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Cohort Profile: The Young Lives Study

Young Lives is an international longitudinal study investigating the changing nature of childhood poverty in four developing countries over a 15-year period. The time frame over which the Young Lives study is being conducted, corresponds to the period set to assess the progress towards the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). 1 The Young Lives study grew out of a need to improve understanding of the causes and consequences of childhood poverty, and aims to provide evidence to support the development of effective policies.

Cohort Profile: The Young Lives Study

Young Lives is an international longitudinal study investigating the changing nature of childhood poverty in four developing countries over a 15-year period. The time frame over which the Young Lives study is being conducted, corresponds to the period set to assess the progress towards the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). 1 The Young Lives study grew out of a need to improve understanding of the causes and consequences of childhood poverty, and aims to provide evidence to support the development of effective policies.

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Improving children’s chances: the High-Level Panel
Improving children’s chances: the High-Level Panel
"She worries like an adult": the impact of family disability for children
"She worries like an adult": the impact of family disability for children

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Changing Lives in Andhra Pradesh
Changing Lives in Andhra Pradesh

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Primary Schooling in Andhra Pradesh: Evidence from Young Lives School-based Component

This paper presents preliminary findings from the school survey carried out in 227 schools in Andhra Pradesh during the school year 2010–11 as part of the Young Lives study. It looks at the factors that contribute to better functioning and performance of primary schools. This is in the context of rising enrolment among 6 to 14 year-olds in India in the wake of the Right to Education Act, and the steady increase in the number of private schools across the whole of India since 2006.

Primary Schooling in Andhra Pradesh: Evidence from Young Lives School-based Component

This paper presents preliminary findings from the school survey carried out in 227 schools in Andhra Pradesh during the school year 2010–11 as part of the Young Lives study. It looks at the factors that contribute to better functioning and performance of primary schools. This is in the context of rising enrolment among 6 to 14 year-olds in India in the wake of the Right to Education Act, and the steady increase in the number of private schools across the whole of India since 2006.

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Book launch: Changing Lives in Andhra Pradesh
Book launch: Changing Lives in Andhra Pradesh
New Report: Food for Thought
New Report: Food for Thought

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The Implications of Conditionality in Social Assistance Programmes

This chapter focuses on understanding the impact of conditionality within particular social protection instruments, drawing on a wider debate and citing evidence from the Young Lives longitudinal study of childhood poverty. The chapter draws substantially  on Porter with Dornan (2010). We begin by considering some of the different types of schemes often used to deliver social protection, with a discussion of the conditionalities implied by each.

The Implications of Conditionality in Social Assistance Programmes

This chapter focuses on understanding the impact of conditionality within particular social protection instruments, drawing on a wider debate and citing evidence from the Young Lives longitudinal study of childhood poverty. The chapter draws substantially  on Porter with Dornan (2010). We begin by considering some of the different types of schemes often used to deliver social protection, with a discussion of the conditionalities implied by each.

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Intergenerational Relationships and the Life Course

Drawing on three rounds of survey and qualitative data collected by the Young Lives study in Ethiopia among children born in 1994-95 and their caregivers, this paper investigates intergenerational relationships by means of the life-course perspective. The life-course perspective establishes the importance of understanding intergenerational relationships within changing contexts of time and place.

Intergenerational Relationships and the Life Course

Drawing on three rounds of survey and qualitative data collected by the Young Lives study in Ethiopia among children born in 1994-95 and their caregivers, this paper investigates intergenerational relationships by means of the life-course perspective. The life-course perspective establishes the importance of understanding intergenerational relationships within changing contexts of time and place.

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The Role of Gender and Education in Rural Girls’ Life Aspirations in Peru

This paper focuses on rural and indigenous girls and their mothers in Peru, examining how they position schooling and education in their current life and future aspirations, in order to better understand girls' increasing participation in education. It is argued here that the high educational aspirations girls and their families have are not only related to the desire to overcome poverty and marginalisation but also to oppressive gender relations. The widening of female roles available to young rural women is impacting on their identities and life projects.

The Role of Gender and Education in Rural Girls’ Life Aspirations in Peru

This paper focuses on rural and indigenous girls and their mothers in Peru, examining how they position schooling and education in their current life and future aspirations, in order to better understand girls' increasing participation in education. It is argued here that the high educational aspirations girls and their families have are not only related to the desire to overcome poverty and marginalisation but also to oppressive gender relations. The widening of female roles available to young rural women is impacting on their identities and life projects.

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