The overall objective of the assignment is to develop a comprehensive evidence-based investment case for priority children’s social sectors in Mozambique. The aim is to improve social services policy, planning implementation and budgeting by identifying, costing and promoting investments in critical services for children.

The Kosovo government, through the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), committed to implementing rapid measures for scaling-up access to preschool infrastructure, and ensuring more equitable access to quality preschool programmes. UNICEF Kosovo worked closely with MESTI to develop a methodology to inform the expansion of preschool infrastructure. During 2022, Cornerstone Economic Research […]

Research Paper No.4 Key Takeaways The focus of the paper is analysing the recent Sanitary Dignity Framework and the progress of its implementation. The paper identifies five limitations of the Sanitary Dignity Framework: The paper recommends that the Sanitary Dignity Framework be redrafted based on credible evidence-based research and the updated Framework must include detailed […]

Research Paper No.3 Key Takeaways Cornerstone Economic Research

Research Paper No.2 Key Takeaways A new panel study should be conducted, with questions that relate to menstrual health and hygiene included. Cornerstone Economic Research

Research Paper No.1 The purpose of costing new and existing government programmes is to mobilise and systematise information in a way that presents different options for how to move forward. There has always been a need for such information, and this need is going to remain, given the imperatives to improve the allocation and application […]

This report explores the cost implications of two proposals to extend the social protection system in South Africa to cover pregnant women, namely: The report is structured as follows: Recommendations It is critically important to keep the design of grants simple. This ensures that eligible applicants understand them, and makes them easy to administer. Over-complicating […]

This study describes the economic burden of extant levels of violence against children in Malawi, thereby quantifying the economic cost to Malawi of underinvesting in children protection services in the country. This study also describes the current landscape of child protection services and budgeting for child protection services in Malawi and presents recommendations for the […]

This study examines the effects of SRH on adolescents’ human capital development, in order to understand the magnitude of the burden of poor adolescent sexual and reproductive health service delivery in Ghana and provide a strong evidence base for future advocacy for increased funding in the sector. There is ample theoretical basis for interrogation of […]