstract
Best of UNICEF Research showcases the most rigorous, innovative and
impactful research produced by UNICEF offices worldwide.
While evidence highlights emerging issues, it also informs decisions and provides policy and programme recommendations for governments and partners
to improve children’s lives.
This
ninth edition brings together 11 powerful studies from around the world
and across the five Strategic Goal
Areas. How do South Asian youth feel about
entering the world of work? What is the effect of climate-related hazards
on access to health care? How has COVID-19 affected children and their
families in the Republic of Moldova? With social and economic inequalities
increasing and progress towards the Sustainable Development
Goals lagging, rigorous research – answers to these questions
– has never mattered more.