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The Impact of Social Protection Programmes on Child Labour and Education in Ethiopia

The study investigates the impact of participation in Social Protection Programmes on child labour and education in Ethiopia, the largest social protection program in Sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa, Specifically PSNP and Pension. Social Protection programmes are recently widely recognized in developing countries as main means to tackle poverty, reduce vulnerability and to smooth consumption of households. It is very important to assess intra-households impact of the programmes. Most of the previous studies assess the explicitly objective of the programs.

The Impact of Social Protection Programmes on Child Labour and Education in Ethiopia

The study investigates the impact of participation in Social Protection Programmes on child labour and education in Ethiopia, the largest social protection program in Sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa, Specifically PSNP and Pension. Social Protection programmes are recently widely recognized in developing countries as main means to tackle poverty, reduce vulnerability and to smooth consumption of households. It is very important to assess intra-households impact of the programmes. Most of the previous studies assess the explicitly objective of the programs.

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Child Development and Economic Development

The final years of the twentieth century and first decade of the twenty-first century saw unparalleled global interest in the survival and development of children. This interest reflects commitments made under the terms of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to support and protect all young people below the age of 18, as well as efforts in line with the Millennium Development Goals to reduce child mortality, eradicate poverty and hunger, and attain universal primary education and gender equity.

Child Development and Economic Development

The final years of the twentieth century and first decade of the twenty-first century saw unparalleled global interest in the survival and development of children. This interest reflects commitments made under the terms of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to support and protect all young people below the age of 18, as well as efforts in line with the Millennium Development Goals to reduce child mortality, eradicate poverty and hunger, and attain universal primary education and gender equity.

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Surveying Siblings: The Case for Tracking Brothers and Sisters of Young Lives Index Children in Round 4 and Beyond

The Young Lives survey has been designed and implemented as a panel survey of 2,000 index children with a comparative cohort of 1,000 older children in each of the study countries. As part of the Round 3 data collection in 2009, information was collected on the next sibling down in three of the study countries, in the domains of anthropometrics, cognitive development, education and time-use. This note explores the potential for extending the sibling cross-section collected in 2009 to a panel in the next survey rounds.

Surveying Siblings: The Case for Tracking Brothers and Sisters of Young Lives Index Children in Round 4 and Beyond

The Young Lives survey has been designed and implemented as a panel survey of 2,000 index children with a comparative cohort of 1,000 older children in each of the study countries. As part of the Round 3 data collection in 2009, information was collected on the next sibling down in three of the study countries, in the domains of anthropometrics, cognitive development, education and time-use. This note explores the potential for extending the sibling cross-section collected in 2009 to a panel in the next survey rounds.

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Prioritising Nutrition in order to Achieve the MDGs in India

Malnutrition causes long-term damage to children?s development, with huge social and economic costs. It affects not only children's physical development but also their cognitive development, so reducing future productivity and leading ultimately to economic loss for the nation as a whole. India has recorded strong economic growth in recent years but has shown little progress in tackling malnutrition. It is evident that economic growth alone will not solve the malnutrition problem and sustaining growth will require human capital development.

Prioritising Nutrition in order to Achieve the MDGs in India

Malnutrition causes long-term damage to children?s development, with huge social and economic costs. It affects not only children's physical development but also their cognitive development, so reducing future productivity and leading ultimately to economic loss for the nation as a whole. India has recorded strong economic growth in recent years but has shown little progress in tackling malnutrition. It is evident that economic growth alone will not solve the malnutrition problem and sustaining growth will require human capital development.

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Multidimensional Poverty and Inequality of Opportunity in Peru

Multidimensional poverty and inequality of opportunity are closely interconnected concepts. Equality of opportunity levels the playing field so that circumstances such as gender, ethnicity, geographical location or family background, which are beyond the control of a child, do not influence his or her life chances. This means that if equality of opportunity is achieved, a child will be able to overcome multidimensional poverty and deprivation.

Multidimensional Poverty and Inequality of Opportunity in Peru

Multidimensional poverty and inequality of opportunity are closely interconnected concepts. Equality of opportunity levels the playing field so that circumstances such as gender, ethnicity, geographical location or family background, which are beyond the control of a child, do not influence his or her life chances. This means that if equality of opportunity is achieved, a child will be able to overcome multidimensional poverty and deprivation.

