Commissioned by the UNICEF Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa, this paper assesses the evidence about the current and potential impacts of the "Triple F crisis" (food, fuel, financial) on children and women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It draws on an analytical...

This paper analyses the linkages between knowledge and policy in child rights issues in order to supplement current partial understanding of these dynamics in the sector. The ultimate aim of the paper is to safeguard children’s rights by presenting frameworks and lessons through which to...

Recent studies suggest that current approaches to tackling childhood poverty have had limited efficacy. This book brings together a discussion of childhoods, children's experiences of poverty and development discourses, and case studies to highlight the importance of integrating children's...

Cash transfers are an increasingly popular approach to poverty and vulnerability reduction, including, more recently, in humanitarian contexts. In the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the National Palestinian Cash Transfer Programme provides quarterly payments to extremely poor households. As...