Innocenti Research Briefs Ujana Salama: Cash Plus Model on Youth Well-Being and Safe, Healthy Transitions – Midline Findings Published: 2021 Innocenti Research Briefs This brief provides midline findings from the impact evaluation of a cash plus model targeting youth in households receiving the United Republic of Tanzania’s Productive Social Safety Net (PSSN). Implemented by the Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF), with technical assistance of the Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS) and UNICEF Tanzania, the programme aims to improve livelihood opportunities and facilitate a safe transition to adulthood. The 'plus' component included training on livelihoods and sexual and reproductive health (SRH)-HIV, mentoring and productive grants, as well as linkages to youth-friendly health services. The impact evaluation is a longitudinal, mixed methods study. The midline analysis was conducted immediately after training (before mentoring, disbursement of productive grants and health facility strengthening). + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 4 | Thematic area: Social protection | Tags: cash transfers, social protection × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION 2021 Ujana Salama: Cash Plus Model on Youth Well-Being and Safe, Healthy Transitions – Midline Findings. , pp. 4.
Innocenti Research Briefs Ujana Salama: Cash Plus Model on Youth Well-Being and Safe, Healthy Transitions – Round 3 Findings Published: 2021 Innocenti Research Briefs “Ujana Salama” (‘Safe Youth’ in Swahili) is a cash plus programme targeting adolescents in households receiving the United Republic of Tanzania’s Productive Social Safety Net (PSSN). Implemented by the Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF), with technical assistance of the Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS) and UNICEF Tanzania, the ‘plus’ component includes in-person training, mentoring, grants and health services. The impact evaluation studies the differential impact of the integrated programme (cash plus intervention targeting adolescents) with respect to the PSSN only. It is a mixed methods study, including baseline (2017), Round 2 (2018), Round 3 (2019) and Round 4 (2021) surveys. This brief summarizes findings from the Round 3 survey, which was conducted one year after the training, three months after the mentorship period, and one to two months after grant disbursement. The full report is available here. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 6 | Thematic area: Social protection | Tags: cash transfers, social protection × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION 2021 Ujana Salama: Cash Plus Model on Youth Well-Being and Safe, Healthy Transitions – Round 3 Findings. , pp. 6.
Innocenti Research Briefs Interventions to Reduce Violence against Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries. Pillar 1: Laws, crime and justice AUTHOR(S) Ashrita Saran; Ramya Subrahmanian; Howard White Published: 2020 Innocenti Research Briefs The production of evidence on interventions for reducing violence against children (VAC) has steadily increased over the years. Yet, gaps exist that need to be addressed when it comes to research investment priorities and future studies. An Evidence Gap Map provides an overview of available evidence on the topic and eight briefs summarize the findings. This brief focuses on ‘Laws, crime and justice’ interventions to reduce violence against children in low- and middle-income countries. All technical details can be reviewed in the main report. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 7 | Thematic area: Violence Against Children | Tags: justice, legal protection, violence against children × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Ashrita Saran; Ramya Subrahmanian; Howard White 2020 Interventions to Reduce Violence against Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries. Pillar 1: Laws, crime and justice. , pp. 7.
Innocenti Research Briefs Interventions to Reduce Violence against Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries. Pillar 2: Norms and values AUTHOR(S) Ashrita Saran; Ramya Subrahmanian; Howard White Published: 2020 Innocenti Research Briefs The production of evidence on interventions for reducing violence against children (VAC) has steadily increased over the years. Yet, gaps exist that need to be addressed when it comes to research investment priorities and future studies. An Evidence Gap Map provides an overview of available evidence on the topic and eight briefs summarize the findings. This brief focuses on ‘Norms and values’ interventions to reduce violence against children in low- and middle-income countries. All technical details can be reviewed in the main report. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 7 | Tags: violence against children × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Ashrita Saran; Ramya Subrahmanian; Howard White 2020 Interventions to Reduce Violence against Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries. Pillar 2: Norms and values. , pp. 7.
Innocenti Research Briefs Interventions to Reduce Violence against Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries. Pillar 3: Safe environments AUTHOR(S) Ashrita Saran; Ramya Subrahmanian; Howard White Published: 2020 Innocenti Research Briefs The production of evidence on interventions for reducing violence against children (VAC) has steadily increased over the years. Yet, gaps exist that need to be addressed when it comes to research investment priorities and future studies. An Evidence Gap Map provides an overview of available evidence on the topic and eight briefs summarize the findings. This brief focuses on ‘Safe environments’ interventions to reduce violence against children in low- and middle-income countries. All technical details can be reviewed in the main report. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 7 | Thematic area: Violence Against Children | Tags: violence against children × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Ashrita Saran; Ramya Subrahmanian; Howard White 2020 Interventions to Reduce Violence against Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries. Pillar 3: Safe environments. , pp. 7.
Innocenti Research Briefs Interventions to Reduce Violence against Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries Pillar 4: Parent, child and caregiver support AUTHOR(S) Ashrita Saran; Ramya Subrahmanian; Howard White Published: 2020 Innocenti Research Briefs The production of evidence on interventions for reducing violence against children (VAC) has steadily increased over the years. Yet, gaps exist that need to be addressed when it comes to research investment priorities and future studies. An Evidence Gap Map provides an overview of available evidence on the topic and eight briefs summarize the findings. This brief focuses on ‘Parent, child and caregiver support’ interventions to reduce violence against children in low- and middle-income countries. All technical details can be reviewed in the main report. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 7 | Tags: child care, violence against children × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Ashrita Saran; Ramya Subrahmanian; Howard White 2020 Interventions to Reduce Violence against Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries Pillar 4: Parent, child and caregiver support. , pp. 7.
