Social funds as instruments for reducing childhood poverty: lessons from save the children's experience

摘要

Drawing on Save the Children's experience of working with three social fund financed programmes, this paper examines their potential for reducing childhood poverty. Examining direct and indirect effects on children it discusses the relevance and impact of activities supported, the extent to which the these three social fund programmes reached very poor families and children, and the extent of and mechanisms for poor people's participation. The paper situates this analysis within a discussion of the considers some of the broader factors influencing social fund effectiveness.