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Knowledge for Children in Africa 2019 Publications Catalogue Cover Photo: ©UNICEF/UN0311822/Andrinivo Knowledge for Children in Africa - 2019 Publications Catalogue Foreword Every year, UNICEF and partners generate a wealth of evidence on the situation of children in Africa. Knowledge and evidence are essential to informing the development, implementation, and monitoring of relevant policies and programmes for the realization of children’s rights. To this end, UNICEF Regional Directors in Africa are pleased to present the 2019 edition of the Knowledge for Children in Africa Publications Catalogue. The 2019 edition of the catalogue features 107 reports and studies on the situation of children, young people, and women in Africa. These publications represent the collective knowledge generated by UNICEF Country and Regional Offices during the year, and capture the work of UNICEF and partners to support the rights and well-being of children across the continent. The publications cover a wide range of topics. Publications are listed under the following categories: • Child Poverty • Child Protection • Child-Sensitive Social Protection • Education and Early Childhood Development • Financing for Development: Public Finance for Children • HIV and AIDS • Humanitarian Action, Resilience and Peacebuilding • Maternal, Newborn and Child Health • Nutrition • Situation Analysis and Socioeconomic Development • Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Many of the publications are, or will be, available online. The entry for each study or report includes a short description, as well as information on the authors and contributors, planned publication date, and contact details for obtaining additional information. Evidence plays a critical role in shaping successful initiatives in support of children and women. We sincerely hope that you will find the publications listed in this catalogue to be a helpful resource for evidence-based decision making and programming. Ted Chaiban Mohamed Malick Fall Marie-Pierre Poirier Regional Director Regional Director Regional Director UNICEF Middle East UNICEF Eastern UNICEF West and North Africa and Southern Africa and Central Africa i Contents Foreword i Part 1: Publications by Thematic Area 1 • Child Poverty 2 • Child Protection 6 • Child-Sensitive Social Protection 14 • Education and Early Childhood Development 18 • HIV and AIDS 41 • Humanitarian Action, Resilience and Peacebuilding 44 • Maternal, Newborn and Child Health 48 • Nutrition 50 • Situation Analysis and Socioeconomic Development 57 • Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 67 Part 2: List of Publications by Country 77 ii Knowledge for Children in Africa - 2019 Publications Catalogue 2 44 6 46 48 14 18 55 41 65 iii ©UNICEF/UN027556/Ohanesian iv Knowledge for Children in Africa - 2019 Publications Catalogue PART 1: Publications by Thematic Area 1 Child Poverty ©UNICEF/UN052531/Ayene 2 Knowledge for Children in Africa - 2019 Publications Catalogue Country: Mozambique Multidimensional Child Poverty in Mozambique Authors/Contributors: Ministry of Economy and This report presents the level of poverty and deprivation Finance (MEF), UNICEF of Mozambican children (ages 0-17), based on a Mozambique Country Office, multidimensional poverty analysis, using a child- UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, UN-WIDER. centred approach that identifies the level and severity of deprivations in key areas of child well-being and Date of expected corresponding children’s rights. In Mozambique, these publication: areas include Family; Nutrition; Education; Labour; July 2019 Health; Water, Sanitation and Hygiene; Participation; Contact person: and Housing. The multidimensional approach is Zlata Bruckauf, complemented by considering monetary poverty ©UNICEF/UN0306363/Abdul Research and Evaluation based on the national definitions. The analysis applies Specialist, UNICEF Mozambique Country Office, a life-course perspective which highlights the needs [email protected] and problems related to each particular stage of child development. The report’s objectives are: (i) to provide comprehensive diagnostics on multidimensional child poverty and deprivation in Mozambique for the purpose of informing policy developments in the context of the next Five- Year Plan; and (ii) to stimulate discussions amongst the Government and its partners regarding the fiscal space and programmatic scope to reduce child poverty in accordance with the national commitment made concerning Agenda 2030 (the Sustainable Development Goals: SDGs). The report provides evidence for UNICEF’s policy priorities for 2019-2020 and will be used by the Government and its partners to shape the children’s agenda for the next Five-Year Plan. Country: Tanzania Beyond