Narrowing the Gaps: The Power of Investing in the Poorest Children

Author(s)
Carrera, C. et al.
Publication language
English
Pages
32pp
Date published
01 Jun 2017
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Children & youth, Funding and donors, Poverty
Organisations
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Link
http://www.unicef.org/publications/index_96534.html

This report provides compelling new evidence that backs up an unconventional prediction UNICEF made in 2010: The higher cost of reaching the poorest children with life-saving, high-impact health interventions would be outweighed by greater results. This new study combines modelling and data from 51 countries. The results indicate that the number of lives saved by investing in the most deprived is almost twice as high as the number saved by equivalent investment in less deprived groups.