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In 2008 a working group was formed of development researchers whose interest was in the role of children and the youth as agents of social change. The projects covered by this umbrella are many and varied, as listed below:

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Early Career Fellowship Programme for talented young researchers in Africa and the UK

Published: 9 Feb 2012 24 year old Mahamadi Ganemtore irrigating his small farm with water pumped from a nearby dam reservoir. Photo: Aubrey Wade / Panos.

The Future Agricultures Consortium is proud to announce the third call of its grant programme to support talented young researchers working on African agricultural policy: FAC’s Early Career Fellowship Programme (ECFP). The grant is available to early career professionals working in Africa and the UK.


CSP Newsletter January/February Issue 19: Social Protection and Children’s Care

Published: 8 Feb 2012 Centre for Social Protection

This edition of the CSP newsletter looks at how social protection has the potential to play an important role in preventing the loss of parental care, or to support the provision of adequate alternative care to children.


Agricultural interventions to tackle malnutrition are not reaching the poorest and those most at risk to chronic hunger

Published: 2 Dec 2011 Pascaline Bampoky waters pepper plants in the garden she keeps outside her home in Bignona, Senegal. Image credit: Olivier Asselin / IFAD

The first issue of the 3ie-IDS brief Evidence Matters addresses the fundamental question of whether there is sufficient evidence to show that increased household income and better diets improve children’s nutritional status.


New coalition forms to push inequality up the development agenda

Published: 28 Sep 2011 Claimants wanting to see a solicitor board the Fluvial Court boat in the Amazon river's estuary. Credit: Dermot Tatlow / Panos

Following publication of new report, IDS and MDG-F convene influential group committed to action for reducing inequality and promoting social justice.


Will Peru sustain progress on child malnutrition?

Published: 24 Aug 2011 People eat at an informal, roadside restaurant. Image by: Jacob Silberberg / Panos

The challenge of sustaining political support for nutrition programmes.



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Children and Youth projects at IDS

  • A Study of Effective Referral Mechanisms to Strengthen Child and Social Protection in ESAR - (Ongoing)
  • Building a Climate Smart Future - The climate smart approach focuses on enabling organisations to effectively manage the risks and opportunities presented by climate change. (2009 - 2010)
  • Child Rights and Climate Change - This research in Kenya and Cambodia gathers the voices of children in Kenya and Cambodia on climate risks and considers their priorities for adaptation. (2008 - 2010)
  • Child Vulnerability Assessment, UNICEF Myanmar - IDS has been commissioned to analyse the most recent Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) data and write a report on child vulnerability, which can be utilized for evidence based programming and advocacy to improve children's status in Myanmar. (Ongoing)
  • Children in a Changing Climate - IDS is working with leading research and development organisations to secure children and your people a voice in preventing and adapting to climate change – from their communities to the UN. (2008 - 2010)


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