We are happy to announce the publication of one of our affiliated researcher’s paper in affiliation with Maastricht University – “Explaining Children’s Life Outcomes: Parental Socioeconomic Status, Intelligence and Neurocognitive Factors in a Dynamic Life Cycle Model” by Elise de Neubourg, Lex Borghans, Karien Coppens, Maria Jansen.
An estimated 36 million of a total population of 41 million children under the age of 18 in Ethiopia are multi-dimensionally poor, meaning they are deprived of basic goods and services in at least three dimensions. In the week of May 29 – June 2, 2017 our team conducted a UNICEF-supported workshop in Addis Ababa to build the capacities of the staff of the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA) and other government officials to conduct child poverty analysis.
According to World Bank data, Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world. When using the international threshold of 1.25$ per day, 74% of the children are living in monetary poor households. The main objective of this project consisted of conducting a child poverty analysis contextualized to the Burundi norms and standards in order to provide policy recommendations and to come up with baseline for the Sustainable Development Goals 1.1.2.
The humanitarian situation of children and families in Libya remains precarious, with significant protection concerns and child rights violations continuously reported. The 2011 Libyan revolution also had serious repercussions on the well-being of Libyan children. Many were injured or killed over the course of the uprising and others were victims of bombings by foreign powers.
Morocco has a rich history and culture, however, children of the country still face obstacles to their well-being. Despite the country’s engagement to promote the realization of children’s rights and its recently reasserted commitment to poverty alleviation there are too often instances where the neediest are left behind.
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