ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This report is the result of collaboration among many individuals and institutions. The editorial and research team thank all who gave so willingly of their time, expertise and energy, in particular: Advisory Board: Yoka Brandt, Deputy Executive Director; Geeta Rao Gupta, Deputy Executive Director; Gerard Bocquenet, Ted Chaiban, Sarah Cook, Paloma Escudero, Andres Franco, Claudia Gonzalez Romo, Goran Holmqvist, Karin Hulshof, Afshan Khan, Olav Kjørven, Jeffrey O’Malley. Programme and Policy Guidance: Abdul Alim, David Anthony, Ivelina Borisova, Josephine Bourne, Nicola Brandt, Jingqing Chai, Kim Dickson, Martin Evans, Antonio Franco Garcia, Vidhya Ganesh, Katherine Holland, Tamara Kummer, George Laryea-Adjei, Dheepa Pandian, David Stewart, Morgan Strecker, Guy Taylor, Justin Van Fleet, Rudina Vojvoda, Frank Borge Wietzke, Alexandra Yuster, Maniza Zaman. Thank you to Rachel Sabates-Wheeler and Jennifer Yablonski for the background paper, ‘Social protection and child poverty: Evidence, practice, and gaps’, and to Gonzalo Fanjul for the background paper ‘Child poverty and inequality in rich countries’. Thank you to Ravneet Ahluwalia and Vivek Kumar for their help with the Perspective essays. Communication team: Justin Forsyth, Deputy Executive Director; Paloma Escudero, Director, Division of Communication; Edward Carwardine, Deputy Director, Division of Communication; Maurico Aguayo, Nigina Baykabulova, Gerrit Beger, Penni Berns, Marissa Buckanoff, Patricia Codyre, Eliana Drakopoulos, Jedd Flanscha, Claudia Gonzalez Romo, Bayann Hamid, Chulho Hyun, Angus Ingham, Malene Jensen, Ueli Johner, Ariel Kastner, Nicholas Ledner, Marixie Mercado, Najwa Mekki, Christine Nesbitt, David Ohana, Rebecca Obstler, Laetitia Pactat, Katarzyna Pawelczyk, Hugh Reilly, Abhijit Shanker, Melanie Sharpe, Arissa Sidoti, Tanya Turkovich, Sonia Yeo. UNICEF country and regional offices and headquarters divisions contributed to this report by taking part in formal reviews or commenting on drafts. Many field offices and UNICEF national committees arranged to translate or adapt the report for local use. REPORT TEAM EDITORIAL AND RESEARCH Kevin Watkins, principal author; Maria Quattri, research and technical advice on data; Tara Dooley, Hirut Gebre-Egziabher, Anna Grojec, Yasmine Hage, Catherine Langevin-Falcon, Timothy Ledwith, Céline Little, Baishalee Nayak, Carlos Perellon, Ami Pradhan, Charlotte Rutsch, Zahra Sethna, Jordan Tamagni. DATA AND ANALYTICS Agbessi Amouzou, Robert Bain, Nassim Benali, David Brown, Claudia Cappa, Liliana Carvajal, Karoline Hassfurter, Hiroyuki Hattori, Lucia Hug, Priscilla Idele, Claes Johansson, Julia Krasevec, Vrinda Mehra, Padraic Murphy, Colleen Murray, Khin Wityee Oo, Nicole Petrowski, Tyler Porth, Shahrouh Sharif, Tom Slaymaker, Chiho Suzuki, Haogen Yao, Danzhen You. PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION Samantha Wauchope, Production Specialist; Germain Ake, Ernest Califra. DESIGN Publication and graphic design Soapbox, www.soapbox.co.uk: Infographics on pages 3, 11, 42, 70 and 90. Cover photograph: Papua New Guinea, © SimonListerPhotography.com © United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) June 2016 Permission is required to reproduce any part of this publication. Permissions will be freely granted to educational or non-profit organizations. Others will be requested to pay a small fee. Please contact: Division of Communication, UNICEF Attn: Permissions 3 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA Tel: +1 (212) 326-7434 Email: nyhqdoc.permit@unicef.org For the latest data, please visit . ISBN: 978-92-806-4838-6
THE STATE OF THE WORLD'S <strong>CHILDREN</strong> 2016 A fair chance for every child
- Page 1: “As we look around the world toda
- Page 5 and 6: Contents, continued 02 Education: L
- Page 7 and 8: Contents, continued Figure 2.2. If
- Page 9 and 10: • Nine out of 10 children living
- Page 11 and 12: INTRODUCTION Reaching every child T
- Page 13 and 14: Unless the world tackles inequity t
- Page 15 and 16: OUR NEW TARGETS FOR CHILDREN CANNOT
- Page 17 and 18: BOX 1. EQUITY DEFINED The term ‘e
- Page 19 and 20: CHAPTER 1 Child health: A fair star
- Page 21 and 22: Compared to the richest children, t
- Page 23 and 24: - including India and Nigeria - hav
- Page 25 and 26: FIGURE 1.3 The poor will need to ma
