I met Rafique*, while he was taking a small break and drinking tea at the roadside. I was collecting life…
Social Protection
Children’s Engagement with Exploitative Work in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Despite decades of interventions aiming to reduce child labour, children’s engagement with exploitative work remains widespread, particularly in South Asia….
A ‘Cash Plus’ intervention for children in exploitative work
Social protection policies have been lauded for their many positive effects on children’s lives. Cash transfer programmes, in particular, have…
Towards Ethical Good Practice in Cash Transfer Trials and their Evaluation
Although cash transfers are now widely used within development and social policy, there is still limited discussion over how (and…
Interventions to Combat High-Interest Informal Moneylending
This Emerging Evidence Report acknowledges that high-interest informal moneylending can serve a useful purpose in developing countries, helping those without…
In the COVID-19 pandemic how do children who work in the streets survive?
In recent weeks, countries across South and South-Eastern Asia, including Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal have implemented a raft of containment…