Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare is a research topic within Safety Research. Science Explorer counts 33k research works in it since 1950. 24.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the impact of interventions and policies related to child labor, education, and poverty reduction, particularly in the context of conditional cash transfers, school subsidies, and orphan care. It explores the effects of these interventions on household vulnerability, social protection, gender inequality, and primary education in low- and middle-income countries.
- Conditional Cash Transfers
- School Subsidies
- Education Policies
- Orphan Care
- Poverty Reduction
- Gender Inequality
- AIDS Orphans
- Household Vulnerability
- Social Protection
- Primary Education
- Research works
- 33k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 8.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 24.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +24% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare research?
By volume, the United States and India publish the most (1.1k and 792 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.1k works
- 2 India 792 works
- 3 South Africa 443 works
- 4 Kenya 437 works
- 5 Nigeria 428 works
- 6 United Kingdom 382 works
- 7 China 326 works
- 8 Brazil 267 works
- 9 Indonesia 260 works
- 10 Ethiopia 247 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare research, followed by University of South Africa and Kenyatta University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 57 works
- 2 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 52 works
- 3 Kenyatta UniversityKenya 50 works
- 4 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 48 works
- 5 University of NairobiKenya 45 works
- 6 University of GhanaGhana 42 works
- 7 Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia 42 works
- 8 University of KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa 35 works
- 9 University of PretoriaSouth Africa 34 works
- 10 University for Development StudiesGhana 32 works
Who are the leading researchers in Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare include Zulfiqar A Bhutta.
- 1 Zulfiqar A Bhutta Pakistan 7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare research done?
The largest centres of Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare research in 2022–2025 are Nairobi (Kenya), Washington D.C. (United States), London (United Kingdom) and New Delhi (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kakamega, Thika and Mwanza.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Nairobi Kenya 212 works
- 2 Washington D.C. United States 128 works
- 3 London United Kingdom 122 works
- 4 New Delhi India 105 works
- 5 Pretoria South Africa 105 works
- 6 Beijing China 91 works
- 7 Johannesburg South Africa 82 works
- 8 Dhaka Bangladesh 75 works
- 9 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 75 works
- 10 New York United States 74 works
Where it is the local speciality
- KakamegaKE · 30.0 works77×
- ThikaKE · 31.1 works65×
- MwanzaTZ · 22.7 works63×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Johannesburg, University of Zambia and University of Ghana score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of JohannesburgSouth Africa | 78.7 | 33.0% | 10.2× | 48 | +93.2% |
| 2 | University of ZambiaZambia | 71.2 | 15.9% | 26.3× | 29 | +243.5% |
| 3 | University of GhanaGhana | 69.9 | 25.2% | 25.9× | 42 | +49.8% |
| 4 | Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia | 68.7 | 19.6% | 23.2× | 42 | +112.2% |
| 5 | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGhana | 68.6 | 25.5% | 14.3× | 21 | +129.7% |
| 6 | The University of DodomaTanzania | 68.5 | 20.0% | 44.4× | 29 | +227.5% |
| 7 | London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom | 68.4 | 32.4% | 15.0× | 17 | +10.6% |
| 8 | University of DhakaBangladesh | 66.0 | 31.8% | 11.8× | 20 | +59.2% |
| 9 | Haramaya UniversityEthiopia | 65.7 | 39.2% | 24.2× | 14 | +35.3% |
| 10 | Hawassa UniversityEthiopia | 65.6 | 25.2% | 20.1× | 14 | +182.7% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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