Child Poverty And Inequality

Author : Duncan Lindsey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780195305449

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Duncan Lindsey shows in this volume that it is possible to provide true opportunity to all children, insuring them against a lifetime of inequality. When we do, the walls dividing the United States by race, ethnicity, and wealth will begin to crumble.

Author : Isabel Ortiz,Louise Moreira Daniels,Solrun Engilbertsdottir
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1105531759

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Child Poverty and Inequality by Isabel Ortiz,Louise Moreira Daniels,Solrun Engilbertsdottir Pdf

The 21st century starts with vast inequalities for children in terms of income, access to food, water, health, education, housing, or employment for their families. Half of the world's children are below the poverty line of $2 a day and suffer from multiple deprivations and violations to basic human rights. More than 22,000 children die each day, and most of their deaths are preventable. This volume presents some of the critical acknowledged voices to move a necessary agenda forward. It explains multidimensional poverty measurements, describes current trends and presents policies to reduce poverty and inequality. Contributors include Armando Barrientos, Sarah Cook, Andrea Cornia, Sir Richard Jolly, Jomo K.S., Naila Kabeer, Nora Lustig, among many others.

Author : Boyden, Jo,Dawes, Andrew
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447348313

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Tracing the Consequences of Child Poverty by Boyden, Jo,Dawes, Andrew Pdf

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. What matters most in how poverty shapes children’s wellbeing and development? How can data inform social policy and practice approaches to improving the outcomes for poorer children? Using life course analysis from the Young Lives study of 12,000 children growing up in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam over the past 15 years, this book draws on evidence on two cohorts of children, from 1 to 15 and from 8 to 22. It examines how poverty affects children’s development in low and middle income countries, and how policy has been used to improve their lives, then goes on to show when key developmental differences occur. It uses new evidence to develop a framework of what matters most and when and outlines effective policy approaches to inform the no-one left behind Sustainable Development Goal agenda.

Author : Minujin, Alberto,Nandy, Shailen
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447312765

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Global child poverty and well-being by Minujin, Alberto,Nandy, Shailen Pdf

Child poverty is a central and present part of global life, with hundreds of millions of children around the world enduring tremendous suffering and deprivation of their most basic needs. Despite its long history, research on poverty and development has only relatively recently examined the issue of child poverty as a distinct topic of concern. This book brings together theoretical, methodological and policy-relevant contributions by leading researchers on international child poverty. With a preface from Sir Richard Jolly, Former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations, it examines how child poverty and well-being are now conceptualized, defined and measured, and presents regional and national level portraits of child poverty around the world, in rich, middle income and poor countries. The book's ultimate objective is to promote and influence policy, action and the research agenda to address one of the world's great ongoing tragedies: child poverty, marginalization and inequality.

Author : Treanor, Morag C.
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447334668

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Child Poverty by Treanor, Morag C. Pdf

Child poverty is rising across affluent Western societies; how it is measured is vital to how governments act to prevent, alleviate or eliminate it. While the roots of childhood poverty are fiercely debated and contested, they are all too often misrepresented in policy and media discourses. Seeking to redress this problem, Treanor places children’s experiences, needs and concerns at the centre of this critical examination of the contemporary policies and political discourses surrounding poverty in childhood. She examines a broad range of structural, institutional and ideological factors common across developed nations, and their impacts, to interrogate how poverty in childhood is conceptualised and operationalised in policy and to forge a radical pathway for an alternative future.

Author : Tess Ridge
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2002-10-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781861343628

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Childhood Poverty and Social Exclusion by Tess Ridge Pdf

Childhood poverty has moved from the periphery to the centre of the policy agenda following New Labour's pledge to end it within twenty years. However, whether the needs and concerns of poor children themselves are being addressed is open to question. The findings raise critical issues for both policy and practice - in particular the finding that children are at great risk of experiencing exclusion within school. School has been a major target in the drive towards reducing child poverty. However, the policy focus has been mainly about literacy standards and exclusion from school. This book shows that poor children are suffering from insufficient access to the economic and material resources necessary for adequate social participation and academic parity. Childhood poverty and social exclusion will be an invaluable teaching aid across a range of academic courses, including social policy, sociology, social work and childhood studies. All those who are interested in developing a more inclusive social and policy framework for understanding childhood issues from a child-centred perspective, including child welfare practitioners and policy makers, will want to read this book. Studies in poverty, inequality and social exclusion series Series Editor: David Gordon, Director, Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research. Poverty, inequality and social exclusion remain the most fundamental problems that humanity faces in the 21st century. This exciting series, published in association with the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol, aims to make cutting-edge poverty related research more widely available. For other titles in this series, please follow the series link from the main catalogue page.

