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Impacts of crises on child poverty

Social policy analysis to inform the response

Country	Title
Global
Global	Prospects for Children in the Polycrisis: A 2023 Global Outlook
Global	The Impact of COVID-19 on the welfare of households with children
Global	Children and COVID-19 Research Library
Global	Impact of COVID-19 on multidimensional child poverty
Global	Impact of COVID-19 on monetary child poverty
Global	Global Estimate of Children in Monetary Poverty: An Update
Global	Tracking the situation of children during COVID-19: Dashboard
Global	A Lifeline at Risk: COVID-19, remittances, and children
East Asia and Pacific
Country	Title
East Asia and Pacific	Social Policy Publication Catalogue East Asia and Pacific (July 2022)
East Asia and Pacific	Delivering for children- Social Protection responses to COVID-19 in East Asia and the Pacific (August 2021)
East Asia and Pacific	Recover, Rebound, Reimagine: Building a better future for every child in East Asia and the Pacific, post COVID-19
Cambodia	COVID-19 Socio-economic impact assessment (October 2021)
China	Socioeconomic Impact Assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic in five poverty counties in China
Fiji	Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of COVID-19 in Fiji
Indonesia	Responding to COVID-19 in Indonesia (December 2021)
Indonesia	Towards a child-focused COVID-19 response and recovery (August 2021)
Indonesia	Socio-economic impact of COVID-19 households in Indonesia (May 2021)
Indonesia	Policy Brief: The impact of COVID-19 on child poverty and mobility in Indonesia
Lao PDR	Impact of COVID-19 on securing household income
Lao PDR	Impact of COVID-19 on household financial security
Malaysia	Mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on Malaysia’s children (May 2020)
Malaysia	Families on the Edge: Mixed methods longitudinal research on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on women and children in lower-income families
Myanmar	Overcoming Child Poverty in Myanmar, Investing in Human Capital, Responding to COVID-19
Myanmar	Using Myanmar's supplementary budget to respond to and recover from COVID-19, and reimagine a better future for children
Mongolia	Rapid social impact assessment on social and protection services for children and families during school closure due to prevention from COVID-19
Mongolia	Building shock responsive social protection systems
Philippines	Effects of COVID-19 on child poverty and efficacy of social protection responses in the Philippines (July 2021)
Philippines	Expanding Social Protection Coverage in the Philippines in Times of COVID-19 (April 2021)
Philippines	Making the 4Ps inclusive for all children of currently enrolled households
Philippines	Expanding Social Protection Coverage in the Philippines in Times of COVID-19
Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea High Frequency Phone Survey On COVID-19
Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands High Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19: Results from Round Two (March 2022)
The Pacific Islands	COVID-19 Socio-economic impact assessment for Fiji, Solomon Islands and Samoa (Forthcoming)
Thailand	Socio-economic impact assessment of COVID-19 in Thailand (October 2020)
Thailand	A rapid assessment of children left behind during the COVID-19 pandemic situation
Thailand	Social Impact Assessment of COVID-19 in Thailand
Timor Leste	Adding to the Government's Social Protection Response for a 'Cash Plus' Scheme
Vietnam	Social assistance needs of children and families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Viet Nam (December 2020)
Vietnam	Rapid Assessment of the Social and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Children in Viet Nam
Vietnam	Policy dialogue and operational support for long-term shock responsive social protection
Vietnam	UN analysis on social impacts of COVID-19 and strategic policy recommendations for Viet Nam
Eastern and Southern Africa
Country	Title
Eastern and Southern Africa	Macroeconomic Volatility in Eastern and Southern Africa
Eastern and Southern Africa	COVID-19: Upending Investments in Human Capital Across Eastern and Southern Africa
Eastern and Southern Africa	COVID-19: A Catastrophe for Children in Sub-Saharan Africa - Cash Transfers and a Marshall Plan Can Help
Eastern and Southern Africa	Cash Transfers: A Lifeline for Children and Economies in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2021
Burundi	Analyse Rapide De L’impact Socio-Economique De La Pandemie Covid-19 Sur L’enfance Au Burundi
Ethiopia	COVID-19 socio-economic vulnerability assessment of Ethiopia
Ethiopia	Socio-economic Impact Analysis of COVID-19
Ethiopia	The Impact of COVID-19 on Children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Madagascar	Rapid survey on the impact of COVID-19 on the socio-economic situation of children in Madagascar
