Child poverty
- Care-seeking behaviour is worse in poorer than relatively rich families
- J.A. Schellenberg; C.G. Victora; A.| Mushi / The Lancet, 2003
- Sub-Saharan Africa has the poorest overall health indicators of any region of the world. Its estimated under-5-year mortality rate of 173 per 1000 live births is almost twice that of south Asia, the second-highest mortality region, an...
- Human rights and children's rights in urban areas
- UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2002
- This Digest assesses the human rights situation of poor and marginalised children in urban areas around the world. The following are the key features of this digest: it considers the range of problems that these childre...
- What are the factors that influence the intergenerational transfer (IGT) of poverty?
- K. Moore / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2001
- In this paper, a framework for understanding intergenerationally transmitted poverty (IGT poverty) in developing country contexts is developed, focussing on bringing together literature on the intergenerational transfer, extraction, a...
- Indicators for child welfare
- H. White; J. Leavy; A. Masters / Young Lives, 2002
- The purpose of this paper is to discuss the current measures of child welfare that are used in both developed and developing countries and how appropriate they are in terms of incorporating all necessary indicators. The authors...
- Children and HIV in Southern Africa
- Alan Whiteside; Su Erksine / Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2002
- This paper takes an approach to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Southern Africa region based on a 'high road' and a 'low road' response to HIV/AIDS by Save The Children UK. His main argument is based on the fact that in the absence of go...
- Child labour breeds child poverty
- J. Wahba / Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2001
- It is widely believed that poverty is the main reason for child labour. Recent studies have focused on the impact of poverty on child labour. It is often assumed that parents send their children to work only if they are poverty strick...
- Could new labour's strategy end up undermining what it seeks to encourage?
- D. Piachaud; H. Sutherland / UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2000
- Although the new Labour Government in Britain has made the reduction of child poverty one of its central objectives, Britain still has one of the most severe problems of child poverty among industrialised nations. This paper de...
- Situation analysis of children in Tanzania
- R. Rajani; M. Bangser; U. Lund-Sorensen; V. Leach / Tanzania Online, 2001
- This report on the situation of children in Tanzania is informed by a human rights-based perspective on the well-being and development of children. The document states that although there have been signinficant macro-level deve...
- Evaluation and follow up review of SIDA-funded programme
- T. Greiner; L. Andersson-Brolin; M. Mittal; A. Puri / Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2000
- Programme has been offering a package of of services related to human resource development - health , nutrition, and education - for children, adolescent girls and and women. Aims of Swedish involvement in the programme have been to ...
- Revisiting the link between poverty and child labor: the Ghanaian experience
- N-G. Blunch; D. Verner / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2000
- This article explores the link between poverty and child labor in Ghana. In Ghana children from poor households are far more likely to engage in child labor activities than are children from nonpoor households. Girls generally work mo...
- Care-seeking behaviour is worse in poorer than relatively rich families
- J.A. Schellenberg; C.G. Victora; A.| Mushi / The Lancet, 2003
- Sub-Saharan Africa has the poorest overall health indicators of any region of the world. Its estimated under-5-year mortality rate of 173 per 1000 live births is almost twice that of south Asia, the second-highest mortality region, an...
- Human rights and children's rights in urban areas
- UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2002
- This Digest assesses the human rights situation of poor and marginalised children in urban areas around the world. The following are the key features of this digest: it considers the range of problems that these childre...
- What are the factors that influence the intergenerational transfer (IGT) of poverty?
- K. Moore / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2001
- In this paper, a framework for understanding intergenerationally transmitted poverty (IGT poverty) in developing country contexts is developed, focussing on bringing together literature on the intergenerational transfer, extraction, a...
- Indicators for child welfare
- H. White; J. Leavy; A. Masters / Young Lives, 2002
- The purpose of this paper is to discuss the current measures of child welfare that are used in both developed and developing countries and how appropriate they are in terms of incorporating all necessary indicators. The authors...
- Children and HIV in Southern Africa
- Alan Whiteside; Su Erksine / Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2002
- This paper takes an approach to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Southern Africa region based on a 'high road' and a 'low road' response to HIV/AIDS by Save The Children UK. His main argument is based on the fact that in the absence of go...
- Child labour breeds child poverty
- J. Wahba / Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2001
- It is widely believed that poverty is the main reason for child labour. Recent studies have focused on the impact of poverty on child labour. It is often assumed that parents send their children to work only if they are poverty strick...
- Could new labour's strategy end up undermining what it seeks to encourage?
- D. Piachaud; H. Sutherland / UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2000
- Although the new Labour Government in Britain has made the reduction of child poverty one of its central objectives, Britain still has one of the most severe problems of child poverty among industrialised nations. This paper de...
- Situation analysis of children in Tanzania
- R. Rajani; M. Bangser; U. Lund-Sorensen; V. Leach / Tanzania Online, 2001
- This report on the situation of children in Tanzania is informed by a human rights-based perspective on the well-being and development of children. The document states that although there have been signinficant macro-level deve...
- Evaluation and follow up review of SIDA-funded programme
- T. Greiner; L. Andersson-Brolin; M. Mittal; A. Puri / Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2000
- Programme has been offering a package of of services related to human resource development - health , nutrition, and education - for children, adolescent girls and and women. Aims of Swedish involvement in the programme have been to ...
- Revisiting the link between poverty and child labor: the Ghanaian experience
- N-G. Blunch; D. Verner / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2000
- This article explores the link between poverty and child labor in Ghana. In Ghana children from poor households are far more likely to engage in child labor activities than are children from nonpoor households. Girls generally work mo...
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