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The Urban Divide: Poor and middle class children’s experiences of school in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Cameron, Stuart - 2012

Children living in urban slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh, often have poor access to school and attend different types of school than students from middle class households. This paper asks whether their experiences in school also disadvantage them further in terms of their learning outcomes and the...

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The Impact of Social Protection on Children: A review of the literature

Martorano, Bruno; Neubourg, Chris De; Sanfilippo, Marco - 2012

Social protection is particularly important for children, in view of their higher levels of vulnerability compared to adults, and the role that social protection can play in ensuring adequate nutrition, access to and utilization of social services. While existing evidence shows that social...

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Education, Urban Poverty and Migration: Evidence from Bangladesh and Vietnam

Cameron, Stuart - 2012

consistent with migrant children’s education being impeded by bureaucratic obstacles such as the household registration system in …

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Understanding Governance of Early Childhood Development and Education Systems and Services in Low-Income Countries

Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Ravens, Jan Van; Ponguta, Liliana A.; … - 2013

Over the past decade, early childhood development and education (ECDE) has received increasing attention. This has led …

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Comparing Inequality in the Well-being of Children in Economically Advanced Countries: A methodology

Currie, Candace; Menchini, Leonardo; Currie, Dorothy; … - 2011

, education and health. …

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Simulation of the Effects of the Economic Crisis and Response Policies on Children in West and Central Africa: The Case of Burkina Faso

Cockburn, John; Tiberti, Luca; Fofana, Ismaël; Balma, … - UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. MONEE project; UNICEF … - 2010

Burkina Faso’s hard earned economic gains in recent years have been eroded by the 2008-09 world financial and economic crisis. The country will particularly feel the effects of the world economic crisis due to its close links with the world economy. Most of the adverse effects are transmitted...

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Children, Education and Reconciliation

Smith, Alan - 2010

This paper examines truth and reconciliation commissions that have made reference to a longer-term role for education … made recommendations for inclusion in the formal school curriculum. However, recommendations regarding a role for education … little follow-through by education authorities. The paper therefore identifies a number of challenges if education is to have …

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L'impact de la hausse des prix des produits alimentaires sur la pauvreté des enfants et les reponses politiques au Mali

Bibi, Sami; Cockburn, John; Coulibaly, Massa; Tiberti, Luca - 2009

, l'éducation, le travail et l'accès aux services de santé des enfants. Selon les simulations, chez les enfants la … diffusion probable des bénéfices aux autres membres du ménage. De plus, pour des décisions concernant le travail, l'éducation et …

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A Sorting Hat that Fails? The transition from primary to secondary school in Germany

Schnepf, Sylke - 2002

Germany ranks lowest regarding educational equalities among OECD countries, as the recently published PISA ‘Programme of International Student Assessment’ data revealed (ref. PISA 2000). This might be due to the remarkable German transition process from primary to secondary school where...

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Overview of Child Well-Being in Germany: Policy towards a supportive environment for children

Bertram, Hans; *UNICEF - 2007

Children’s opportunities to develop according to their talents and competencies and to establish trust in the adults with whom they live, their neighbourhoods, kindergardens, schools and municipalities crucially influence the future of the society in which they grow up. Yet, international...

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