- Page 27 and 28: Rita Iriati and Novia, her three-ye
- Page 29 and 30: Population segment U5MR = Under-fiv
- Page 31 and 32: for instance, has a higher reported
- Page 33 and 34: BOX 1.1 FEMALE VOLUNTEERS HELP HEAL
- Page 35 and 36: These and other scenarios for 2030
- Page 37 and 38: Six core investment packages for 74
- Page 39 and 40: Benefits of universal health covera
- Page 41 and 42: zinc supplementation. The additiona
- Page 43 and 44: threshold struggle to provide skill
- Page 45 and 46: scenario in which all low-income co
- Page 47 and 48: access to essential health services
- Page 49 and 50: A fair chance for girls - End child
- Page 51 and 52: CHAPTER 2 Education: Levelling the
- Page 53 and 54:
Lunchtime at Kotingli Basic School,
- Page 55 and 56:
FIGURE 2.2 If current trends persis
- Page 57 and 58:
FIGURE 2.4 In Pakistan, the level o
- Page 59 and 60:
Experiences at home set the stage f
- Page 61 and 62:
And at the secondary level, interna
- Page 63 and 64:
Specific examples are numerous. In
- Page 65 and 66:
Nydeng Khot Gatkwoth, 10, her broth
- Page 67 and 68:
This acceleration can take differen
- Page 69 and 70:
education for children in areas of
- Page 71 and 72:
There will also simply be a need fo
- Page 73 and 74:
To address this concern, a group of
- Page 75 and 76:
Universal primary and secondary sch
- Page 77 and 78:
Give children a chance are designin
- Page 79 and 80:
CHAPTER 3 Children and poverty: Bre
- Page 81 and 82:
A woman washes her hands in dirty w
- Page 83 and 84:
In the Syrian Arab Republic, data s
- Page 85 and 86:
This concentration is especially al
- Page 87 and 88:
FIGURE 3.4 In most European Union c
- Page 89 and 90:
Moses, 1, Sarah, 2, and Paul, 7, st
- Page 91 and 92:
Children attending the Traiko Simeo
- Page 93 and 94:
Cash transfer programmes can reduce
- Page 95 and 96:
Children stand near their family's
- Page 97 and 98:
What are we waiting for? Sustainabl
- Page 99 and 100:
CHAPTER 4 Pathways to equity Every
- Page 101 and 102:
the chances of making a difference
- Page 103 and 104:
Students whose education has been d
- Page 105 and 106:
Innovation in the development and h
- Page 107 and 108:
Investment Using equity-focused bud
- Page 109 and 110:
Involvement Achieving equity for ch
- Page 111 and 112:
Equity for every child Information
- Page 113 and 114:
Health Systems Strengthening Progra
- Page 115 and 116:
181. Montenegro, Claudio E., and Ha
- Page 117 and 118:
Statistical Tables Economic and soc
- Page 119 and 120:
Child mortality estimates Each year
- Page 121 and 122:
ABOUT 16,000 CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS
- Page 123 and 124:
Afghanistan; Angola; Bangladesh; Be
- Page 125 and 126:
Only new estimates should be used f
- Page 127 and 128:
• Second, U5MR is known to be the
- Page 129 and 130:
TABLE 1. BASIC INDICATORS Countries
- Page 131 and 132:
TABLE 1. BASIC INDICATORS Countries
- Page 133 and 134:
TABLE 2. NUTRITION Countries and ar
- Page 135 and 136:
TABLE 2. NUTRITION Countries and ar
- Page 137 and 138:
TABLE 3. HEALTH Countries and areas
- Page 139 and 140:
TABLE 3. HEALTH Countries and areas
- Page 141 and 142:
TABLE 4. HIV/AIDS Countries and are
- Page 143 and 144:
TABLE 4. HIV/AIDS Countries and are
- Page 145 and 146:
TABLE 5. EDUCATION Countries and ar
- Page 147 and 148:
TABLE 5. EDUCATION Countries and ar
- Page 149 and 150:
TABLE 6. DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS Cou
- Page 151 and 152:
TABLE 6. DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS Cou
- Page 153 and 154:
TABLE 7. ECONOMIC INDICATORS Countr
- Page 155 and 156:
TABLE 7. ECONOMIC INDICATORS Countr
- Page 157 and 158:
TABLE 8. WOMEN Countries and areas
- Page 159 and 160:
TABLE 8. WOMEN Countries and areas
- Page 161 and 162:
TABLE 9. CHILD PROTECTION Countries
- Page 163 and 164:
TABLE 9. CHILD PROTECTION Countries
- Page 165 and 166:
TABLE 10. THE RATE OF PROGRESS Coun
- Page 167 and 168:
TABLE 10. THE RATE OF PROGRESS Coun
- Page 169 and 170:
TABLE 11. ADOLESCENTS Countries and
- Page 171 and 172:
TABLE 11. ADOLESCENTS Countries and
- Page 173 and 174:
TABLE 12. DISPARITIES BY RESIDENCE
- Page 175 and 176:
TABLE 12. DISPARITIES BY RESIDENCE
- Page 177 and 178:
TABLE 13. DISPARITIES BY HOUSEHOLD
- Page 179 and 180:
TABLE 13. DISPARITIES BY HOUSEHOLD
- Page 181 and 182:
TABLE 14. EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPME