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Child benefits are a proven, practical intervention to address poverty and improve child well-being across a range of outcomes, including health, nutrition and education. Explore data on child benefits around the world, compare regional and country progress and understand their impact.
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Children under 15 covered
Children under 18 covered
800 million children are living in monetary poverty
of children live in households with a per capita income of less than US$2.15 PPP (- )
of children live in households with a per capita income of less than US$3.65 PPP (- )
1 billion children are living in multidimensional poverty
of children live in multidimensionally child poverty (- )
of children live in multidimensionally poor households (- )
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Policy Typology | Number of countries with this policy typology | ||
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Universal Child Benefits | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quasi-UCB: Short-term Coverage | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quasi-UCB: Affluence-tested Scheme | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quasi-UCB: Coordinated Mixed Schemes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Employment-related contributory schemes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Poverty-targeted schemes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Employment-related (social insurance) and non-contributory means-tested schemes | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No national child/family benefit | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In 2022, this opinion survey was distributed among UNICEF Country office colleagues to gather insights into their perspectives on the future outlook of child benefits.
Has there been an increase in coverage of child benefits since 2019?
What is the key challenge to increase coverage of children?
What is the most effective action to increase coverage of children?
What are the future prospects in coverage of children over the next 3 years?
SOURCE Unicef Country Office Survey
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