The World Health Organization estimates that almost half of all premature deaths among 15-19 year olds can be attributed to injuries with most (95%) fatal injuries occurring in low and middle-income countries. Yet the evidence-base for adolescent injuries in low-income countries is poor. This paper uses a mixed method approach to gain an understanding of patterns, causes and consequences of unintentional injuries among adolescents aged between 14 and 16 years in four low-income country settings.

Due to the rarity of longitudinal data, evidence on the benefits of education across the life-course is relatively sparse in developing countries. Young Lives is the only comparative dual-cohort study to combine data collection using mixed-methods at child, household, school and community levels, following 12,000 children in two cohorts across four countries since 2002.

Editorial from special issue of Oxford Review of Education 40(1): 1-9

The expansion of schooling in developing countries has improved educational access significantly in recent years, but less evidence is available on learning and learning progress in comparative perspective.  This paper employs data from Young Lives to examine levels and trends in cognitive skill development and the links to enrolment in school across the four study countries for pupils aged five to fifteen.  Enrolment is high in all countries except Ethiopia, where it is improving relatively equitably over time, but pupils who do not enroll in school or whose enrolment is interrup