Even in the most difficult settings, some schools excel in learning, champion gender equality, and have low drop-out rates. These “positive deviant” schools provide valuable lessons on how to improve similar but less performing schools. Through the Data Must Speak (DMS) Positive Deviance research, UNICEF and partners identify… Read more →←
Topic: Methods & tools
During COVID-19 related school closures, at least 463 million children had no access to remote learning (digital or TV/Radio). This crisis not only affects overall learning levels, but increases gaps, with the learning of children from disadvantaged households more deeply affected. Children from disadvantaged households miss learning… Read more →←
Imagine packing for a trip. You don’t know what the weather will be, so it’s difficult to know whether you’ll need warm clothes and rainboots or light clothes and sandals. If you have a large suitcase, it’s easy to throw in both and prepare for all the possibilities. With a small suitcase though, the items you pick matter much… Read more →←
Although much of the world is focused on the “silver lining” that COVID-19 does not appear to severely impact children’s health, UNICEF is raising the alarm about the potential damage of the hidden impacts on children’s health as well as the indirect socio-economic effects of the fallout from the pandemic. In response, UNICEF… Read more →←
It is widely understood that parents play a pivotal role in a child’s education – research suggests that parental involvement in a child’s education boosts well-being and confidence and is important for academic progression. With school closures due to the global COVID-19 pandemic affecting an estimated 1.58 billion children in… Read more →←
Yosua, a 15-year-old student in Lampung province, Indonesia, realized that many of his friends were being forced to drop out of school. Erratic rains due to climate change were causing crops to fail, making it impossible for families to afford school fees. Together with a group of other adolescents, Yosua presented the concerns and… Read more →←
The use of administrative data for learning and research purposes in humanitarian emergencies is a relatively unexplored field. How can we make better use of these rich pools data in humanitarian settings? And what are the potential pitfalls? It is a stylized fact that in more severe emergencies, more administrative data is available… Read more →←
Maria Luisa Jaen was abandoned by her mother at a hospital when she was 28 days old and placed into a residential care centre in the town of Cerro Silvestre, Arraiján District, in Panama Province. At just under two years old, her surroundings play a key role in determining her chances in life. A nurturing home environment and… Read more →←
Gender-based violence is notoriously under-reported—for understandable reasons. Experience of violence is highly stigmatized and victims are often shamed. Respondents may be fearful of retaliation if perpetrators and others find out they have disclosed their experiences. There may also be cultural taboos about disclosing violence,… Read more →←
The way countries define poverty is going to matter for their probability of achieving Sustainable Development Goal 1, Target 1.2. It calls for reducing at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions by 2030. This means that national… Read more →←