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Rice porridge is served to the children at an EU supported health outreach in Hoy Neung village of the Akha people in Phongsaly Province Lao PDR

24 October 2022

EU-UNICEF Public Finance Facility for South & Southeast Asia

Analysing gaps and opportunities in social spending coverage

a mother and father with their baby in Chiang Mai, Thailand

14 December 2017

Social policy

A fair chance for every child.

Child Friendly Cities to accelerate recovery in East Asia and the Pacific - cover photo featuring two boys on a bicycle in the city

Dialogue on Child Friendly Cities in East-Asia and Pacific

Children and policymakers share ways to progress child-friendly cities to accelerate recovery in the region

Children read picture stories during a pilot teaching session for Shan literature at Naung Si Paw monastery in Waingmaw township, Kachin state.

Where is the Fiscal Space for Children?

The COVID-19 pandemic, and other external shocks, have had a negative consequence on government revenues and rising debt stress in countries across Asia. As

A boy sitting down in an area affected by Typhoon Rai, Philippines. He is was saddened by how the typhoon destroyed their house.

26 January 2023

Disaster Risk Financing and Social Protection

An Assessment of the Evidence on Pre-arranged Finance for Government Support in Disasters

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Portrait of 6-year-old Ven Mon Vuth, from Trom Village, Laminh Commune, Borkeo District, Rattanakiri, Cambodia, in school

Pre-pandemic data show 1 in 8 countries spends more on debt than on education, health and social protection combined – UNICEF

UNICEF is calling for the extension of debt service relief and debt restructuring so that countries – and their children – can bounce back

Child Utopia Hero Image

21 September 2020

Help UNICEF build a climate-friendly city in Minecraft

Reimagining better, climate-friendly cities for every child

MCO in Malaysia

08 September 2020

Families on the Edge

This report aims to explore the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on women and children in low income urban families in Malaysia.

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English (PDF, 6 MB)

COVID Viet Nam

08 September 2020

Economic impacts of COVID-19 on children in Viet Nam

This report is part of UNICEF Viet Nam’s comprehensive support to the Government of Viet Nam to inform its policy-making in response to the COVID-19

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English (PDF, 16 MB)

Joaquim de Jesus Mendonca (50) help his daughter Cristina Elena Mendonca (10) on school assignment that she got during the Covid lockdown. In Fahiria, Aileu, Timor-Leste.

The COVID-19 socio-economic crisis: a blueprint for action

Reimaging social protection systems.