Funders

Core funders

Young Lives is core-funded from 2001 to 2017 by UK aid from the Department for International Development (DFID) for the benefit of developing countries. www.dfid.gov.uk

It is co-funded from 2010 to 2014 by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. http://www.minbuza.nl/en/key-topics/development-cooperation

 

Funders of sub-studies

Bernard van Leer Foundation for a research stream on early childhood transitions (2007-12), as well as communications work in Peru (2004). www.bernardvanleer.org

The Economic and Social Research Council for development and documentation of methodology for cross-national poverty studies (2010-14) led by Laura Camfield at the University of East Anglia. www.esrc.ac.uk

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a study of early child growth and development led by Professor Jere R. Behrman at the University of Pennsylvania. www.gatesfoundation.org

The Oak Foundation for a study on risk and resilience in Ethiopia and India (2009-12). www.oakfnd.org

Previous funders

DFID Education Policy Team for design and pilot of the school survey in Ethiopia (2010). www.dfid.gov.uk

DFID Ethiopia for the school survey work in Ethiopia (2010-11). www.dfid.gov.uk

IKM-Emergent for a pilot of data visualisation work (2009-10). www.ikmemergent.net

Inter-American Development Bank for a study of early childhood development in Peru (2009-10). www.iadb.org

International Development Research Centre for funding of a study on social protection in Ethiopia (2006-10). www.idrc.ca

Irish Aid for capacity building work in Lao Cai and Ben Tre in support of development of the Social Economic Development Plan in Vietnam (2007-08). www.irishaid.gov.ie

UNICEF for work on social policy in Andhra Pradesh (2006). www.unicef.org/india