Madagascar	The potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children in Madagascar
Mozambique	The Impacts of COVID-19 on Children in Mozambique: Policy Note
Namibia	Policy brief on the impact of COVID-19 (forthcoming)
South Africa	Public Finance for Children in the National State of Disaster
Uganda	The socio-economic impact of COVID-19 in Uganda: Modelling one-off transfers
Europe and Central Asia
Country	Title
Europe and Central Asia	The impact of the war in Ukraine and subsequent economic downturn on child poverty in eastern Europe
Europe and Central Asia	Social Protection for Families and Children: Considerations for a Post Covid-19 Response in Europe and Central Asia
Europe and Central Asia	Simulating the Potential Impact of COVID-19 containment measures on child multidimensional poverty in Europe and Central Asia (forthcoming)
Albania	COVID-19 socio-economic recovery & response plan
Armenia	Vulnerability assessment of families and children to the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 pandemic and related preventive measures (forthcoming)
Belarus	Socio-economic assessment of COVID with focus on child poverty
Georgia	Estimating the Impact of COVID-19 on Child Poverty in Georgia using a Micro-Simulation Model
Kyrgyzstan	Position paper on targeting options for social assistance programme for poor families with children (includes analysis on the expected poverty effects of COVID-19 crisis)
North Macedonia	The Social and Economic Effects of COVID-19 on Children in North Macedonia
Montenegro	Report on the Rapid Social Impact Assessment of the COVID-19 outbreak in Montenegro (United Nations Montenegro)
Montenegro	Protecting Montenegrin Children from Poverty during and after the Pandemic: A Call for a Multisector Approach
Republic of Moldova	COVID-19 impact on the remittances
Romania	Rapid assessment of the situation of children and their families with a focus on the vulnerable ones in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak in Romania
Serbia	Research on the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on families with children in Serbia
Serbia	Study on the effects of Covid-19 pandemic on families with children in Serbia (second wave)
Ukraine	Fighting COVID-19 in Ukraine: Initial estimates of the impact on poverty (2020)
Ukraine	COVID-19 Exacerbates Inequality in Ukraine 2020
Ukraine	Fighting COVID-19 in Ukraine: Initial estimates of the impact on poverty
Western Balkans and Turkey	Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on children and families in the Western Balkans and Turkey
Latin America and Caribbean
Country	Title
Latin America and Caribbean	Social Protection as a response to COVID-19 in LAC - Initial assessment and analysis
Latin America and Caribbean	Updated assessment and focus on social assistance
Latin America and Caribbean	Updated assessment and focus on social security and labour markets
Latin America and Caribbean	Updated assessment and focus on Migration (forthcoming)
Latin America and Caribbean	Social Protection for families with children in Latin America and the Caribbean: An imperative to address the impact of COVID-19
Latin America and Caribbean	Measuring the Impact of Covid-19 on Children under Six in Latin America – Mapping Surveys in Progress and Systematizing Lessons Learned
Argentina	Rapid Assessment on the impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in children and adolescents in Argentina
Argentina	Rapid Assessment on the impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in children and adolescents in Argentina (Second Round)
Argentina	Rapid Assessment on the impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in children and adolescents in Argentina (Third Round)
Argentina	Rapid Assessment on the impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in children and adolescents in Argentina (Fourth Round)
Argentina	Rapid Assessment on the impacts and perceptions of households with children due to COVID-19 in Argentina (Fifth Round)
Argentina	Poverty and inequality of children and adolescents in Argentina: Impacts of COVID-19
Argentina	Informe de seguimiento presupuestario de la inversión pública en niñez y adolescencia y COVID-19- segundo trimestre 2020, realizado por la Oficina Nacional de Presupuesto con apoyo de UNICEF
Argentina	Informe de seguimiento presupuestario de la inversión pública en niñez y adolescencia y COVID-19-primer trimestre 2020
Bolivia	Social protection for children as a response to COVID-19: elements for discussion
Brazil	Covid-19's Primary and Secondary Impacts on Children and Adolescents
Colombia	Effects of COVID-19 on extreme poverty, child poverty and inequality in Colombia (forthcoming)
Dominican Republic	Socio-economic impact of COVID-19 in Dominican households - 2nd round
