Children and Young People

Connecting with Home, Keeping in Touch: Physical and Virtual Mobility Across Stretched Families in sub-Saharan Africa

Porter, Gina; Hampshire, Kate; Abane, Albert; Munthali, Alister; Robson, Elsbeth; Tanle, Augustine; Owusu, Samuel; de Lannoy, Ariane; Bango, Andisiwe (Cambridge University Press, 2018)

There is a long history of migration among low-income families in sub-Saharan Africa, in which (usually young, often male) members leave home to seek their fortune in what are perceived to be more favourable locations. ...

Religion and Abortion: The Role of Politician Identity

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Iyer, Lakshmi (IZA – Institute of Labor Economics, 2018)

Leveraging close elections to generate quasi-random variation in the religious identity of state legislators in India, we find lower rates of female foeticide in districts with Muslim legislators, which we argue reflects ...

Power Logics of Consumers' Gendered (in)Justices: Reading Reproductive Health Interventions Through the Transformative Gender Justice Framework

Steinfield, Laurel, A.; Coleman, Catherine A.; Tuncay Zayer, Linda; Ourahmoune, Nacima; Hein, Wendy (Taylor and Francis, 2018)

Global gender asymmetries in marketing and consumer behavior were recently exemplified by the Transformative Gender Justice Framework (TGJF). The TGJF, however, lacks an explicit reference to power – an aspect that becomes ...

Youth Livelihoods in the Cellphone Era: Perspectives from Urban Africa Youth livelihoods in the Cellphone Era

Porter, Gina; de Lannoy, Ariane; Bango, Andisiwe; Munthali, Alister; Robson, Elsbeth; Tanle, Augustine; Abane, Albert; Owusu, Samuel (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2018)

Issues surrounding youth employment and unemployment are central to the next development decade. Understanding how youth use mobile phones as a means of communicating and exchanging information about employment and livelihoods ...

Mobile Phones, Gender, and Female Empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa: Studies with African Youth

Porter, Gina; Hampshire, Kate; Abane, Albert; Munthali, Alister; Robson, Elsbeth; De Lannoy, Ariane; Tanle, Augustine; Owusu, Samuel (Taylor and Francis, 2019)

Data from qualitative and survey research with young people in 24 locations (urban and rural) across Ghana, Malawi, and South Africa expose the complex interplay between phone ownership and usage, female empowerment, and ...

Methodological Lessons on Measuring Quality Teaching in Southern Contexts, with a Focus on India and Pakistan

Aslam, Monazza; Malik, Rabea; Rawal, Shenila; Rose, Pauline; Vignoles, Anna; Whitaker, Lydia (SAGE, 2019)

Quantifying the impact of teaching quality on pupil learning, and understanding what teacher characteristics or practices are likely to improve student achievement, are pressing research questions in all countries. Empirical ...

Transformative Gains Through Investing in the Early Years? The Case for Focusing on Early Childhood Development

Aslam, Monazza; Saeed, Saba (ASER, 2019)

There is a strong case to be made for investing in a child's early years. The period from pre-conception to 8 years in particular is a period of intense brain functioning and development.The foundations for lifelong learning ...

Handbook on Measuring Equity in Education

Alcott, B.; Rose, P.; Sabates, R.; Torres, R. (UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2018)

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide the mandate for a strong focus on equity in education, aiming to ensure that the most disadvantaged children and young people have the same opportunities as others. SDG 4 ...

Donor Scorecard: Just Beginning: Addressing Inequality in Donor Funding for Early Childhood Development

Zubairi, Asma (Theirworld, 2018)

Given this global commitment to early childhood development, it is vital to identify the extent to which investments are being made to realise the promise. Many donors recognise the evidence that shows the importance of ...

Identifying Disability in Household Surveys: Evidence on Education Access and Learning for Children with Disabilities in Pakistan

Bari, Faisal; Mal, Rabea; Rose, Pauline; Singal, Nidhi (REAL Centre, University of Cambridge, 2018)

This policy brief presents key findings from data on education of children with disabilities in Pakistan with respect to both access and learning. It draws on data from on-going research as part of the ESRC-DFID funded ...

School Enrolment and Learning Outcomes for Children with Disabilities: Findings from a Household Survey in Pakistan

Singal, Nidhi; Sabates, Ricardo; Aslam, Monazza; Saeed, Sahar (Taylor and Francis, 2018)

This paper presents findings from household data collected as part of the Annual Survey of Education conducted in rural Punjab in 2015, which included questions on disability developed by the Washington Group on Disability ...

How Higher Education Research Using the Capability Approach Illuminates Possibilities for the Transformation of Individuals and Society in South Africa

McLean, Monica (African Minds, 2018)

The capability approach offers a normative framework for thinking how higher education can support human well-being and fulfilment. This chapter explores how higher education research using the capability approach illuminates ...

Capability-promoting Policies: Enhancing Individual and Social Development

Otto, Hans-Uwe; Walker, Melanie; Ziegler, Holger (Policy Press and Bristol University Press, 2017-11-08)

How can unjust societies be overcome with a better distribution of opportunities to flourish? How can human development be revitalised in countries where social welfare is being questioned? In short, how can human development ...

Impacts After One Year of “Healing Classroom” on Children's Reading and Math Skills in DRC: Results From a Cluster Randomized Trial

Aber, J. Lawrence; Torrente, Catalina; Starkey, Leighann; Johnston, Brian; Seidman, Edward; Halpin, Peter; Shivshanker, Anjuli; Weisenhorn, Nina; Annan, Jeannie; Wolf, Sharon (Taylor & Francis, 2016-11-14)

his article examines the effects of one year of exposure to “Learning to Read in a Healing Classroom” (LRHC) on the reading and math skills of second- to fourth-grade children in the low-income and conflict-affected ...

Promoting Children's Learning and Development in Conflict-Affected Countries: Testing Change Process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2016)

Aber, J. Lawrence; Tubbs, Carly; Torrente, Catalina; Halpin, Peter F.; Johnston, Brian; Starkey, Leighann; Shivshanker, Anjuli; Annan, Jeannie; Seidman, Edward; Wolf, Sharon (Cambridge University Press, 2017-02)

Improving children's learning and development in conflict-affected countries is critically important for breaking the intergenerational transmission of violence and poverty. Yet there is currently a stunning lack of rigorous ...

Supporting Children with Disabilities in Low- and Middle- Income Countries: Promoting Inclusive Practice within Community-Based Childcare Centres in Malawi through a Bioecological Systems Perspective

McLinden, Mike; Lynch, Paul; Soni, Anita; Artiles, Alfredo; Kholowa, Foster; Kamchedzera, Elizabeth; Mbukwa, Jenipher; Mankhwazi, Mika (Springer Netherlands, 2018)

Given the narrow scope and conceptualisation of inclusion for young children with disabilities in research within low- and middle income countries (LMICs) contexts, we draw on a bioecological systems perspective to propose ...