Innocenti Research Briefs Interventions to Reduce Violence against Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries. Pillar 7: Education and life skills AUTHOR(S) Ashrita Saran; Ramya Subrahmanian; Howard White Published: 2020 Innocenti Research Briefs The production of evidence on interventions for reducing violence against children (VAC) has steadily increased over the years. Yet, gaps exist that need to be addressed when it comes to research investment priorities and future studies. An Evidence Gap Map provides an overview of available evidence on the topic and eight briefs summarize the findings. This brief focuses on ‘Education and life skills’ interventions to reduce violence against children in low- and middle-income countries. All technical details can be reviewed in the main report. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 7 | Tags: education, skills development, violence against children × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Ashrita Saran; Ramya Subrahmanian; Howard White 2020 Interventions to Reduce Violence against Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries. Pillar 7: Education and life skills. , pp. 7.
Innocenti Research Briefs Interventions to Reduce Violence against Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries.Pillar 6: Response and Support Services AUTHOR(S) Ashrita Saran; Ramya Subrahmanian; Howard White Published: 2020 Innocenti Research Briefs The production of evidence on interventions for reducing violence against children (VAC) has steadily increased over the years. Yet, gaps exist that need to be addressed when it comes to research investment priorities and future studies. An Evidence Gap Map provides an overview of available evidence on the topic and eight briefs summarize the findings. This brief focuses on ‘Response and support services’ interventions to reduce violence against children in low- and middle-income countries. All technical details can be reviewed in the main report. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 7 | Tags: violence against children × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Ashrita Saran; Ramya Subrahmanian; Howard White 2020 Interventions to Reduce Violence against Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries.Pillar 6: Response and Support Services. , pp. 7.
Innocenti Research Briefs Child Marriage and Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program: Analysis of protective pathways in the Amhara region – Summary of report findings Published: 2020 Innocenti Research Briefs Emerging evidence suggests that social protection programmes can have a positive role in delaying marriage for girls. But the pathways and design features by which programmes may influence child marriage outcomes remain unknown. This mixed-methods study explores whether and how the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) in Ethiopia, given its national reach and potential to address poverty, can also affect child marriage practice. It draws on descriptive quantitative and qualitative data from an ongoing impact evaluation of the Integrated Safety Net Program (ISNP) pilot in the Amhara region. It finds that PSNP, through an economic channel, is effective in reducing financial pressures on families to marry off girls and in improving girls’ education opportunities. Income-strengthening measures must, however, be accompanied by complementary efforts – including girls’ empowerment, awareness-raising and legal measures – to transform deep-rooted social and gender norms and attitudes that perpetuate the harmful practice of child marriage. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 5 | Thematic area: Child Protection | Tags: child marriage, gender issues, social norms × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION 2020 Child Marriage and Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program: Analysis of protective pathways in the Amhara region – Summary of report findings. , pp. 5.
Innocenti Research Briefs Interventions to Reduce Violence against Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries. Pillar 5: Income and economic strengthening AUTHOR(S) Ramya Subrahmanian; Howard White; Ashrita Saran Published: 2020 Innocenti Research Briefs The production of evidence on interventions for reducing violence against children (VAC) has steadily increased over the years. Yet, gaps exist that need to be addressed when it comes to research investment priorities and future studies. An Evidence Gap Map provides an overview of available evidence on the topic and eight briefs summarize the findings. This brief focuses on ‘Income and economic strengthening' interventions to reduce violence against children in low- and middle-income countries. All technical details can be reviewed in the main report. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 7 | Thematic area: Child Protection, Violence Against Children | Tags: violence against children × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Ramya Subrahmanian; Howard White; Ashrita Saran 2020 Interventions to Reduce Violence against Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries. Pillar 5: Income and economic strengthening. , pp. 7.
Innocenti Research Briefs COVID-19: Trends, Promising Practices and Gaps in Remote Learning for Pre-Primary Education AUTHOR(S) Dita Nugroho; Hsiao-Chen Lin; Ivelina Borisova; Ana Nieto; Maniza Ntekim Published: 2020 Innocenti Research Briefs The first years of a child’s life are critical to building the foundations of learning that help them succeed in school and beyond. Investment in early childhood education results in positive returns, not only for individual children, but also for building more efficient and effective education systems. Recent analysis estimated that every US dollar spent on pre-primary education results in US$9 of benefits to society.This brief summarizes the key findings and observations from a report on the remote learning options – be it online, television, radio, paper- or mobile-based – that countries around the world have made available for pre-primary students and their families while schools are closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report was informed by the joint UNESCO-UNICEF-World Bank survey of national education responses to COVID-19 and emerging good practices from 10 country case studies. + - Cite this publication | Thematic area: Education | Tags: COVID-19, early childhood education, preschool education, primary education, remote learning × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Dita Nugroho; Hsiao-Chen Lin; Ivelina Borisova; Ana Nieto; Maniza Ntekim 2020 COVID-19: Trends, Promising Practices and Gaps in Remote Learning for Pre-Primary Education.
Innocenti Research Briefs Evidence and Gap Map Research Brief UNICEF Strategic Plan 2018–2021 Goal Area 2: Every child learns Published: 2020 Innocenti Research Briefs 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 of interventions to improve child well-being in low- and middle-income countries. These briefs summarize evidence as mapped against the five goal areas of UNICEF’s 2018–2021 Strategic Plan, although it is anticipated that they will also be useful for others working in the child well-being space. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 7 | Thematic area: Child well-being | Tags: child well-being × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION 2020 Evidence and Gap Map Research Brief UNICEF Strategic Plan 2018–2021 Goal Area 2: Every child learns. , pp. 7.