Child Poverty & Wellbeing

	Studies from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation Child poverty has fallen in Scotland, but evidence from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation suggests that the current rate of progress will not achieve the 2020 target to eradicate child poverty.... read more Posted on 05-30-2009

	Ending Child Poverty in a Changing Economy Research is beginnig to shows what effect policies might have on child poverty by 2010 and 2020. Taking account of the recession, research by the John Rowntree Foundation and the... read more Posted on 05-27-2009

	Child Poverty Approaches Roelen Keetie, Gassman Franzisca and de Neubourg Chris, The Importance of Choice and Definition for Measurement of Child Poverty - The Case of Vietnam, available online, January, 2009. This paper discusses... read more Posted on 06-16-2009

	A Global Measurement Approach vs. a Country-Specific Measurement Approach Do they Draw the Same Picture of Child Poverty? The Case of Vietnam by Roelen, Keetie, Gassmann, Franziska and Neubourg, Chris de Maastricht Graduate School of Governance 06 May 2008 Summary: Child poverty can be... read more Posted on 06-16-2009

	Shaping a Response to Poverty: A Conceptual Overview and Implications for Responding to Children Living in Poverty This document is the third in a series by the Christian Children's Fun (CCF), and seeks to summarize and integrate the findings of the first two publications. It also underlines some... read more Posted on 09-05-2009

	Syllabus for Graduate Course on Child Rights and Poverty in International Development In the Fall of 2008, Professor Alberto Minujin taught a course on Child Rights and Poverty in International Development, as part of the Graduate Program in International Affairs at the New... read more Posted on 05-05-2009

	Children Living in Poverty: Overview of Definitions, Measurement and Policies Working paper by Alberto Minujin, Enrique Delamonica, Alejandra Davidziuk and Edward D. Gonazalez UNICEF, New York, 2003. This paper reviews available literature that addresses different concepts regarding child poverty, definitions of children... read more Posted on 09-05-2009

	Alberto Minujin: Putting Children into Poverty Statistics This paper was presented at the Third Meeting of the Expert Group on Poverty Statistics in Lisbon, Portugal from 22 – 24 November, 1999. It discusses the relation between children... read more Posted on 09-05-2009

	The Majority of Children Living in Poverty Have Atleast One Parent in Work, Says Study According to an article on February 8, 2009 in the Guardian UK, there has been a sharp increase in the number of children living in poverty who have atleast one... read more Posted on 05-30-2009

	Child Poverty: Concepts and Measures The current economic crisis makes it more urgent than ever for children to be put at the front of agendas when thinking about reducing poverty. Locally, nationally and globally, efforts to... read more Posted on 06-27-2009

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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...