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Family and Parenting Support

Policy and Provision in a Global Context

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: June 2015, PDF: December 2015 )

In keeping with the spirit of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, family and parenting support is increasingly recognized as an important part of national social policies and social investment...

In keeping with the spirit of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, family and parenting support is increasingly recognized as an important part of national social policies and social investment...


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Children in Institutions

The Beginning of the End?

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: August 2003 )

There is a growing global consensus in favour of family-based alternatives to institutional care for children. No residential institution --no matter how well meaning-- can replace the family...

There is a growing global consensus in favour of family-based alternatives to institutional care for children. No residential institution --no matter how well meaning-- can replace the family...


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Children and Disability in Transition in CEE/CIS and Baltic States

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: June 2009 )

This Innocenti Insight looks at how children with disabilities and their families fare in the rapidly changing environment of this wide region, since transition in the early 1980’s. It builds upon the...

This Innocenti Insight looks at how children with disabilities and their families fare in the rapidly changing environment of this wide region, since transition in the early 1980’s. It builds upon the...


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Roadmap for Building a Trade Single Window

Roadmap for Building a Trade Single Window

Transport and Trade Facilitation Series, No. 21

Series: Transport and Trade Facilitation Series
( PDF: January 2024 )

Building on more than 40 years of experience delivering customs and trade digitalization through the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA) and over 10 years’ experience in assisting with...

Building on more than 40 years of experience delivering customs and trade digitalization through the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA) and over 10 years’ experience in assisting with...


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Roadmap for Building a National Trade Information Portal

Transport and Trade Facilitation Series, No. 16

Series: Transport and Trade Facilitation Series
( PDF: July 2022 )

The present publication “Roadmap for Building a National Trade Information Portal” sets out the importance of placing the trader at the center as the primary customer and how a Trade Information...

The present publication “Roadmap for Building a National Trade Information Portal” sets out the importance of placing the trader at the center as the primary customer and how a Trade Information...


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Compendium of Good Practices in Implementing the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement: Experiences from...

Transport and Trade Facilitation Series, No. 17

Series: Transport and Trade Facilitation Series
( PDF: October 2022 )

The Compendium is intended to inspire policymakers to implement various measures of the World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), drawing on experiences that have been tried and...

The Compendium is intended to inspire policymakers to implement various measures of the World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), drawing on experiences that have been tried and...


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Analysis of Maritime Connectivity in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Small Island...

Transport and Trade Facilitation Series, No. 18

Series: Transport and Trade Facilitation Series
( PDF: November 2022 )

The report is an output produced under a project led by ESCAP, in collaboration with UNCTAD, and financed by the Government of China. The project aims at improving the quality of maritime and port...

The report is an output produced under a project led by ESCAP, in collaboration with UNCTAD, and financed by the Government of China. The project aims at improving the quality of maritime and port...


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National Trade Facilitation Committees in the Quest for Sustainability

Transport and Trade Facilitation Series, No. 19

Series: Transport and Trade Facilitation Series
( Print: January 2023, PDF: December 2022 )

National Trade Facilitation Committees (NTFCs) are the coordinating bodies for trade facilitation initiatives at national level. They have existed in different forms in a limited number of countries...

National Trade Facilitation Committees (NTFCs) are the coordinating bodies for trade facilitation initiatives at national level. They have existed in different forms in a limited number of countries...


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Trafficking in Human Beings, Especially Women and Children, in Africa

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: November 2004 )

Trafficking in human beings is increasingly understood as a major and worldwide human rights violation and development issue. UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre new Insight Trafficking in Human Beings...

Trafficking in human beings is increasingly understood as a major and worldwide human rights violation and development issue. UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre new Insight Trafficking in Human Beings...


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Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for Coastal Transport Infrastructure

A Compilation of Policies and Practices

Series: Transport and Trade Facilitation Series
( Print: July 2020, PDF: July 2020 )

This is a compilation of policies and practices that contribute to bridging a knowledge gap with regards to climate change impacts and adaptation for coastal transport infrastructure. It presents...

