Social and Economic Policy
Social and economic policy working briefs and papers
UNICEF's working papers and working briefs address crucial issues facing the world's children. They cover broad areas of policy work in UNICEF: child poverty, child-sensitive social protection, social budgeting and migration.
The working paper series represents the independent research and analysis of internal and external experts. The shorter briefs summarize up to date technical analysis and information on pressing economic and social policy issues.
Working briefs
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How Economic Shocks Affect Poor Households and Children | UNICEF | Working Brief | 2009 |
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Economic Update: Countries' Evolving Vulnerability from a Child's Perspective | UNICEF | Working Brief | 2009 |
Working Papers
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Aggregate Shocks, Poor Household and Children: Transmission Channels and Policy Responses | Ronald Mendoza UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2009 |
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Human Development in Crisis | Pedro Conceicao, Namsuk Kim, Ronald Mendoza and Yanchun Zhang UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2009 |
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Infant Mortality During Economic Downturns and Recovery | Ronald Mendoza and Nicholas Rees UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2009 |
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Reconstructing Well-being After a Disaster: Bringing Public Service to Those Who Need Them Most in China | Hana Brixi UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2009 |
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The Effects of Parent's Migration on the Rights of Children Left Behind in the Phillippines | Rosemarie Edillon UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2008 |
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The Impact of Parental Deprivation on the Development of Chlidren Left Behind by Moldovan Migrants | UNICEF Moldova UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2008 |
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Impact social des transferts de Fonds des Marocains résidant à l’étranger: Une revue de littérature | Bensaid Mohammed and Ibourk Aomar UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2008 |
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Children and Women Left Behind in Labour Sending Countries: An Appraisal of Social Risks | Rosalia Cortes UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2008 |
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Increasing the Impact of Remittances on Children's Rights in the Phillippines | F. K. Coronel and F. Unterreiner UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2008 |
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Emerging Challenges for Children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia | UNICEF UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2008 |
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The Impact of Migration and Remittances on Communities, Families and Children in Moldova | Natalia Vladicescu, Vasile Cantarji and Ion Jigau UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2008 |
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Children Living in Poverty: Overview of Definitions, Measurements and Policy | Enrique Delamonica, Alberto Minujin, Alejandra Davidziuk and Edward D. Gonzalez UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2006 |
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Poverty and Children: A Perspective | Gaspar Fajth and Katherine Holland UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2007 |
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The Impact of International Migration: Children Left Behind in Selected Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean | Anna Lucia D'Emilio, Bernice Cordero, Bertrand Bainvel, Christian Skoog, Debora Comini, Jean Gough, Monica Dias, Rhea Saab and Theresa Kilbane UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2007 |
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HIPCS, Development Assistance and Children: Child Survival Imperatives in Aid Programmes | Jay Chaubey, Neff Walker and Ali Alichi UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2006 |
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Social Budgeting: Investments in Kenya's Future | Elizabeth Gibbons and Heimo Laakkonen UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2007 |
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Can the Kenyan State Put the 300,000 Most Vulnerable Children in the Country on a Cash Transfer Programme by the End of 2010? | K. Allen, P. Campbell, S. Chatterjee, Oca Ismail, R. Pearson and M. Renshaw UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2007 |
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Child Benefits and Poverty Reducation: Evidence from Mongolia's Child Money Programme | Anthony Hodges, Khurelmaa Dashdorj, Kang Yun Jong, Anne-Claire Dufay, Uranchimeg Budragchaa and Tuya Mungun / UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2007 |
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Child Benefits and Poverty Reducation: Evidence from Mongolia's Child Money Programme | Anthony Hodges, Khurelmaa Dashdorj, Kang Yun Jong, Anne-Claire Dufay, Uranchimeg Budragchaa and Tuya Mungun UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2007 |
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Preventing Child Trafficking in the Gulf Countries, Yemen and Afghanistan: Policy Options | Krishna Belbase, Golda El-Khoury, Deguene Fall, Kunihiko Chris Hirabayashi, Noriko Izumi and June Kunugi UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2007 |
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Accelerating Girls' Education in Yemen: Rethinking Policies in Teacher Recruitment and School Distribution | Abdul Alim, Kamel Ben Abdallah, Solofo Ramaroson, Maman Sikikou and Lieke Van De Wiel UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2007 |
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Eliminating Gender Dispartity in Primary Education: The Case of Turkey | Edmond McLoughney, Maria-Luisa Fornara, Sandar Zavarko and Kerry L. Neal UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2007 |
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Investing in Rwanda: Effective Choices for Orphans and Girls in Primary Education | Valerie Taton, Charles Nabongo, Ikem Chiejine and Aloys Kamuragiye UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2007 |
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Social Budgeting in Kenya: Concepts and Practice | Jay Chaubey UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2007 |
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Remittances and Children's Rights: An Overview of Academic and Policy Literature | Rosalia Cortes UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2007 |
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Child Poverty in Mozambique and Budgetary Allocations | Jean Dupraz and Meritxell Relano UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2007 |
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Poverty and Children: A Perspective | Gaspar Fajth and Katherine Holland UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2007 |
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Incidence, Depth and Severity of Children in Poverty | Alberto Minujin and Enrique Delamonica UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2005 |
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Are Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers Impacting Child Poverty? A Nicaraguan Case Study | Aja Badame, Michela Calabrese, Verouschka Capellan, Blerta Cela and Tatiana Macio UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2005 |
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Poverty Begins at Home? Questioning Some (Mis)conceptions About Children, Poverty and Privation in Female-headed Households | Sylvia Chant UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2006 |
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Child Labour, Education and Policy Options | Jay Chaubey, Mima Perisic, Nadine Perrault, George Laryea-Adjei and Noreen Khan UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2007 |
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Faire Reculer le Vih au Burkina Faso, au Cameroun, en Gambie et au Niger Dans le Contexte de la Lutte Contre la Pauvrete | Barbara Bentein, Sidya Ould El Haj, Cheryl Faye, Eric Mercier, Dominique Tallet-Brasseur, Edele Thebaub and Yves Willemot UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2007 |
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New Aid Architechure: A Good Fit for Children? | Gaspar Fajth, Szilvia Altorjai and Philip Denkabe UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2006 |
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Dalits in India and Nepal: Policy Options for Improving Social Inclusion in Education | Eimar Barr, Susan Durston, Rob Jenkins, Eriko Onoda and Anjali Pradhan UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2007 |
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Three Hours a Week: Reducing Disparities and Scaling Up Access to Quality Pre-primary Education in Guyana, Suriname and St. Lucia | Leslyn Thompson, Audrey Rodrigues, Dennis Arends, Heather Stewart, Niloufar Pourzand and Rene Van Dongen UNICEF |
Working Paper | 2007 |
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