Data and Monitoring Tools

Monitoring and research are essential processes in ensuring the relevance and effectiveness of programs, and the scope and type of service provision. They are integral components of analysis, strategic planning, and implementation for government and non-governmental organisations seeking to effect change, support or provide services.

Monitoring is an on-going process of gathering information e.g. statistics and tracking inputs and outputs, enabling the evaluation of what is working, and providing a mechanism for accountability. Combined with research, it facilitates the planning of improved resource allocation and service delivery. Research and monitoring can also help raise awareness of the gravity of a situation, both nationally and internationally. It should help convince those who are putting time, energy and money into supporting programmes that their efforts are worthwhile and should be continued.

Results of monitoring and evaluation should be fed directly back into programmes to correct weaknesses and improve performance. The outcomes of research and monitoring should also help improve child care policies. Results can be used to inform future programme design, prompting a decision to replicate an effective intervention in other areas or to discontinue an intervention because it is expensive and not making any beneficial changes.

The literature in this section provides statistical data on vulnerable children from a wide range of sources, as well as guidance and examples of data collection, indicators, analysis, and research methods regarding issues relating to vulnerable children.

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Burundi: Children’s Care and Living Arrangements, DHS 2010

Better Care Network, 14 Sep 2015

This country brief provides an overview of data on children’s living arrangements in Burundi, extracted from the 2010 DHS survey.

Zambia: Children’s Care and Living Arrangements, DHS 2013-14

Better Care Network, 14 Sep 2015

This country brief provides an overview of data on children’s living arrangements in Zambia, extracted from the 2013-14 DHS survey.

Swaziland: Children’s Care and Living Arrangements, MICS 4 (2010)

Better Care Network, 14 Sep 2015

This country brief provides an overview of data on children’s living arrangements in Swaziland, extracted from the MICS 4 (2010) survey.

Ethiopia: Children’s Care and Living Arrangements, DHS 2011

Better Care Network, 14 Sep 2015

This country brief provides an overview of data on children’s living arrangements in Ethiopia, extracted from the 2011 DHS survey.

Who Cares For Children and Why We Should Care

Florence Martin & Garazi Zulaika, 02 Sep 2015

Florence Martin, director of the Better Care Network, presented on the need for better data on children’s living and care arrangements at the 5th International Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators: “From Welfare to Well-being: Child Indicators in Research, Policy & Practice.”

The Prevalence of Household Risk Factors for Children Age 0-17, Estimated for 2000-2015 Using DHS and MICS Surveys

Thomas Pullum - ICF International and USAID, 01 Sep 2015

This report uses 80 surveys conducted by The Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS) and 55 Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), between 2000 and 2014 in 70 different countries, to estimate the prevalence of the components and combinations of vulnerability.

Measuring Impact Through a Child Protection Index: Report of Uganda Baseline Study, Kiryandongo and Adjumani Refugee Settlements

UNHCR & the CPC Learning Network, 01 Sep 2015

The CPC Learning Network and UNHCR are collaborating to develop and test a Child Protection Index (CPI), a measure of strength of the child protection system in refugee settings, based on UNHCR’s Framework for the Protection of Children. This report details the results of the baseline study conducted from December 2014-February 2015 in Kiryandongo and Adjumani refugee settlements, Uganda.

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Protecting Children from Violence: A Comprehensive Evaluation of UNICEF’s Strategies and Programme Performance

UNICEF Evaluation Office, 01 Aug 2015

This report on Protecting Children from Violence: A Comprehensive Evaluation of UNICEF’s Strategies and Programme Performance was prepared by independent consultants to evaluate UNICEF's work on violence against children (VAC).

Regional Disparities in the Magnitude of Orphanhood in Nepal

Guragain, A. M., Choonpradub, C., Paudel, B. K. and Lim, A., 01 Aug 2015

The present study aimed to identify the proportion of children who are orphans and their geographic distribution in Nepal.

CPC Webinar: Making the Invisible Visible: Counting Children on the Streets in Malawi

CPC Learning Network, 28 Jul 2015

On July 28, 2015, the CPC Learning Network hosted a webinar featuring Joanna Wakia, Monitoring and Research Advisor at Retrak, Charles Gwengwe, Executive Director at Chisomo Children’s Club, and Mr. McKnight Kalanda, Director of Child Affairs in the Malawi Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability, and Social Welfare.

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