The UN Research Institute for Sustainable Development (UNRISD) and the UN Children's Fund's (UNICEF) East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO) have launched a research project on protecting and promoting children's well-being in mineral-rich countries.
The project will focus on Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Timor-Leste.
3 June 2013: The UN Research Institute for Sustainable Development (UNRISD) and the UN Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO) have launched a research project on protecting and promoting children’s well-being in mineral-rich countries. The project will focus on Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Timor-Leste.
According to UNRISD, some resource-rich countries have used economic policies to provide incentives for productive investment and diversification while safeguarding macroeconomic stability. These countries negotiated and established consensus between different actors and social groups, and they invested in comprehensive social policies. UNRISD says children are one key avenue to invest the revenue from extractive industries strategically and sustainably.
The UNRISD-UNICEF project will produce two research papers, one on “Extractive Industries and the Financing of Child-Inclusive Social Development,” and the other on “The Political Economy of Mineral Resource Governance and Children’s Rights.” Expressions of interest in preparing the papers are being accepted until 25 June. [UNRISD Press Release] [Call for Expressions of Interest]