2. 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

3. Outline presentation 1.Process and mode of operation 2.Research methodology 3.Statistical Template first results 4.Policy Template 5.Issues to be discussed

4. Process and mode of operation Competitive bidding – CEFRS won Started FEB – March seminar Planned completion end SEP Steering Committee – co-chaired NCCM and UNICEF, met twice, 11 members Study serves as platform – stimulate debate, foundation for NPA, dissemination from the start

5. 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

6. 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

7. Statistical results - deprivation

8. Statistical results – deprivation

9. Statistical Template: additional tables Child nutrition outcome Quality of education Child labour Anemia FGM/C

10. 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

11. 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?

12. Thank you