Child Poverty and Disparities
in Egypt
Dennis Arends – Chief, Social Policy, Monitoring and Evaluation
Manal Metwaly – Chair Director, Center for Economic and Financial
Research and Studies (CEFRS), Cairo University
Amman, 20 June, 2008
Outline presentation
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Process and mode of operation
Research methodology
Statistical Template first results
Policy Template
Issues to be discussed
Process and mode of operation
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Competitive bidding – CEFRS won
Started FEB – March seminar
Planned completion end SEP
Steering Committee – co-chaired NCCM and
UNICEF, met twice, 11 members
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Study serves as platform – stimulate debate,
foundation for NPA, dissemination from the start
Research Methodology - 1
1) National surveys as source of raw data
such as:
- Population Census (2006)
- DHS surveys (2005, and 2000 and 1995)
- Household Income, Expenditure and
Consumption Survey (2004/05)
2) National Macroeconomic and Social
Indicators
Research Methodology - 2
3) Qualitative Survey: give voice to children
caretakers, NGOs working on child rights
- Focus Group Discussions in the poor
areas according to poverty map
- Questions focused on emerging issues
from the data analysis
Statistical results - deprivation
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16.6
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10
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7.4
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4.3
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2.8
1.5
2
0
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Shelter
Sanitation.
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Water
Information
Food
Education
Health
Statistical results – deprivation
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15
10
5
0
Shelter
Sanitation.
Water
Information
Urban
Rural
Food
Education
Health
Statistical Template: additional
tables
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Child nutrition outcome
Quality of education
Child labour
Anemia
FGM/C
Policy Template
1) National policies and programmes
targeting children
2) National policies and programmes
targeting families as the child is the first
beneficiaries
3) Assessment of these policies and
programmes
Issues to be discussed
• Can we depend on trend analysis and
Logistic Regression to determine the
policy intervention?
• What is the best practice of child poverty
reduction in other countries?
• What are the best indicators for
assessment?
• What is necessary and what is enough for
this study?
Thank you