the numbers: Perceptions and dynamics Authors/Contributors of child poverty in a rapidly urbanising Tanzania (institutions): Overseas Development (Mainland). Institute (ODI) Drawing on new qualitative research and a review of the Date of expected broader evidence base, this research aims to provide a publication: comprehensive picture of multidimensional child poverty April 2019 in mainland Tanzania, focusing on children’s perceptions Web link: on poverty, its causes, and consequences. It also looks www.unicef.org/tanzania at how these vary in urban and rural areas to understand Contact person: how rapid urbanization may impact on child poverty and ©UNICEF/UN0322679/Dejongh Paul Quarles Van Ufford, discusses appropriate policy implications. Chief, Social Policy, UNICEF United Republic The richer understanding of child poverty in Tanzania of Tanzania Country Office, generated by the research can help to target better [email protected] government investments in children. These investments are a precondition to nourish a skilled and healthy future workforce that can lead the country’s economic transformation as envisaged in the 2025 Government’s vision, the realization of Target 1.2 of SDG 1, and of the principle of ‘leaving no one behind’. The findings on rapid urbanization and its impact on urban child poverty have highlighted some of the challenges faced in urban areas and will be used to advocate for the development of more coherent policies to guide urban development in Tanzania, including in areas that are relevant for poor families and their children. 3 Country: Togo Analysis of multiple deprivations of children in Togo Authors/Contributors according to N MODA model (Analyse des privations (institutions): Pierre Martel: International multiples des enfants du Togo selon le modele N Consultant, Togolese MODA) National Institute of Statistics, Economics and Despite the good performance of the Togolese economy Demographic Studies in recent years, levels of monetary poverty has only (INSEED) slightly declined. Previous survey results do not go Date of expected beyond the monetary / consumption aspects of poverty, publication: and only touch on human rights issues faced by children May 2019 and deprivations they may suffer from. To overcome ©UNICEF/UN0322679/Mukwazhi Contact person: this gap and draw a comprehensive understanding Albert Ewodo Ekani; of poverty and vulnerability of children in Togo, an Social Policy Specialist; analysis of the multidimensional poverty of children UNICEF Togo Country was conducted in 2016, using the Multiple Overlapping Office; [email protected] Deprivation Analysis (N-Moda) approach. It is a child- centred approach to human rights and deprivation, which takes into account the child’s life cycle in the deprivation analysis, and focuses not only on individual The overall objective of this analysis is deprivation by children, but also overlapping and to improve the national partner’s and cumulated deprivations. development actor’s knowledge of the extent of deprivations that affect children and the In 2018, UNICEF and the Government of Togo trends in the multidimensional poverty of have decided to update the analysis of the multiple children and women during recent years, deprivations faced by children in Togo, using the latest focusing on differences between them and data made available by MICS 6. regional disparities. Country: Uganda Multidimensional Child Poverty and Deprivation in Authors/Contributors: Uganda Uganda Bureau of Statistics Volume 1: The Extent and Nature of Multidimensional UNICEF Child Poverty and Deprivation Date of expected publication: Volume 2: Views of the Public June 2019 In order to achieve the Government’s ambitious Contact person: goals of eradicating extreme poverty and halving Diego Angemi; Chief, Social multidimensional poverty by 2030, valid and reliable Policy and Advocacy; poverty measures are needed that identify the extent UNICEF Uganda Country ©UNICEF/Ose Office; [email protected] and nature of poverty in Uganda. This report shows the extent and nature of child poverty in the country, using the latest and most reliable data available. The report looks at children living in households surviving on very low incomes as well as those suffering multidimensional poverty in order to provide a comprehensive picture of how poor children are living in Uganda today. The report includes a state-of-the-art multidimensional poverty measure which could form the basis for monitoring progress towards halving poverty in all its dimensions between 2015 and 2030. This qualitative work is intended to inform the interpretation and analysis of the 2016/17 Uganda National Household Survey data, and to assist in the further development of suitable survey indicators of deprivation in Uganda. 4 Knowledge for Children in Africa