Young Lives
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Young Lives is an international study of childhood poverty. 12,000 children in four countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam) are studied over 15 years. A team in the Department of International Development at the University of Oxford lead the study, working closely with with research and policy partners in the focal countries. The aim of the longitudinal and cross-country study is to improve policies and programmes for children in developing countries in order to help break the cycle of poverty.
Young Lives receives core-funding for the period 2001-2017 from United Kingdom from the Department for International Development and additional funding from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2014.
The methodological approach is interdisciplinary and the research team international.
The time frame of the study mirrors that of the Millennium Development Goals and of the Education for All movement. The data collected is used to inform national and international policy making.
"From addressing child malnutrition and mortality, to improving Education quality, a consistent message arising from the Young Lives research is that a focus on children and equity, along with a multi-dimensional understanding of Poverty, can help to tackle overall poverty towards more equitable development and growth."[1]
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References
- ↑ Young Lives, "Our policy work". Retrieved on June, 16, 2011: http://www.younglives.org.uk/what-we-do/our-policy-work