Eastern Caribbean Area	Socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on children and young people in the Eastern Caribbean Area
Ecuador	El choque COVID-19 en la pobreza, desigualdad y clases sociales en el Ecuador
El Salvador	Microsimulación de efectos del COVID-19 sobre el bienestar y las condiciones de vida de los hogares de El Salvador: análisis y recomendaciones de política para la mitigación del choque e inicio de la recuperación (forthcoming)
Guyana	Shock-Responsive Social Protection (SRSP) Initiative with Cash Transfer to Venezuelan Migrant Families (forthcoming)
Jamaica	The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Jamaican Children: Preliminary Results
Mexico	Technical note: expansion of existing social protection programs
Mexico	ENCOVID-19 Infancia survey
Mexico	ENCOVID-CDMX: Survey for monitoring the effects of COVID-19 on households welfare in Mexico City (forthcoming)
Panama	Situación de Familias con Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes durante el COVID-19 en Panamá
Peru	COVID-19: Impacto en la pobreza y desigualdad en niñas, niños y adolescentes en el Perú
Saint Lucia	Estimating the Impact of COVID-19 on Monetary and Multidimensional Poverty in Saint Lucia using a microsimulation model (forthcoming)
Trinidad and Tobago	The Impact of COVID-19 on Migrant Children in Trinidad and Tobago
Uruguay	Encuesta sobre niñez, uso del tiempo y género
Middle East and North Africa
Country	Title
Middle East and North Africa	Strengthening multi-country evidence of COVID-19 on Child Poverty impact and the role of Social Protection (forthcoming)
Middle East and North Africa	Simulating the Potential Impacts of COVID-19 on child multidimensional poverty in MENA (forthcoming)
Middle East and North Africa	Mapping of Social Protection response to COVID-19 in the Arab Region
Iraq	Assessment of COVID-19 Impact on Poverty and Vulnerability in Iraq
Jordan	Rapid needs assessment (RNA) -evidence on the impacts on household-level basic needs
Jordan	Socio-Economic Assessment of Children and Youth in the time of COVID-19 Jordan
Lebanon	Lebanon: Children’s futures on the line
Lebanon	Deprived childhoods: Child poverty in crisis-wracked Lebanon
Morocco	Impact of Coronavirus on the situation of children
Morocco	Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child poverty
State of Palestine	Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Socio-economic Conditions of Palestinian Households (forthcoming)
Sudan	COVID-19 Socio-Economic impact assessment (United Nations Sudan)
Tunisia	Impact des mesures de confinement associées à la pandémie COVID-19 sur la pauvreté des enfants
South Asia
Country	Title
South Asia	Addressing the Economic Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis in South Asia through Universal Lifecycle Transfers
South Asia	COVID-19 and social protection in South Asia
Afghanistan	Micro-simulation of the impact of COVID-19 crisis on multidimensional poverty (forthcoming)
Afghanistan	Rapid assessment of the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 crisis (forthcoming)
Bangladesh	Tackling the COVID-19 social and economic crisis in Bangladesh: Providing universal, lifecycle social security transfers to protect lives and bolster economic recovery
Bhutan	Rapid socio-economic impact assessment including a Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (forthcoming)
Nepal	Impact of COVID-19 on child poverty (forthcoming)
Nepal	Tracking the Socio-Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Children and Families in Nepal
Sri Lanka	Tackling the COVID-19 economic crisis in Sri Lanka: Providing universal, lifecycle social protection transfers to protect lives and bolster economic recovery
West and Central Africa
Country	Title
Cabo Verde	Socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis (forthcoming)
Cameroon	Socio-economic impact assessment of COVID-19 on children, women and families (forthcoming)
Chad	Rapid assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on children and mitigation measures (forthcoming)
Cote D'Ivoire	Qualitative analysis of COVID-19 in Côte d'Ivoire: what are the consequences for vulnerable households and basic social services?
Democratic Republic of Congo	Child poverty analysis with COVID-19 lens (forthcoming)
Ghana	Primary and Secondary Effects of COVID-19 on Women and Children in Ghana
Ghana	An Issue Brief - Primary and Secondary Effects of COVID-19 on Women and Children in Ghana
Guinea	Etude d’impact de la covid-19 sur l’économie guinéenne
Liberia	Assessment of COVID-19 on Children, Women and Communities (forthcoming)
Nigeria	COVID-19 prevention measures: Implications for the poorest communities in Rivers State, Nigeria
Senegal	Real-time monitoring of socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 on child deprivation (forthcoming)
Sierra Leone	Assessment of the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on households (forthcoming)