Around 168 million children worldwide are involved in child labour, according to recent ILO estimates. More than half of them, 85 million, are doing hazardous work. These numbers have fallen in recent years, but trends vary across regions, countries and sectors and the figures remain alarmingly high. In that context, impact evaluation can help policymakers to best target their interventions. Part-time PhD fellow Julia Brümmer explains the background to her research. … You just presented yo...
In late June 2015 UNU-MERIT will offer a summer school programme in Kyrgyzstan entitled ‘Impact Evaluation Methods in Central Asia’, in partnership with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the Institute of Public Policy and Administration of the University of Central Asia (IPPA/UCA), and the International Security and Development Center (ISDC). The summer school will teach the theory and practice of theory-based impact evaluations and related state-of-the-art quantitati...