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Measurement and Analysis of Multidimensional Well-Being in Rwanda
Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School, JIBS, Economics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7902-4683
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School, JIBS, Economics. Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School, JIBS, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5664-3115
2019 (English)In: Efficiency, equity and well-being in selected African countries / [ed] Pia Nilsson & Almas Heshmati, Cham: Springer, 2019, p. 37-68Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The well-being of families and their children is given high priority in development goals. Children’s well-being in Africa is important since the growing number of children is the greatest resource of this continent. Rwanda was one of the first countries that ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The country, despite its very low GDP per capita, also has one of the best child well-being indicators in Africa. In the recent past the country has also had two important achievements: protection of children by establishing the National Commission for Children and launching a Strategy for National Child Care Reform. The measures aim to protect children’s rights and integrate children into families that are supported to provide needed care to them. These achievements are largely the result of strong laws and policies many of which have been developed with support from UNICEF. Investments in children’s well-being will help in addressing many persistent difficulties that society may have to face in the future. What happens during the early years is of crucial importance for every child’s development. This period offers great opportunities, but children are also vulnerable to negative influences. The objective of this research is to estimate multidimensional well-being of children and their families in Rwanda. The aim is to compute an overall well-being index decomposed into its underlying main components. The households are ranked by the level of well-being and by various household and community characteristics. The results shed light on the state and changes in the well-being of children and their families in Rwanda indicating which provinces and districts offer relatively better conditions for them. This can serve as a model for public policies aimed at improving general well-being in the country. 

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Cham: Springer, 2019. p. 37-68
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Economic studies in inequality, social exclusion and well-being, E-ISSN 2364-107X
Keywords [en]
Multidimensional index, Rwanda, Sustainable development, Well-being
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Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-44103DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-11419-0_3ISI: 000490284900003Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85065298093ISBN: 9783030114190 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-44103DiVA, id: diva2:1320778
Available from: 2019-06-05 Created: 2019-06-05 Last updated: 2020-01-27Bibliographically approved

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