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New book: Child Protection in Development
New book: Child Protection in Development
Young Lives research features in Save the Children flagship report on inequality
Young Lives research features in Save the Children flagship report on inequality

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Why are Current Efforts to Eliminate Female Circumcision in Ethiopia Misplaced?

This article discusses female circumcision in Ethiopia and the eradication challenges. It argues that despite an overall decline in the practice nationally, eradication efforts have caused significant quandaries for girls and their families. The most common justification by far for its continuance is that female circumcision confirms a girl's social place by proving her readiness for marriage and adulthood and thereby ensures her protection against material want.

Why are Current Efforts to Eliminate Female Circumcision in Ethiopia Misplaced?

This article discusses female circumcision in Ethiopia and the eradication challenges. It argues that despite an overall decline in the practice nationally, eradication efforts have caused significant quandaries for girls and their families. The most common justification by far for its continuance is that female circumcision confirms a girl's social place by proving her readiness for marriage and adulthood and thereby ensures her protection against material want.

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Nutritional Trajectories in Childhood: What factors can foster recovery from chronic malnutrition?

This report (in Spanish) highlights the need to complement existing early childhood nutrition and health programmes with later interventions which support children to maintain adequate levels of nutrition. The study uses data from Young Lives in Peru (Niños del Milenio) to analyse the nutritional status of children at 5 and 8 years old.

Nutritional Trajectories in Childhood: What factors can foster recovery from chronic malnutrition?

This report (in Spanish) highlights the need to complement existing early childhood nutrition and health programmes with later interventions which support children to maintain adequate levels of nutrition. The study uses data from Young Lives in Peru (Niños del Milenio) to analyse the nutritional status of children at 5 and 8 years old.

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National India consultation calls for all-round child development policy
National India consultation calls for all-round child development policy

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Growing Up in Ethiopia and Andhra Pradesh: How Is Increasing Participation in Social Protection Schemes Affecting Girls’ Roles and Responsibilities?

The focus of this paper is the effect on adolescent girls' roles and responsibilities of public works schemes or cash transfers, which are the main forms of social protection in developing countries. Increasing participation in social protection is intended to enhance the development of girls in participating households, but evidence on their school participation and workloads suggests that the reverse may be happening. The paper probes what happens to girls? roles and responsibilities when households participate in social protection schemes in rural Ethiopia and Andhra Pradesh.

Growing Up in Ethiopia and Andhra Pradesh: How Is Increasing Participation in Social Protection Schemes Affecting Girls’ Roles and Responsibilities?

The focus of this paper is the effect on adolescent girls' roles and responsibilities of public works schemes or cash transfers, which are the main forms of social protection in developing countries. Increasing participation in social protection is intended to enhance the development of girls in participating households, but evidence on their school participation and workloads suggests that the reverse may be happening. The paper probes what happens to girls? roles and responsibilities when households participate in social protection schemes in rural Ethiopia and Andhra Pradesh.

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Child Protection in Development

Every day millions of children in developing countries face adversities of many kinds, yet there is a shortage of sound evidence concerning their plight and an urgent need to identify the most appropriate and effective policy responses from among the multiple approaches that exist. This collection of journal papers aims to engage with researchers and debates in the field so as to understand better some of the numerous risks confronted by children in developing countries.

Child Protection in Development

Every day millions of children in developing countries face adversities of many kinds, yet there is a shortage of sound evidence concerning their plight and an urgent need to identify the most appropriate and effective policy responses from among the multiple approaches that exist. This collection of journal papers aims to engage with researchers and debates in the field so as to understand better some of the numerous risks confronted by children in developing countries.

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Gender Bias in the Allocation of Education Expenditure

This study examines the existence and extent of gender bias favouring boys in the allocation of education expenditure in households using data from Andhra Pradesh in India collected by the Young Lives study in 2009/10. It attempts to identify the changing degree of gender bias with age. The estimation uses Engle curve demand analysis and a hurdle model, which separately considers gender bias in the decision of whether to incur education expenditure and the expenditure level conditional on investing in education.

Gender Bias in the Allocation of Education Expenditure

This study examines the existence and extent of gender bias favouring boys in the allocation of education expenditure in households using data from Andhra Pradesh in India collected by the Young Lives study in 2009/10. It attempts to identify the changing degree of gender bias with age. The estimation uses Engle curve demand analysis and a hurdle model, which separately considers gender bias in the decision of whether to incur education expenditure and the expenditure level conditional on investing in education.

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Horizontal Inequalities in Children's Educational Outcomes in Ethiopia

This paper examines the relationship between children's educational outcomes and ethnic group status Ethiopia.  It builds on the main theories of education in developing countries —human capital theory and educational opportunity theory — and further draws on the theory of horizontal inequality as a lens for examining educational inequality.  Using longitudinal data from the Young Lives study, information collected from 1,000 older cohort children who were followed up at ages 8, 12 and 15 were analysed to investigate the effects of ethnicity controlling for individual, home, commu

Horizontal Inequalities in Children's Educational Outcomes in Ethiopia

This paper examines the relationship between children's educational outcomes and ethnic group status Ethiopia.  It builds on the main theories of education in developing countries —human capital theory and educational opportunity theory — and further draws on the theory of horizontal inequality as a lens for examining educational inequality.  Using longitudinal data from the Young Lives study, information collected from 1,000 older cohort children who were followed up at ages 8, 12 and 15 were analysed to investigate the effects of ethnicity controlling for individual, home, commu

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The Role of Schooling in Skill Development: Evidence from Young Lives in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam

The expansion of schooling in developing countries has improved educational access significantly in recent years, but raises questions about what is learned in school and how this relates to the development of productive skills of value in formal and informal labour markets. Young Lives has collected data since 2002 on two cohorts of children born in 1994-95 and 2000-01 across 80 sites in four developing countries.

The Role of Schooling in Skill Development: Evidence from Young Lives in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam

The expansion of schooling in developing countries has improved educational access significantly in recent years, but raises questions about what is learned in school and how this relates to the development of productive skills of value in formal and informal labour markets. Young Lives has collected data since 2002 on two cohorts of children born in 1994-95 and 2000-01 across 80 sites in four developing countries.

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