Integrate children’s needs into economic policies and budgets.

Reducing child poverty requires embedding children’s needs into economic and fiscal governance. Central banks should assess how interest rate changes affect families, and legal frameworks should protect child-related spending and include automatic inflation adjustments. Child-sensitive budgeting and transparency mechanisms also support accountability – countries with more transparent budgets tend to spend more on health care and child well-being.

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