This is a compilation of policies and practices that contribute to bridging a knowledge gap with regards to climate change impacts and adaptation for coastal transport infrastructure. It presents...


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Digitalizing the Port Call Process

Transport and Trade Facilitation Series, No. 13

Series: Transport and Trade Facilitation Series
( PDF: May 2020 )

This document identifies the principal tensions and opportunities arising that are impacting the inevitable and ongoing digitalization process that is underway in the maritime sector, particularly...

This document identifies the principal tensions and opportunities arising that are impacting the inevitable and ongoing digitalization process that is underway in the maritime sector, particularly...


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National Trade Facilitation Committees as Coordinators of Trade Facilitation Reforms

Transport and Trade Facilitation Series, No. 14

Series: Transport and Trade Facilitation Series
( PDF: January 2021 )

National Trade Facilitation Committees (NTFCs) have been transformed from being largely unknown institutional bodies to leading governments’ trade facilitation efforts and policy agendas for cross...

National Trade Facilitation Committees (NTFCs) have been transformed from being largely unknown institutional bodies to leading governments’ trade facilitation efforts and policy agendas for cross...


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COVID-19 and Maritime Transport: Impact and Responses

Series: Transport and Trade Facilitation Series
( PDF: February 2021 )

The report describes and analyses the impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on the maritime supply chain. It also identifies response measures adopted and sets out a list of lessons learned and good...

The report describes and analyses the impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on the maritime supply chain. It also identifies response measures adopted and sets out a list of lessons learned and good...


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COVID-19 and International Sale of Goods: Contractual Devices for Commercial Risk Allocation and...

Transport and Trade Facilitation Series, No. 20

Series: Transport and Trade Facilitation Series
( PDF: January 2023 )

The impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and related response measures have resulted in significant operational disruptions and delays across global networks, with important implications for the...

The impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and related response measures have resulted in significant operational disruptions and delays across global networks, with important implications for the...


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Laying the Foundations for Children's Rights

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: August 2005 )

This study provides a critical and constructive analysis of how far the international community and individual states have come in their efforts to establish the normative, legal, and institutional...

This study provides a critical and constructive analysis of how far the international community and individual states have come in their efforts to establish the normative, legal, and institutional...


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Evolving Capacities of the Child, The

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: August 2005 )

The Convention on the Rights of the Child introduced for the first time in an international human rights treaty, the concept of the ‘evolving capacities’ of the child. This principle recognizes that...

The Convention on the Rights of the Child introduced for the first time in an international human rights treaty, the concept of the ‘evolving capacities’ of the child. This principle recognizes that...


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Cities With Children

Child Friendly Cities in Italy

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: January 2008 )

The present study describes the evolution of childhood in Italy and the emergence of a new culture of the city. It analyses the consideration given to the Child Friendly Cities initiative and in...

The present study describes the evolution of childhood in Italy and the emergence of a new culture of the city. It analyses the consideration given to the Child Friendly Cities initiative and in...


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Birth Registration and Armed Conflict

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: January 2008 )

The present publication reviews the problem of non-registration in conflict-affected countries while drawing on case studies to analyze successful or promising initiatives to ensure registration. The...

The present publication reviews the problem of non-registration in conflict-affected countries while drawing on case studies to analyze successful or promising initiatives to ensure registration. The...


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Making Philippine Cities Child Friendly

Voices of Children in Poor Communities

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: April 2006 )

The study analyses how the Philippines national Child Friendly Movement has enhanced the capacity of local governments, communities and young people to fulfil the rights of the poorest children. The...

The study analyses how the Philippines national Child Friendly Movement has enhanced the capacity of local governments, communities and young people to fulfil the rights of the poorest children. The...


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The Dynamics of Social Change Towards the Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in five...

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: November 2010 )

This Innocenti Insight examines the social dynamics of the abandonment of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in five countries - Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal and the Sudan - and seeks to...

This Innocenti Insight examines the social dynamics of the abandonment of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in five countries - Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal and the Sudan - and seeks to...