Global Child Poverty and Well-Being (Ebook) von Alberto Minujin

Foreword: Unicef, children and child poverty ~ Sir Richard Jolly;

Part 1: Framing the debate

Introduction ~ Shailen Nandy and Alberto Minujin; Child rights, child survival and child poverty: the debate ~ Simon Pemberton, David Gordon and Shailen Nandy; Equity begins with children ~ Jan Vandemoortele;

Part 2: Measurement and methodologies

Measuring child poverty and deprivation ~ David Gordon and Shailen Nandy; Beyond headcount: measures that reflect the breadth and components of child poverty ~ Sabina Alkire and Jose Manuel Roche; Defining child poverty in South Africa using the socially perceived necessities approach ~ Helen Barnes and Gemma Wright; Child well-being in the US: a proposal for the development of a 'Tot's Index' using the Human Development conceptual framework ~ Sarah Burd-Sharps, Patrick Guyer, Ted Lechterman and Kirsten Lewis; A snapshot of child well-being in transition countries: exploring new methods for monitoring child well-being ~ Petra Hoelscher, Dominic Richardson and Jonathan Bradshaw; Enhancing the fight against child poverty in the European Union: an EU benchmarking exercise ~ Isabelle Engsted-Maquet; Assessing child well-being in developing countries: making policies work for children ~ Shirley Gatenio-Gabel and Sheila Kamerman;

Part 3:

Multidimensional child poverty in Tanzania ~ Alberto Minujin and Enrique Delamonica; Multidimensional child poverty in Congo Brazzaville ~ Geranda Notten, Chris de Neurbourg, Bethuel Makosso and Alain Beltran Mpoue; Multidimensional poverty in Vietnam ~ Keetit Roelen and Fanziska Gassman; Multidimensional deprivation among children in Iran ~ Sepideh Yousefzadeh Faal Deghati, Andrés Mideros Mora, and Chris de Neubourg; Multidimensional child poverty in Haiti ~ David Gordon, Audrey Lenoel and Shailen Nandy; Multidimensional child poverty in Latin America ~ Ernesto Espinola and María Nieves Rico; Changes in child poverty and deprivation in Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia at the end of the 20th century ~ Shailen Nandy;

Part 4: Evidence base implications for policy

Utopia calling: Eradicating child poverty in the United Kingdom and beyond ~ Ruth Levitas; Continuity and change in poor children's lives: evidence from Young Lives ~ Jo Boyden, Abby Hardgrove and Caroline Knowles; Policy implications of multidimensional poverty measurement in Morocco ~ Hicham Ait Mansour; Making policies work for children living in poverty: reflections from the Global Study on Child Poverty and Disparities ~ Gaspa Fajth, Sharmila Kurukulasuriya and Solrun Engilbertsdottir; Investment in social security: a possible UN model for child benefit ~ Peter Townsend; Conclusions ~ Shailen Nandy and Alberto Minujin.