Essays about: "child poverty"
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1. Unconditional cash transfers to single mothers effective for child education? – Using a historical policy experiment
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : 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
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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)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
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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 demokratiAbstract : 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
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4. Local NGOs combat against Child Labour : A case study in Mwanza, Tanzania
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)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
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5. Beyond the Surface: An Empirical Analysis of Multidimensional Child Poverty in Zambia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : 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