Cash transfers and the supply of labor by poor households: Evidence from the livelihood empowerment against poverty program in Ghana

Robert D. Osei and Monica Lambon‐Quayefio - Review of Development Economics

The Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) program is Ghana's first social protection program to provide cash and health insurance to the poor and vulnerable. This study looks beyond the direct impact of the program and examines the indirect impacts on labor transitions as well as the engagement of children and the elderly in the labor market.

Adapt. Imagine. Innovate. Child Protection during COVID-19: A Catalogue of Innovations and Adaptations

Save the Children

This catalogue is an easy-to-use collection of lessons learned from Child Protection innovations and adaptations that were implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is primarily intended for use by Save the Children and partner Child Protection staff at country level.

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Mentoring Methodological Framework for MINT Project

Terre des Hommes as part of the MINT project

Through the MINT – Mentoring for Integration of third country national children affected by migration project, Terre des hommes and its partners aimed to empower refugee and migrant children, as well as European youth, to engage in new integration activities. This final Framework sets out guidelines drawn from existing documents and recognised good practice, as well as being informed by the experience of implementation.

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Internal conversations, self-reliance and social support in emerging adults transitioning from out-of-home care: An interpretative phenomenological study

Peter Appleton, Isabelle Hung, Caroline Barratt - Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

This qualitative study addresses the question: In the context of transitioning from out-of-home care, what reflexive meanings do ‘avowedly’ self-reliant individuals attribute to current social support and social relationships?

Intervening With Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up to Reduce Behavior Problems Among Children Adopted Internationally: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial

Heather A. Yarger, Teresa Lind, K. Lee Raby, Lindsay Zajac, Allison Wallin - Child Maltreatment

The current study assessed the efficacy of the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up intervention for reducing behavior problems in 122 children adopted internationally.

A guide - children & the Global Compacts on refugees & migration: Understanding what’s in the Compacts and how to engage with them

Destination Unknown

This guide analyses the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) and the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) through a child rights lens and outlines the measures foreseen in these documents (the Global Compacts) for the protection of the rights of the child.

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Acculturation orientations and mental health when facing post-migration stress: Differences between unaccompanied and accompanied male Middle Eastern refugee adolescents, first- and second-generation immigrant and native peers in Germany

Usama EL-Awad, Atefeh Fathi, Mira Vasileva, Franz Petermann, Tilman Reinelt - International Journal of Intercultural Relations

This study examined the mental health of Middle Eastern male unaccompanied refugee adolescents in Germany in relation to the mental health of accompanied refugee peers, first- and second-generation immigrant and native peers.

The situation and well-being of custodial grandparents in Myanmar: Impacts of adult children's cross-border and internal migration

Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan, Timothy Qing Ying Low B. - Social Science & Medicine

Analyzing unique data from the 2017 Myanmar Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren Survey, this study examines the extent to which the middle generation's cross-border and internal migration are associated with caregiving intensity, perception towards grandchild care, and psychological well-being among grandparents.