Sharpening the equity focus: selected innovations and lessons learned 2009-2010

The latest UNICEF External compendium Sharpening the equity focus: Selected innovations and lessons learned from UNICEF-assisted programmes 2009-2010  highlights how advocacy work around child poverty and disparities in China led to the incorporation of child poverty as a major issue to address in the 10 year National Rural Poverty Reduction Strategy for 2011-2020. This experience highlights a top-down and bottom-up approach to policy making, where both efforts reinforce each other. UNICEF continues further strengthening of national institutions to ensure successful implementation of the new rural poverty reduction policies.

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