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The Impact of Cash Transfers on Food Security
(UNICEF. Office of Research-Innocenti, 2016)
Vulnerable populations in sub-Saharan African countries often face high levels of food insecurity which disproportionately affect households living in poverty and children are particularly at risk. This review of eight ...
Social cash transfers, early pregnancy and marriage in the Kenyan national cash transfer programme
(UNICEF. Office of Research-Innocenti, 2015)
According to the 2008-2009 Kenyan Demographic and Health Survey, almost a third of the women of reproductive age were married before they reached their 18th birthday, and more than 75 per cent had their first child by age ...
Myth-Busting? How Research is Refuting Common Perceptions about Unconditional Cash Transfers
(UNICEF. Office of Research-Innocenti, 2017)
Six common perceptions associated with cash transfers are investigated using data from eight rigorous evaluations of government unconditional cash transfer programmes across seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The ...
UNGEI AT 10 : A Journey to Gender Equality in Education
(UNICEF, 2010-05)
Launched in Dakar, Senegal, in 2000 by then United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) promotes girls’ education and works for gender equality in education through ...
UNESCO and Education : Everyone has the right to education
(UNESCO, 2011)
Since its creation in 1945, UNESCO’s mission has been to contribute to the building of peace, poverty eradication, lasting development and intercultural dialogue, with education as one of its principal activities to achieve ...
Toward High-Quality Education in Peru : Standards, Accountability, and Capacity Building
(The World Bank, 2007)
One of the principal challenges in reducing poverty and accelerating development in Peru is improving the quality of education. This book is a contribution from the World Bank to the debate over how to improve the quality ...
Building Core Capabilities for Life : The Science Behind the Skills Adults Need to Succeed in Parenting and in the Workplace
(Harvard University, 2016)
Adults need certain capabilities to get and keep a job, provide responsive care for children, manage a household, and contribute productively to the community. When these skills have not developed as they should, or are ...
Conditional Cash Transfers, Schooling, and Child Labor : Micro-Simulating Brazil’s Bolsa Escola Programar
(The World Bank, 2003)
A growing number of developing economies are providing cash transfers to poor
people that require certain behaviors on their part, such as attending school or regularly
visiting health care facilities. A simple ex ante ...
Jamaica: a strategic proposal for rural development IICA
(1994-01)
The objectives of this document are to identify the main groups of rural poor; to evaluate their basic resources; to examine the structure of the real and potential demand for Jamaica's agricultural products; to assess the ...
Changing climate, changing farming systems
(2016)
This feature highlights the already known causes and potential impacts of climate change, as well as the options for response in the Caribbean farming community. It also highlights initiatives that are being carried out ...