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| Minimum Income for School Attendance (MISA) Initiative
ILO/UNCTAD Advisory Group, May 2001 In some Latin American countries, an innovative approach has been introduced to reduce poverty, to enhance the human capital of the poor and to combat child labour. The approach involves providing a minimum income to the poorest and most vulnerable families, conditional on regular school attendance by all their children of school going-age. This Report is the product of an Advisory Group, brought together by ILO and UNCTAD, to discuss the desirability and feasibility of applying this approach in African least developed countries. The Report argues that there is a strong justification for applying the Minimum Income For School Attendance (MISA) approach in African least developed countries in order to achieve both education and poverty reduction objectives. Click here for full document in PDF |
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Updated by LD. Approved by GS. Last update: 1 August 2001.