Global Child Poverty and Well-Being: Measurement, Concepts, Policy and ActionAlberto Minujin Z., Nandy, Shailen Policy Press, 2012 M02 29 - 591 páginas 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. |
Contenido
1 Introduction | 3 |
the debate | 19 |
3 Equity begins with children | 39 |
4 Measuring child poverty and deprivation | 57 |
measures that reflect the breadth and components of child poverty | 103 |
6 Defining child poverty in South Africa using the socially perceived necessities approach | 135 |
proposal for the development of a Tots Index using the human development conceptual framework | 155 |
exploring new methods of monitoring child wellbeing | 179 |
14 Multidimensional child deprivation in Iran | 325 |
15 Multidimensional child poverty in Haiti1 | 357 |
multiple deprivation and monetary measures combined | 379 |
17 Changes in child poverty and deprivation in SubSaharan Africa and South Asia at the end of the 20th century | 419 |
eradicating child poverty in the United Kingdom and beyond | 449 |
evidence from Young Lives | 475 |
20 Policy implications of multidimensional poverty measurement in Morocco | 507 |
reflections from the Global Study on Child Poverty and Disparities | 525 |
a benchmarking exercise | 207 |
making policies work for children | 245 |
analysis of situation changes and sensitivity of thresholds1 | 263 |
12 A multidimensional profile of child poverty in Congo Brazzaville | 287 |
13 Multidimensional child poverty in Vietnam | 307 |
a possible United Nations model for child benefit? | 545 |
23 Conclusion | 567 |
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Global child poverty and well-being: Measurement, concepts, policy and action Minujin, Alberto,Nandy, Shailen Vista previa limitada - 2013 |
Global child poverty and well-being: Measurement, concepts, policy and action Minujin, Alberto,Nandy, Shailen Vista previa limitada - 2012 |
Términos y frases comunes
absolute poverty adults Alkire analysis approach assessment average Bangladesh chapter child deprivation child policies child poverty child poverty measurement child well-being childhood children living cut-off Delamonica Demographic and Health deprivation index deprivation rate developing countries dimensions effects estimates example families gender girls Global Study Gordon Haiti headcount Health Survey Human Development human rights impact Indicator Cluster Survey inequality Iran measurement of child methodology Millennium Development Goals Minujin moderate deprivation monetary multidimensional child poverty multidimensional poverty Multiple Indicator Cluster Nations Children’s Fund number of children nutrition OECD outcomes Oxford parents poor children population Poverty and Disparities poverty line poverty rates poverty threshold programmes reducing region severe deprivation shelter Social Policy social protection South Asia standard of living Sub-Saharan Africa Table Tanzania threshold Townsend UNCRC UNICEF United Nations United Nations Children’s University urban Vietnam water and sanitation World Bank Young Lives