Despite Luxembourg’s high GDP per capita, child poverty remains a concern, especially among low-income families, single-parent households, and non-native households. In this context, well-designed child policy portfolios that emphasize efficiency, effectiveness, and equity are crucial for enhancing child well-being and reducing poverty.

This project provides an up-to-date mapping of child poverty in Luxembourg and identifies ways in which spending on children in Luxembourg, and related cash and childcare policies, may be reformed to improve their antipoverty effects. Through examining the most recent child poverty profiles in Luxembourg, this study identifies and evaluates the existing mechanisms of spending on children, focusing on how financial resources are allocated to support child welfare. It analyses related cash benefits and childcare policies to assess their effectiveness in addressing child poverty and proposes actionable recommendations aimed at enhancing the antipoverty effects of these policies, to improve outcomes for all children in Luxembourg.

This project was commissioned by UNICEF Luxembourg. The project runs from October 2024 to December 2024.