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Child Poverty
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Author : Justin Healey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-01-01
Child Poverty written by Justin Healey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with Poverty categories.
Child poverty is an epidemic in most developing countries, and also exists in developed countries, including Australia. In many developed countries the official definition of poverty used for statistical purposes is based on relative income. More than 30% of children in developing countries ¿ about 600 million ¿ live on less than US $1 a day. Every 3.6 seconds one person dies of starvation, usually it is a child under the age of 5. Poverty hits children hardest and creates an environment that is damaging to children's development in every way ¿ mental, physical, emotional and spiritual. UNICEF recently released a report comparing life for children in 24 OECD countries. Australia ranked second from the bottom, with 12% of this nation's children living in households where the total income was less than half the country's median; 10% of the child population lives in households where no adult is employed; many will have only one parent and, as two-thirds of single parents have left school by the end of year 10, these children are likely to become part of a generational cycle of poverty. This book examines child poverty from a global and Australian perspective. What can be done to give impoverished children a better chance in life?Chapter 1: Global Child PovertyChapter 2: Child Poverty in AustraliaGlossary; Facts and Figures; Additional Resources; Index
Child Poverty
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Author : Treanor, Morag C.
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2020-02-26
Child Poverty written by Treanor, Morag C. and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-26 with Social Science categories.
Child poverty is rising across affluent Western societies; how it is measured is vital to how governments act to prevent, alleviate or eliminate it. While the roots of childhood poverty are fiercely debated and contested, they are all too often misrepresented in policy and media discourses. Seeking to redress this problem, Treanor places children’s experiences, needs and concerns at the centre of this critical examination of the contemporary policies and political discourses surrounding poverty in childhood. She examines a broad range of structural, institutional and ideological factors common across developed nations, and their impacts, to interrogate how poverty in childhood is conceptualised and operationalised in policy and to forge a radical pathway for an alternative future.
The Child Poverty Debate
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Author : Jonathan Boston
language : en
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books
Release Date : 2015-03-09
The Child Poverty Debate written by Jonathan Boston and has been published by Bridget Williams Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-09 with Social Science categories.
What is child poverty, what evidence is there of such poverty in New Zealand and why does it matter? These questions regularly attract answers accompanied by conjecture and prejudice. This short book uses the latest evidence and a non-partisan approach, identifying child poverty as a critical issue for New Zealand’s future. Jonathan Boston and Simon Chapple’s succinct introduction to this challenge, drawn from their widely acclaimed full-length book Child Poverty in New Zealand and updated with new data, is essential reading.
Child Well Being Child Poverty And Child Policy In Modern Nations
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Author : Smeeding, Timothy M.
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2001-02-23
Child Well Being Child Poverty And Child Policy In Modern Nations written by Smeeding, Timothy M. and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-23 with Political Science categories.
Child poverty and the well-being of children is an important policy issue throughout the industrialised world. Some 47 million children in 'rich' countries live in families so poor that their health and well-being are at risk. The main themes addressed are: · the extent and trend of child poverty in industrialised nations; · outcomes for children - for example, the relationship between childhood experiences and children's health; · country studies and emerging issues; · child and family policies. All the contributions underline the urgent need for a comprehensive policy to reduce child poverty rates and to improve the well-being of children. Findings are clearly presented and key focus points identified for policy makers to consider.
Childhood Poverty And Social Exclusion
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Author : Tess Ridge
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2002-10-02
Childhood Poverty And Social Exclusion written by Tess Ridge and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-10-02 with Political Science categories.
Childhood poverty has moved from the periphery to the centre of the policy agenda following New Labour's pledge to end it within twenty years. However, whether the needs and concerns of poor children themselves are being addressed is open to question. The findings raise critical issues for both policy and practice - in particular the finding that children are at great risk of experiencing exclusion within school. School has been a major target in the drive towards reducing child poverty. However, the policy focus has been mainly about literacy standards and exclusion from school. This book shows that poor children are suffering from insufficient access to the economic and material resources necessary for adequate social participation and academic parity. Childhood poverty and social exclusion will be an invaluable teaching aid across a range of academic courses, including social policy, sociology, social work and childhood studies. All those who are interested in developing a more inclusive social and policy framework for understanding childhood issues from a child-centred perspective, including child welfare practitioners and policy makers, will want to read this book. Studies in poverty, inequality and social exclusion series Series Editor: David Gordon, Director, Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research. Poverty, inequality and social exclusion remain the most fundamental problems that humanity faces in the 21st century. This exciting series, published in association with the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol, aims to make cutting-edge poverty related research more widely available. For other titles in this series, please follow the series link from the main catalogue page.
Child Poverty Evidence And Policy
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Author : Nicola A. Jones
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2011-02-23
Child Poverty Evidence And Policy written by Nicola A. Jones and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-23 with Political Science categories.
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book is about the ideas, networks and institutions that shape the development of evidence about child poverty and wellbeing, and the use of such evidence in development policy debates.
Global Child Poverty And Well Being
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Author : Minujin, Alberto
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2013-01-28
Global Child Poverty And Well Being written by Minujin, Alberto and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-28 with Political Science categories.
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.
A Roadmap To Reducing Child Poverty
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Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2019-09-16
A Roadmap To Reducing Child Poverty written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-16 with Social Science categories.
The strengths and abilities children develop from infancy through adolescence are crucial for their physical, emotional, and cognitive growth, which in turn help them to achieve success in school and to become responsible, economically self-sufficient, and healthy adults. Capable, responsible, and healthy adults are clearly the foundation of a well-functioning and prosperous society, yet America's future is not as secure as it could be because millions of American children live in families with incomes below the poverty line. A wealth of evidence suggests that a lack of adequate economic resources for families with children compromises these children's ability to grow and achieve adult success, hurting them and the broader society. A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty reviews the research on linkages between child poverty and child well-being, and analyzes the poverty-reducing effects of major assistance programs directed at children and families. This report also provides policy and program recommendations for reducing the number of children living in poverty in the United States by half within 10 years.
The Dynamics Of Child Poverty In Industrialised Countries
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Author : Bruce Bradbury
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2001-07-26
The Dynamics Of Child Poverty In Industrialised Countries written by Bruce Bradbury and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-07-26 with Business & Economics categories.
A child poverty rate of ten percent could mean that every tenth child is always poor, or that all children are in poverty for one month in every ten. Knowing where reality lies between these extremes is vital to understanding the problem facing many countries of poverty among the young. This unique study goes beyond the standard analysis of child poverty based on poverty rates at one point in time and documents how much movement into and out of poverty by children there actually is, covering a range of industrialised countries - the USA, UK, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Hungary and Russia. Five main topics are addressed: conceptual and measurement issues associated with a dynamic view of child poverty; cross-national comparisons of child poverty rates and trends; cross-national comparisons of children's movements into and out of poverty; country-specific studies of child poverty dynamics; and the policy implications of taking a dynamic perspective.
Child Poverty
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Author : Bruce Bradbury
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Child Poverty written by Bruce Bradbury and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Poor children categories.
Addresses the definition, measurement and causes of child poverty, as well as the policy strategies that can be used to overcome it.