Social and Economic Policy
Meetings and events
Past meetings and events
19-20 January 2009. Cairo, Egypt. Child Poverty and Disparities: Public Policies for Social Justice Conference sponsored by UNICEF Egypt. More than 450 academics, policy makers, government officials, NGOs representatives, media representatives and students participated in the first ever international conference on child poverty and disparities.
Over the two-day conference, 26 renowned international researchers from 17 countries presented their research findings and policy recommendations for public policies that aim to reduce child poverty and disparities. Click here for presentations and papers from the conference.
Child Poverty and Disparities conferences
In 2008, UNICEF organised conferences with each of the regional offices participating in the Global Study on Child Poverty and Disparities to strengthen the link between UNICEF colleagues and their national counterparts and to facilitate an exchange of ideas and solutions for implementing the study. The first conference was held jointly with the New School in New York City. See more on the conference website. See UNICEF's Social Policy Agenda presentation for more detailed information. The agendas, presentations and meeting reports from the regional meetings are available below.
The Americas and the Caribbean Regional Office
1-2 July 2008, Panama City, Panama. See the presentations on childhood poverty in Brazil, La Convergencia entre el Estudio Mundial y la Colaboraction con CEPAL and evidence and policy. Read the Global Study meeting report for a full summary of the conference.
Middle East and North Africa Regional Office
24-25 November 2008, Sana'a, Yemen. Visit the Global Study website to see the conference agenda, expected outcomes and presentations.
16-20 June 2008, Amman, Jordan. See the and presentations on the overview of the global study with a regional focus, UNICEF's initiatives for the region, how-to guides to assist users with the templates, measuring child poverty and evidence and policy. See country specific presentations from Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Morocco and Yemen.
11 March 2008, Cairo, Egypt. Read the agenda, opening remarks and media release from the Egypt orientation to the Global Study. See the presentation on child poverty in Egypt in English and Arabic and child poverty and social rights in English and Arabic.
East Asia and the Pacific Regional Office
12-16 May 2008, Bangkok, Thailand. See the list of participants and the presentations on an overview of the global study with a regional focus, UNICEF's initiatives for the region, UNICEF's regional policy issues, data informing policy, econometric analysis and policy and evidence. See country specific presentations from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, the Phillippines, Thailand and Viet Nam. Also see the summary of regional progress up to that point.
14 March 2008, Hanoi, Viet Nam. See the agenda and presentation from the Viet Nam orientation to the Global Study.
South Asia Regional Office
7-9 May 2008, Kathmandu, Nepal. See the list of participants, the conference and UNICEF's initiatives for the region. See country specific presentations from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Tajikistan. Also read the government overview of child poverty in Nepal and the data collection paper focusing on Bangladesh, India and Nepal. See presentations on food security in India, the global rise in food prices and Millenium Development Goal progess in the South Asia region. The reading materials distributed at the conference include the report Focus on Children Under Six, the accompanying article from the Economic and Political Weekly on the report, the summary of key issues in the region and a concept paper for the region.
East and South Africa Regional Office
9-11 April 2008, Lilongwe, Malawi. See the country specific presentation from Tanzania.
Central and Easter Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States Regional Office
2-4 April 2008, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. See the list of participants and the presentations from the conference outlining how this study aims to impact child poverty policy. Also see presentations on a conceptual framework for analysing the impact of policy on children, child poverty during times of transition, public finances and services for children, assessing the impacts of policies on children, measuring child poverty for policy purposes and outcome determinants and feedback loops from the study. See country specific presentations from Krgyz in English and Russian, Ukraine in English and Russian, and Uzbekistan. Also see a presentation on basic information on household surveys in Ukraine in English and Russian. Read the paper on policies for children in transition countries and the Global Study meeting report for a full summary of the conference.
West and Central Africa Regional Office
12-14 February 2008, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire. Read the agenda, list of participants and the conference objectives. See the presentations on UNICEF's initiatives for the region, social policy and children in West and Central Africa, the regional study on the reflections of children's interests in PRSPs and budgets in West and Central Africa and measuring child poverty for policy purposes. See country specific presentations from Burundi in French, Cameroon in French, Congo in French, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Mali in French, Senegal and Sierra Leone. Read the paper from the Overseas Development Institute on social protection and children in West and Central Africa and the report from the group on the Global Study.
