Part I: Overviews -- Preface / Edward Friedman -- Introduction / Roderick MacFarquahar -- Two passages to modernity / Bruce Gilley -- Part II: Economic reforms -- The causes of diferential development: byond regime dichotomies / Joydeep Mukherji -- Chasing China: can India bridge the gap? /...

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...