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Child poverty, evidence and policy : mainstreaming children in international development
Jones, Nicola; Sumner, Andrew - 2011
Recent studies suggest that current approaches to tackling childhood poverty have had limited efficacy. This book brings together a discussion of childhoods, children's experiences of poverty and development discourses, and case studies to highlight the importance of integrating children's...
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Child poverty in middle-income countries
Nell, Emily; Evans, Martin; Gornick, Janet C. - 2016
This paper aims to better understand the income factors that influenced child poverty rates across a group of four diverse middle-income countries in 2010. We use data from LIS to analyze child poverty using harmonized measures of income in Russia, Mexico, South Africa, and Colombia. The paper...
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Children and the capability approach
Biggeri, Mario (ed.); Ballet, Jérôme (ed.);  … - 2011
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Quality of government and the relationship between natural disasters and child poverty : a comparative analysis
Daoud, Adel; Halleröd, Björn; Guha Sapir, Debarati - 2015
Das Papier untersucht den Zusammenhang zwischen hoher Kinderarmut und Ausmaß und Häufigkeit von Naturkatastrophen …. Hierzu werden sieben Dimensionen der Kinderarmut in 67 Ländern mit mittlerem und niedrigem Pro-Kopf-Einkommen analysiert, die … untersucht, ob und inwieweit institutionelle Rahmenbedingungen den Zusammenhang zwischen Katastrophen und Kinderarmut …
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Bad governance and poor children : a comparative analysis of government efficiency and severe child deprivation in 68 low- and middle-income countries
Halleröd, Björn; Rothstein, Bo; Nandy, Shailen - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 48 (2013), pp. 19-31
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Does international child sponsorship work? : a six-country study of impacts on adult life outcomes
Wydick, Bruce; Glewwe, Paul; Rutledge, Laine - In: Journal of political economy 121 (2013) 2, pp. 393-436
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Cross-country MODA study : Multiple Overlapping Deprivation Analysis (MODA) ; technical note
Neubourg, Chris de; Chai, Jingqing; De Milliano, Marlous; … - 2012
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The prevalence of household risk factors for children age 0-17, estimated for 2000-2015 using DHS and MICS surveys
Pullum, Thomas W. - 2015
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New Estimates of Extreme Poverty for Children
Newhouse, David Locke - 2017
This paper uses household surveys from 89 countries to estimate the rate of extreme poverty among children in the developing world. The estimates are based on the same surveys and welfare measures as official World Bank poverty estimates. Of children under age 18 years, 19.5 percent are...
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Financing Social Protection for Children in Crisis Context
Niño‐Zarazúa, Miguel - 2014
The global financial crisis has emphasised the fundamental role of social protection institutions in developing countries. There is also growing evidence that countries with programmes focused on children have a greater chance of minimising the longer-term effects of the crisis. However,...
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