Social Transfers and Child Protection

Armando Barrientos, Jasmina Byrne, Juan Villa and Paola Peña

Innocenti Working Papers

Abstract: The paper assesses the available evidence on the potential effects of social transfers on child protection outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: the negative outcomes or damaging exposure of children to violence, exploitation, abuse and neglect, and improved outcomes or a reduction in exposure to these phenomena. The study identifies and evaluates three possible channels through which social transfers can influence child protection outcomes: direct effects observed where the objectives of social transfers are explicit chid protection outcomes; indirect effects where the impact of social transfers on poverty and exclusion leads to improved child protection outcomes; and potential synergies in implementation of social transfers and child protection. It also discusses how the design and implementation of social transfers can contribute to improved child protection outcomes. A revised version of this report was published in the Children and Youth Services Review

Keywords: child protection; poverty; rights of the child; social security benefits; transfer income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44
Date: 2013
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