Essays about: "Child poverty"

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  1. 1. Unconditional cash transfers to single mothers effective for child education? – Using a historical policy experiment

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Linnea Karlsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Unconditional cash transfers; needs-based cash grants; welfare targeting; human capital development accumulation; skill formation technology; regression kink design;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I examine whether unconditional cash transfers to poor femaleheaded households have an effect on children’s educational attainment. Using a historical Swedish child allowance policy that targeted unconditional cash transfers to widow mothers with an income below a poverty threshold, I lay out a credible identification strategy, to test the hypothesis with a regression kink design. READ MORE

  3. 2. Human Rights Violations During the Covid-19 : A Case Study of Child Marriages in Niger

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Faith Falodi; [2023]
    Keywords : Human rights; child marriage; violation of human rights; child right abuse;

    Abstract : Millions of people's lives have been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has also worsened existing inequalities and led to widespread abuses of human rights. This report examines the rise in teen marriage in Niger as a result of the global epidemic. READ MORE

  4. 3. Impediments to the elimination of child labor : A critical review of child labor policies and laws of Liberia

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

    Author : Thomas Okodi; [2023]
    Keywords : Child Labor; Child Right; Hazardous; Worst Forms of Labor; Protection; minimum age; work; harm;

    Abstract : Child labor is a pressing issue in Liberia, as it is in many other developing countries. Poverty is a significant factor that drives child labor in Liberia, as many families rely on the income generated by their children to survive. READ MORE

  5. 4. Local NGOs combat against Child Labour : A case study in Mwanza, Tanzania

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Halima-Sadiya Ahmed Abdullahi; [2023]
    Keywords : NGO; child labour; artisanal small-scale mining; agriculture; Mwanza; Tanzania;

    Abstract : Children engage in paid and unpaid work that is damaging to them daily all around the world. They are categorized as child laborers, however when they are either too young to work or are engaged in dangerous activities that may jeopardize their physical, mental, social or educational development (Unicef 2021). READ MORE

  6. 5. Beyond the Surface: An Empirical Analysis of Multidimensional Child Poverty in Zambia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Jannis Köhler; [2023]
    Keywords : Multidimensional Child Poverty; Determinants; Rural-to-Urban Migration; Zambia; Sub-Saharan Africa; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Zambia has one of the highest levels of child poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, child poverty remains an understudied area and the determinants thereof are not well understood. READ MORE