Household Economic Strengthening

Poverty is a leading cause of child separation.  Families may be torn apart by the stresses of trying to provide for their basic needs, and children may be abandoned or exploited for financial purposes.  Household economic strengthening aims to reduce a family’s vulnerability to poverty, increase economic independence, and improve people’s ability to provide for their children.  

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G. Setswe - SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS,

This publication explains the impacts of HIV/AIDS on orphans and vulnerable children in the family and community-based care, households and communities; needs of orphans and vulnerable children and responses in the educational system; psychosocial impact on children and youth; human rights of children affected by HIV/AIDS; and religion and responses to orphans and vulnerable children.

Making Cents International ,

A report from the first-ever Global Youth Microenterprise Conference in 2007. This publication provides insights into the challenges facing youth livelihood development and its benefits for young people and communities.

UNICEF,

Brief overview of a project designed to give monetary aid to poor families. Program seeks to reduce poverty while promoting health and education.

Fábio Veras Soares, Rafael Perez Ribas, Rafael Guerreiro Osório,

Evaluates targeting and human capital impacts of Brazil's Bolsa Familia Program in comparison with Mexico's Oportunidades, and Chile's Chile Solidario.

Bernd Schubert, Douglas Webb, Miriam Temin, and Petronella Masabane,

Investigates the AIDS mitigation impacts of several large social cash transfer programmes in Africa. Emphasis on investigating non-specific targeting (of poor families) versus targeting specific to households affected by AIDS.

Kalie Pauw and Liberty Mncube,

Examines constraints to expansion of the social welfare net in South Africa. Cites substitution taking place within the social budget since education and health expenditures have already declined in favour of increased welfare transfer expenditures.

Helen Schulte,

Examination of Chile Solidario social protection programme which shows that the focus of policy makers and researchers should be on integration of cash transfers within broader social protection policies.

Tatiana Feitosa de Britto, International Poverty Centre,

Provides analysis of the historical background and current structure of El Salvador's conditional cash transfer programme with attention to family integration

Interagency Task Team (IATT) on Children and HIV and AIDS: Working Group on Social Protection,

A 4-page advocacy document outlining the potential benefit of cash transfers in the context of children and AIDS.

Andrea Schapper, International Labour Organization,

This document contains a bibliography global conditional cash transfer documents.