Child Poverty & Wellbeing

	Exclusive interview with Dr. Charles Watters on Children and Migration Charles Watters, PhD, is a professor of Childhood Studies at the Department of Childhood Studies at Rutgers University. Dr. Watter'sresearch interests focus on the impact of migration and globalization on... read more Posted on 03-17-2011

	Javier Auyero: In Harm's Way Paper prepared for special issue of Ethnography on “Planned Suffering: The Politics of Infrastructural Violence." The recent “left turn” in Latin American politics has placed the reduction of inequality, the “alleviation”... read more Posted on 03-15-2011

	Defining child poverty in South Africa using the socially perceived necessities approach This paper describes an approach to defining child poverty in South Africa using a socially perceived necessities method which was conceived in Britain in the mid 1980s and subsequently developed.... read more Posted on 03-15-2011

	Economic Growth, Poverty and Children This paper discusses the different dimensions of poverty, with a particular focus on non-monetary aspects, and describes the limitations and inac- curacies inherent in the US$ 1 a day poverty... read more Posted on 02-08-2011

	UNRISD 2010 Flagship Report: Combating Poverty and Inequality The 2010 UNRISD (United Nations Research Institute for Social Development) Flagship Report, Combating Poverty and Inequality - Structural Change, Social Policy and Politics, explores the causes, dynamics and persistence of... read more Posted on 02-08-2011

	Save the Children Report: A Fair Chance at Life The number of children who die before their fifth birthday is one of the best barometers of global social and economic progress. In 2000, the world’s governments committed themselves to... read more Posted on 12-18-2010

	Mind the Gap! Widening Child Mortality Disparities Mind the Gap! Widening Child Mortality Disparities is a report by Alberto Minujin, a Senior Project Officer, and Enrique Delamonica, a Policy Analyst, both in the Division of Policy and... read more Posted on 10-26-2010

	La Pobreza Infantil: Un Desafio Prioritario Child Poverty: Key challenge for Latin America, ECLAC –UNICEF Bulletin (May, 2010) La pobreza infantil: un desafío prioritario, DESAFÍOS: Boletín de la Infancia y la Adolescencia sobre el avance de... read more Posted on 10-25-2010

	Children Living in Poverty Is the issue of children living in poverty recognized by and incorporated into antipoverty strategies? Who are the children living in poverty? Have governments, civil society organizations, and international organizations... read more Posted on 11-23-2009

	Health Policy in Relation to Improving Equity in Child Health This article explores the relationship between poverty and ill health in childhood in the United Kingdom and the United States. It argues that lifting children out of poverty is among... read more Posted on 11-22-2009

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Child Poverty
Child poverty is a problem experienced by children and young people globally. It differs from adult poverty in terms of its short and long term effects; for instance, even children suffer from short periods of deprivation these can lead to...