Investment cases serve to support rights-based arguments on child protection by demonstrating the pervasive burdens of child abuse and neglect, estimating the significant economic costs of inaction, and promoting prevention as a strategic investment with large positive returns.
This session will introduce the investment case approach and provide an overview of its application and current evidence, using country case-study examples from Zambia and Fiji.
The session will then do a deeper dive into key elements of the investment case by presenting two high level new tools: one which demonstrates the economic costs associated with child abuse and neglect when observed through a human capital lens; and a second which highlights the human capital returns that potentially accrue from investment in prevention.
Presentation: Building the investment case for ending violence against children: An overview, case study examples, and introduction to two new tools
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Susan Musonda, Chief Policy Planner, Ministry of Community Development and Social Services, Government of the Republic of Zambia (tbc)
Interactive lab with country examples and live use of tools
• Introduction to two new 'plug and play' tools enabling order-of-magnitude estimations of cost of violence and the return on investment.
• Advocacy brief on the investment case approach.
