Tagged: poverty

How a displacement crisis helped Jordan support its population during COVID-19

Child Poverty Country stories COVID-19

By Mays Albaddawi, Alexis Boncenne, Jacobus de Hoop., Angie Lee, Luisa Natali, Matthew McNaughton, Manuel Rodriguez Pumarol

At the beginning of 2020, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan entered the tenth year of a humanitarian crisis, providing refuge to over 650,000 Syrian refugees. But in the spring, another crisis hit which threatened not only the fragile livelihoods of these refugees, but the wellbeing of every person in Jordan—COVID-19. Jordan has… Read more →←

Why child labour cannot be forgotten during COVID-19

Child Labour Child Poverty Child Rights COVID-19

By Jacobus de Hoop, Eric Edmonds

In just a matter of weeks, the COVID-19 outbreak has already had drastic consequences for children. Their access to education, food, and health services has been dramatically affected across the globe. The impact has been so marked, that the UN Secretary General has urged governments and donors to offset the immediate effects of the… Read more →←

Moving forward Multidimensionally: Five Lessons on Child Poverty from Malawi and More

Data and Research Evidence Impact evaluation

By Lucia Ferrone

In the past four years that I have been working on several national child poverty studies, either conducting the analysis directly or providing assistance and feedback, a few key findings have emerged as consistent poverty-related or poverty-driven issues that need to be addressed. These five areas should be considered priorities in… Read more →←

We cannot end child poverty in Europe without measuring all of its dimensions

Data and Research Methods & tools

By Yekaterina Chzhen

The European Union measures child poverty as the share of children living in households with incomes below 60 per cent of the national median, but this indicator tells us little about how children fare within their families. A child living in a well-off household may still be deprived of the possessions, services and social relationships… Read more →←

Making research count: Lessons on turning evidence into action from the Transfer Project

Impact evaluation Publication & data launches

By Amber Peterman and Nikola Balvin

In international development, research is never purely an academic exercise. Its purpose, ultimately, is to provide knowledge that can be used to improve the lives of poor and vulnerable populations. Yet, despite increased focus on understanding the influence that research has on development policy and practice, methodology for… Read more →←

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