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All resources on social protection and development including materials on inclusive development; social health protection; gender equality; digital inclusion; cash transfers; child labour; and modern slavery.
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Strong foundations for gender equality in early childhood care and education
Document Library
October 31, 2014

This brief focuses on the gender issues in the services provided for children who are three years of age or older in the Asia-Pacific region. It starts by looking into the growth of early childhood care and education (ECCE) in the region and what is driving its growth. It explores why gender responsiveness is important… Read more

Early Childhood, Early Childhood Development, Education, Gender
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Topic Guide on Social Protection
Document Library
October 30, 2014

This GSDRC resource guide provides a reference for policymakers and practitioners involved in social protection. It introduces some of the best literature on the understandings and types of social protection, the design and implementation problems to be considered, the potential for mainstreaming other development concerns into social protection programming, and the major debates both the… Read more

health financing, Social Protection
Education
Social Protection
Julia McGeown on inclusive education
HEART talks
October 17, 2014

Julia McGeown is the Inclusive Education Technical Advisor at Handicap International. In this interview, she talks about the recently published HEART Inclusive Learning Topic Guide. Julia’s work involves overseeing education projects in around 20 countries around the world. Working alongside Dr Susie Miles, Julia used her expertise to assist with the drafting of the Topic… Read more

Disability, inclusive education, Inclusive learning
Education
Health
Social Protection
Social Protection Programs and early childhood development: unexplored potential
Document Library
October 17, 2014

The rapid growth in social protection programs has been fueled in part by the promise of this approach to reduce poverty, including emerging findings on improved child health and education outcomes. In parallel, early childhood care and development (ECCD) is also gaining wide recognition as a robust and viable approach to building human capital and… Read more

Early Child Development, Social Protection
Education
Social Protection
Inclusive learning
Topic Guide
September 8, 2014

Inclusive learning is defined in the Topic Guide as ‘the result of effective teaching practice, an adapted learning environment and teaching approaches which ensure that all children are included, engaged and supported’. The Topic Guide addresses some of the contested and debated issues around terminology, labelling, and segregated, integrated and inclusive schooling; reviews the limited evidence that exists from low and middle income countries;and identifies future research directions. Read more

Education
Social Protection
Education for diversity: The role of networking in resisting disabled people’s marginalisation in Bangladesh
Document Library
August 1, 2014

This article examines the role networking has played, at local and national levels, in facilitating communication between key actors involved in challenging the marginalisation of disabled people from education and from wider Bangladeshi society. Efforts to promote awareness of the importance of including disabled children in their local schools have gained ground at national level… Read more

Disability, networking, Poverty, social inclusion
Education
Social Protection
Non-Traditional Financing for Education
Document Library
July 14, 2014

Aid to education is declining. Given the success of non-traditional financing in the health sector, the education sector has started to explore its potential to see if it can provide additional and alternative sources of finance to address some of the financing gap. Non-traditional financing is about more than raising additional funds; it is also… Read more

cash transfers, Finance, non traditional financing, payment by results, ppp, social impact investing
Education
Social Protection
Child Friendly Inclusive Teaching
Helpdesk Report
August 23, 2013

A rights-based, child-friendly school has two basic characteristics: it is child-seeking and child-centred.  Teachers are the single most important factor in creating an effective and inclusive classroom. Child-friendly schools aim to develop a learning environment in which children are motivated and able to learn. Staff members are friendly and welcoming to children and attend to… Read more

Child Friendly, Education, inclusive, Learning, School, Teachers, teaching
Education
Social Protection
Inclusive and Effective Schools
Helpdesk Report
July 26, 2013

It was difficult to find research where effectiveness in terms of attainment was reported. The goal of inclusive education often seems to be inclusion itself or attendance rather than completion or graded learning outcomes. Outcomes of inclusive education are often illusive and difficult to measure.  The World Bank suggest that tests of content knowledge provide… Read more

Disability, inclusive education
Education
Gender
The Impact of Girls’ Education on Early Marriage
Helpdesk Report
September 14, 2011

There is a strong association between higher age at marriage and higher education levels. A global analysis of data by the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) found that girls’ education is ‘the most important factor associated with child marriage’. Another study determined that in 29 countries, women who married at the age of 18 or… Read more

Early Marriage, Education, Gender, Gender Equality, Girls, Girls' Education
Education
Gender
Social Protection
Girls’ Education in Islamic Countries
Helpdesk Report
May 24, 2011

This report provides information on which methods have worked well to improve access to education for girls in Islamic countries.  The report covers the following areas: Conditional cash transfers to girls- Evaluation results from programes include examples from Bangladesh, Punjab, Yemen and Nigeria.  All showed increased female enrolment. Women teachers increasing girls’ attendance- Information was… Read more

Afghanistan, Attendance, Bangladesh, Conditional Cash Transfers, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sanitation, Saudi Arabia, Scholarships, School Based Management, Somalia, Transport
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