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Female Labour Force Participation and Child Education in India

We study the impact of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on children's educational outcomes via women's labour force participation. Using data from the Young Lives Study and taking advantage of the spatial and temporal variation in the intensity of implementation of the NREGS, we find that greater participation of mothers in the programme is associated with better educational outcomes of their children. Father's participation in the NREGS, on the other hand, has a negative effect on children's education.

Female Labour Force Participation and Child Education in India

We study the impact of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on children's educational outcomes via women's labour force participation. Using data from the Young Lives Study and taking advantage of the spatial and temporal variation in the intensity of implementation of the NREGS, we find that greater participation of mothers in the programme is associated with better educational outcomes of their children. Father's participation in the NREGS, on the other hand, has a negative effect on children's education.

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Rethinking Orphanhood and Vulnerability in Ethiopia

"Orphans" became a category of vulnerable children deserving special protection in the context of the global AIDS epidemic, and currently the notion of "Orphans and vulnerable children", or "OVC", dominates much of the policy for protecting children across sub-Saharan Africa. Analysis of survey and qualitative data from Young Lives in Ethiopia found that parental death does not guarantee the often assumed negative impacts on children's experiences, and that inequalities between children are greater along dimensions of poverty and household location, compared to orphan status.

Rethinking Orphanhood and Vulnerability in Ethiopia

"Orphans" became a category of vulnerable children deserving special protection in the context of the global AIDS epidemic, and currently the notion of "Orphans and vulnerable children", or "OVC", dominates much of the policy for protecting children across sub-Saharan Africa. Analysis of survey and qualitative data from Young Lives in Ethiopia found that parental death does not guarantee the often assumed negative impacts on children's experiences, and that inequalities between children are greater along dimensions of poverty and household location, compared to orphan status.

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Child Protection and Harmful Traditional Practices

This article explores divergent perspectives on female early marriage and genital modification in Ethiopia. It contrasts international norms and research evidence with local understandings, the latter focusing on the part these practices play in securing family social heritage, wellbeing of girls, and their transition to adulthood. The article explains persistence of these practices in the face of campaigns to eliminate them and questions assumptions behind the international child protection model.

Child Protection and Harmful Traditional Practices

This article explores divergent perspectives on female early marriage and genital modification in Ethiopia. It contrasts international norms and research evidence with local understandings, the latter focusing on the part these practices play in securing family social heritage, wellbeing of girls, and their transition to adulthood. The article explains persistence of these practices in the face of campaigns to eliminate them and questions assumptions behind the international child protection model.

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A Role for Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes?

Drawing on empirical data from a community-based study with children and adults in rural Peru, the paper analyses the everyday experiences of a conditional cash transfer programme, called Juntos. The findings show that social protection programmes like Juntos address certain child vulnerabilities by making eligibility for their cash transfers conditional on behaviour related to child protection-related such as health check-ups and school attendance. However, there are other aspects of children's well-being that are not being considered, such as experiences of violence and exclusion.

A Role for Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes?

Drawing on empirical data from a community-based study with children and adults in rural Peru, the paper analyses the everyday experiences of a conditional cash transfer programme, called Juntos. The findings show that social protection programmes like Juntos address certain child vulnerabilities by making eligibility for their cash transfers conditional on behaviour related to child protection-related such as health check-ups and school attendance. However, there are other aspects of children's well-being that are not being considered, such as experiences of violence and exclusion.

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Risk and Protection for Children Growing up in Poverty

Child protection has focused on responding to interpersonal violence and abuse. This approach can detach children from the broader socio-economic and political structures which shape their life chances, by concentrating on the symptoms of risk rather than the underlying causes. Drawing on the Young Lives study of childhood poverty, this paper argues that poverty and inequalities are at the heart of childhood risk, shaping which children are at risk and access to sources of protection and therefore to children's life chances.

Risk and Protection for Children Growing up in Poverty

Child protection has focused on responding to interpersonal violence and abuse. This approach can detach children from the broader socio-economic and political structures which shape their life chances, by concentrating on the symptoms of risk rather than the underlying causes. Drawing on the Young Lives study of childhood poverty, this paper argues that poverty and inequalities are at the heart of childhood risk, shaping which children are at risk and access to sources of protection and therefore to children's life chances.

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