Essays about: "child survival"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 26 essays containing the words child survival.

  1. 11. The maternity capital's impact on birth intervals in Russia : Survival analysis of the transition from the 1st to 2nd child

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Valeria Kopeykina; [2017]
    Keywords : Fertility; family policy; maternity capital; Generations and Gender survey; Russia;

    Abstract : From 2007 up until now, Russia’s period fertility rate (TFR) increased at a relative constant pace. This increase coincided with the implementation and execution of pronatalist measures, mostnotably the maternity capital program. READ MORE

  3. 12. Determinants of under-5 mortality in Uganda: an econometric analysis

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Johanna Stenström Johansson; [2016-08-25]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Infant and child mortality rates are among the most important indicators of child health, nutrition, implementation of key survival interventions, and the overall social and economic development of a population. Economics include the study of child health and mortality for various more or less direct reasons: The health and productivity of adults is influenced by their health as children, and there may be an associated effect on the development of countries and economic growth. READ MORE

  4. 13. What is the Problem Represented to be? A problematisation on two child policy in China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Yijia Du; [2016]
    Keywords : China; Two child policy; WPR approach; women; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In September 2015, China ended the one child policy and opened the two-child policy. However, the focus on fertility and family in public and government discourse is still links to issues of national survival and economic development. READ MORE

  5. 14. What difference does cash do for children in emergency settings? : A literature review on what is required for unconditional cash programming to successfully mitigate negative coping mechanisms for Syrian refugee children living outside of camps in Jordan

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Jessika Gustavsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Child Protection; Emergencies; Humanitarian; Cash Transfer Programs; Child Protection Minimum Standards; Theory of Change;

    Abstract : This research analyzes how, why and under what circumstances unconditional Cash Transfer Programs (CTP) could contribute to mitigating negative coping strategies for children and their families in emergency settings and what the main obstacles for successful programs are. More specifically, the research uses the context for Syrian refugees in Jordan as a case study and applies lessons learned from other CTPs. READ MORE

  6. 15. Nipa Huts with High Speed Internet: Commercial Exploitation of Children in the 21st Century. A Qualitative investigation of Webcam Child Prostitution in the Philippines

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Salla Aurén; Dennis Fris Kuhlmann; [2015]
    Keywords : Webcam Child Prostitution; Webcam Child Sex Tourism; child sexual abuse; commercial sexual abuse of children; prostitution; the Philippines; incest; accumulation by dispossession; child welfare; poverty; child pornography; social media; migration; unemployment; techniques of neutralisation.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the emerging issue of Webcam Child Prostitution (WCP) that has so far only been observed in the Philippines. Utilising a qualitative approach, the authors conducted a series of interviews with law enforcement and civil society, as well as survivors of the crime and two focus groups in a low-income neighbourhood in Manila. READ MORE