The UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre in Florence

The UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre (IRC) in Florence, Italy, was established in 1988 to strengthen the capacity of UNICEF and its cooperating institutions to respond to the evolving needs of children and to develop a new global ethic for children. It promotes the effective implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in both developing and industrialized countries, thereby reaffirming the universality of children’s rights and of UNICEF’s mandate.

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Undertaking research for children's rights Know more about the UNICEF IRC research programme for 2006-2008
Handling information for children's rights The UNICEF IRC tools to share key information on the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Knowledge brokering and communicating research for children's rights A presentation of one of the key activities carried out by UNICEF IRC
Publications for children's rights A presentation of publishing activities at UNICEF IRC

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RESEARCH

Children from CIS looking from window

New release of TransMONEE database

20 May 2008

The 2008 version of TransMONEE database is now available for immediate download. TransMONEE contains information on social and economic issues relevant to the well-being of children and young people in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The data are updated annually through an ongoing collaboration between the National Statistical Offices in the CEE/CIS countries, the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre and the UNICEF Regional Office for CEE/CIS.
See TransMONEE 2008 for additional details

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Innocenti Discussion Paper 2008-01

Children's Perspectives on Economic Adversity: A Review of the Literature

April 2008

This paper, authored by Gerry Redmond, reviews some of the recent qualitative literature on children's perspectives on economic disadvantage.
Innocenti Discussion Paper