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Children and Youth
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:
News
Early Career Fellowship Programme for talented young researchers in Africa and the UK
Published: 9 Feb 2012
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
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
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
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
The challenge of sustaining political support for nutrition programmes.
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.
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.
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.
Following publication of new report, IDS and MDG-F convene influential group committed to action for reducing inequality and promoting social justice.
The challenge of sustaining political support for nutrition programmes.
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Latest Publications on Children and Youth »
- Roelen, K. and Delap, E. (2011) 'Concept Note - Researching the Links between Social Protection and Children’s Care' , Brighton: IDS
- Camfield, L. and Roelen, K. (2011) 'Household Trajectories in Rural Ethiopia – What can a Mixed Method Approach tell us about the Impact of Poverty on Children?', DEV Working Paper 34, The School of International Development, University of East Anglia, UK 34, Norwich:
- te Lintelo, D. (2011) 'Youth and Policy Processes' 025, Brighton: Future Agricultures Consortium
- Sabates-Wheeler, R. and Roelen, K. (2011) 'Transformative Social Protection Programming for Children and their Carers: a Gender Perspective', Gender & Development 19:2:179-194, London: Taylor and Francis
- CARE Perú (2011) 'Análisis del éxito en la lucha contra la desnutrición en el Perú (Spanish/English)' , Lima: CARE Perú


