WORLD Longitudinal Policy Data, Africa

The WORLD Policy Analysis Center (WORLD) is committed to improving the quantity and quality of globally comparative data available to policymakers, citizens, civil society, and researchers on laws and policies that work to support human rights, including economic opportunity, social and civic engagement, human health, development, well-being, and equity. The WORLD Longitudinal Policy Data, Africa was released in partnership with DataFirst. This data was created to use harmonized DHS and MICS surveys to assess the impact of policy change on early childhood outcomes, gender equality, and economic outcomes. Longitudinal data was constructed for 20 - 30 years spanning paid parental leave and tuition-free pre-primary education; access to education, including tuition-free and compulsory education from primary through the completion of secondary; prohibitions of early marriage, including legal loopholes; prohibitions of gender and caregiving discrimination at work, including all stages of work and provisions to support effective enforcement; and prohibitions of domestic violence, including penalties.

世界政策分析中心（WORLD Policy Analysis Center，缩写WORLD）致力于提升面向政策制定者、公众、公民社会及研究者的全球可比法规与政策数据的规模与质量，此类数据聚焦于支撑人权保障的各类政策法规，涵盖经济机遇、社会与公民参与、人类健康、发展、福祉与公平等领域。本次与DataFirst合作推出了《世界纵向政策数据·非洲卷》（WORLD Longitudinal Policy Data, Africa）。该数据集依托经标准化整合的人口与健康调查（DHS，Demographic and Health Surveys）及多指标类集调查（MICS，Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys）构建，旨在评估政策变革对儿童早期发展成果、性别平等及经济发展成果的影响。该纵向数据覆盖20至30年的时间跨度，涵盖的政策领域包括：带薪育儿假与免费学前教育政策；教育准入保障机制，涵盖小学至中学毕业阶段的免费义务教育；早婚禁令（含法律漏洞规制条款）；职场性别与照护歧视禁令（覆盖全工作场景并配套有效执法支持条款）；以及家庭暴力禁令（含处罚措施）。