![]() Yet many countries invest little in child protection and welfare. Over the long term, this translates into improved education and health status, higher individual productivity in adulthood, fewer social problems, and, ultimately, poverty reduction. Evidence shows that children who are protected and raised in safe and nurturing families are more likely to reach their physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development milestones. This early exposure to serious child adversity sparked my interest in the role of child welfare and protection within the global development agenda. Too many of those institutions still exist in the region to this day. During those early visits, I was struck by the heavy reliance of the Soviet system on child institutionalization and witnessed the horrific conditions faced by children placed in those institutions. We were tasked with helping countries across that region to address the substantial economic, social, and political ramifications of their transition to newly independent states-particularly in the health, education, and social protection sectors. ![]() Goldman: After the breakup of the Soviet Union, I joined the World Bank’s Human Development team. Since 2018, Philip has been a member of the Lancet Commission on the Institutionalisation and Deinstitutionalisation of Children and is currently a member of the Global Reference Group for Children Affected by COVID-19 and Other Adversities.īirdsall: Tell us a bit about your work and how you got interested in global children’s issues. Prior to founding Maestral, Goldman was a member of the World Bank’s Human Development team with a regional focus on Europe and Central Asia, where he managed the preparation, negotiation, and implementation of Bank operations focused on social protection, health, and education system strengthening. Maestral is a team of leading global experts supporting the development, strengthening, and coordination of child protection and social welfare systems that meet the needs of children in adversity. Maestral has worked in over 100 countries since its establishment in 2008 in close collaboration with UNICEF, USAID, the World Bank, and countless other NGOs and funders. ![]() What is the state of world’s children, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, and what can foreign policy and development practitioners do to improve the lives of children? To explore these and related questions, Religion & Diplomacy editor Judd Birdsall interviewed Philip Goldman, the founder and president of Maestral International.
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