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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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.

UNICEF,

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

Andrea Schapper, International Labour Organization,

This document contains a bibliography global conditional cash transfer documents.

UNICEF,

Evaluates global improvements in nutrition as progress towards achieving the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). Suggests that the MDGs are attainable only with re-prioritization of efforts to reduce child undernutrition.

Brian Howard, Carl Phillips, Nelia Matinhure, Karen J Goodman, Sheryl McCurdy, and Cary Johnson,

A survey of caregivers designed to assess barriers and incentives to fostering in rural Zimbabwe. Suggests that incentives for sustainable orphan care should focus on financial assistance.

CARE ,

A lessons learned document reviewing impacts of a community-based care and mentoring program for child-headed households in Rwanda.

John Williamson,

An updated list of literature and bibliographies concerning children and families affected by HIV/AIDS around the world. Most of the resources are focused on sub-Saharan Africa.