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Ordos Plateau of China, The
An Endangered Environment
Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: January 2000
)
The Ordos Plateau of China is an account of the regional human-environmental history of the Ordos Plateau, a dryland region inhabited by Chinese farmers and Mongolian shepherds. It surveys...
The Ordos Plateau of China is an account of the regional human-environmental history of the Ordos Plateau, a dryland region inhabited by Chinese farmers and Mongolian shepherds. It surveys...
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Reimagining Migration Responses in Somaliland and Puntland
Learning from Migrant Children and Young People’s Experiences - Summary Report
Series: Innocenti Research Reports
( PDF: September 2021
)
Migration is a regular feature of life in the Horn of Africa. It takes multiple forms and is driven by numerous factors, including personal aspirations, economic exclusion and forced displacement as a...
Migration is a regular feature of life in the Horn of Africa. It takes multiple forms and is driven by numerous factors, including personal aspirations, economic exclusion and forced displacement as a...
Economic Crisis and Child Well-being in the West and Central Africa Region
Series: Innocenti Research Reports
( PDF: October 2021
)
The COVID-19 pandemic that swept over the world from early 2020 has triggered both health and economic shocks of unprecedented proportions in recent memory. Some estimates suggest that the...
The COVID-19 pandemic that swept over the world from early 2020 has triggered both health and economic shocks of unprecedented proportions in recent memory. Some estimates suggest that the...
The Difference a Dollar a Day Makes
A Study of UNICEF Jordan’s Hajati Programme
Series: Innocenti Research Reports
( PDF: May 2021
)
What difference does a dollar a day make? For the poorest households in Jordan, many of whom escaped conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic, UNICEF Jordan’s Hajati humanitarian cash transfer programme...
What difference does a dollar a day make? For the poorest households in Jordan, many of whom escaped conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic, UNICEF Jordan’s Hajati humanitarian cash transfer programme...
Reopening with Resilience
Lessons from Remote Learning During COVID-19
Series: Innocenti Research Reports
( PDF: October 2021
)
The COVID-19 pandemic led to school closures around the world, affecting almost 1.6 billion students. The effects of even short disruptions in a child’s schooling on their learning and well-being have...
The COVID-19 pandemic led to school closures around the world, affecting almost 1.6 billion students. The effects of even short disruptions in a child’s schooling on their learning and well-being have...
Playing the Game
A Framework and Toolkit for Successful Child Focused Sport for Development Programmes
Series: Innocenti Research Reports
( PDF: October 2021
)
To identify best practices in S4D programming and achieve a stronger evidence base on how S4D interventions can work effectively, the Playing the Game report and Toolkit draw on ten qualitative in...
To identify best practices in S4D programming and achieve a stronger evidence base on how S4D interventions can work effectively, the Playing the Game report and Toolkit draw on ten qualitative in...
Time to Teach: Teacher Attendance and Time on Task in Primary Schools in Guinea-Bissau
Series: Innocenti Research Reports
( PDF: October 2021
)
Teacher absenteeism is one of the most troubling obstacles on the path toward universal access to learning opportunities at school. Over the past decades, studies have found that teacher absenteeism...
Teacher absenteeism is one of the most troubling obstacles on the path toward universal access to learning opportunities at school. Over the past decades, studies have found that teacher absenteeism...
Time to Teach: Teacher Attendance and Time on Task in Primary Schools in The Gambia
Series: Innocenti Research Reports
( PDF: October 2021
)
The international standards for teaching time in a year are 880 hours. In The Gambia, dedicated teaching time in a year is 734 hours. This reduced time is exacerbated by teacher absenteeism that...
The international standards for teaching time in a year are 880 hours. In The Gambia, dedicated teaching time in a year is 734 hours. This reduced time is exacerbated by teacher absenteeism that...
Life in Lockdown
Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Well-being in the Time of COVID-19
Series: Innocenti Research Reports
( PDF: October 2021
)
COVID-19 lockdowns have significantly disrupted the daily lives of children and adolescents, with increased time at home, online learning and limited physical social interaction. This report seeks to...
COVID-19 lockdowns have significantly disrupted the daily lives of children and adolescents, with increased time at home, online learning and limited physical social interaction. This report seeks to...
Mind Matters: Lessons From Past Crises for Child and Adolescent Mental Health During COVID-19
Series: Innocenti Research Reports
( PDF: October 2021
)
COVID-19 is a crisis like no other in modern times. It has reached every population and community. While the evidence base is still nascent, this report looks at the impacts of disasters and past...
COVID-19 is a crisis like no other in modern times. It has reached every population and community. While the evidence base is still nascent, this report looks at the impacts of disasters and past...
Regions at Risk
Comparisons of Threatened Environments
Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: February 1996
)
Nine critical environmental regions are examined through formal definitions and a detailed look into the concepts of environmental criticality and endangerment. This innovative study provides an up-to...
Nine critical environmental regions are examined through formal definitions and a detailed look into the concepts of environmental criticality and endangerment. This innovative study provides an up-to...
Amazonia
Resiliency and Dynamism of the Land and its People
Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: December 1997
)
The Amazon basin, site of the world's largest remaining tropical rain forest, is experiencing rapid ecological and socio-economic changes. This book examines the driving forces behind these changes...
The Amazon basin, site of the world's largest remaining tropical rain forest, is experiencing rapid ecological and socio-economic changes. This book examines the driving forces behind these changes...
In Place of the Forest
Environmental and Socio-Economic Transformation in Borneo and the Eastern Malay Peninsula
Series: UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions
( Print: January 1998
)
This book describes the course of the modern transformation of Borneo and the eastern side of the Malay Peninsula, an area considered to be 'environmentally critical' because of the massive...
This book describes the course of the modern transformation of Borneo and the eastern side of the Malay Peninsula, an area considered to be 'environmentally critical' because of the massive...