Author : UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210601382

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The Children Left Behind by UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre Pdf

Report Card 9 The Children Left Behind presents a first overview of inequalities in child well-being for 24 Member States of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The Report Card focuses on the relative gap between children in the bottom of the distribution with those occupying the median. Three dimensions of well-being are examined: material, education, and health. In each case, the questions asked are: how far behind children are being allowed to fall, and why some countries are doing so much better at protecting their most vulnerable children.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Building an Agenda to Reduce the Number of Children in Poverty by Half in 10 Years
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309483988

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A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Building an Agenda to Reduce the Number of Children in Poverty by Half in 10 Years Pdf

The strengths and abilities children develop from infancy through adolescence are crucial for their physical, emotional, and cognitive growth, which in turn help them to achieve success in school and to become responsible, economically self-sufficient, and healthy adults. Capable, responsible, and healthy adults are clearly the foundation of a well-functioning and prosperous society, yet America's future is not as secure as it could be because millions of American children live in families with incomes below the poverty line. A wealth of evidence suggests that a lack of adequate economic resources for families with children compromises these children's ability to grow and achieve adult success, hurting them and the broader society. A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty reviews the research on linkages between child poverty and child well-being, and analyzes the poverty-reducing effects of major assistance programs directed at children and families. This report also provides policy and program recommendations for reducing the number of children living in poverty in the United States by half within 10 years.

Author : Alberto Minujin,Mónica González Contró,Raul Mercer
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783838269177

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Tackling Child Poverty in Latin America by Alberto Minujin,Mónica González Contró,Raul Mercer Pdf

This book highlights current debates about concepts, methods, and policies related to poverty in Latin America. It focuses on child and adolescent well-being and the issue of inclusive societies. Its goal is to promote new and critical thinking about these issues globally and in Latin America. The authors emphasize the need to develop new conceptual and practical avenues that can address the issues of poverty, marginalization, exclusion, and old and new inequalities in post-neoliberal times. The objective is to advance the rights of all children and adolescents in the region. This urgent book represents a unique opportunity for practitioners, policy makers, researchers, and students to get access to the most up-to-date perspectives on child poverty and inequality from a conceptual and practical point of view.

Author : Stephen Arlington Kerstetter,First Call (Association)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Poor children
ISBN : 0973034742

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Child Poverty and Income Inequality in British Columbia by Stephen Arlington Kerstetter,First Call (Association) Pdf

Author : Gordon, David,Nandy, Shailen,Christina Pantazis,Peter Townsend,Simon A. Pemberton
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003-10-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781861345592

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Child Poverty in the Developing World by Gordon, David,Nandy, Shailen,Christina Pantazis,Peter Townsend,Simon A. Pemberton Pdf

This report presents the first ever scientific measurement of the extent and depth of child poverty in developing regions. This measurement is based upon internationally agreed definitions arising from the international framework of child rights. Indicators of severe deprivation of basic human need for shelter, sanitation, safe water, information, health, education and food were constructed using survey data on nearly 1.2 million children in 46 countries collected mainly during the late 1990's. This is the largest, most accurate survey sample of children ever assembled.

Author : John Cockburn,Jane Kabubo-Mariara
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781441962751

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Child Welfare in Developing Countries by John Cockburn,Jane Kabubo-Mariara Pdf

to establish impact, attributing observed changes in welfare to the intervention, while identifying key factors of success. Impact evaluations are aimed at providing feedback to help improve the design of programs and policies. They also provide greater accountability and a tool for dynamic learning, allowing policymakers to improve ongoing programs and ultimately better allocate funds across programs. Such a causal analysis is essential for understanding the relative role of alternative interventions in reducing poverty. The papers in this section again adopt a variety of techniques. The rst two impact evaluation studies employ propensity score matching to establish, ex-post, a valid control group to assess the impact on child schooling outcomes among b- e ciaries of various interventions in Kenya and Ethiopia. The third chapter c- ries out an ex-ante evaluation of alternative cash transfer programs on child school attendance in Uruguay. The nal paper further carries out in-depth macro-modeling and micro-regression analysis to simulate the impacts of the food crisis and various policy responses, including food subsidies and cash transfers, on various dimensions of child poverty in Mali. Though using different approaches, the studies are gen- ally in agreement concerning the positive impact of the cash transfer program on child schooling and labor market outcomes. The studies from Kenya and Uruguay both nd that the schooling interventions are progressive.

Author : Kathryn Edin,Maria Kefalas
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005-03-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520241138

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Promises I Can Keep by Kathryn Edin,Maria Kefalas Pdf

The authors provide a wholly new framework for understanding why poor women have lower rates of marriage and have children outside of wedlock.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : British Columbia
ISBN : OCLC:377699548

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Child Poverty and Income Inequality in British Columbia by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lucinda Platt
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781861345837

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Discovering Child Poverty by Lucinda Platt Pdf

Providing an at-a-glance guide to social change in the UK at the start of the new millennium, this book offers comparisons with the findings of the previous Census a decade ago. Many maps covering different topics illustrate the state of UK society today and how it is changing.