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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814839503321

Titolo

Childhood poverty : multidisciplinary approaches / / edited by Jo Boyden and Michael Bourdillon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; ; New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

ISBN

1-280-58468-8

9786613614513

0-230-36279-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Collana

Palgrave studies on children and development

Classificazione

POL038000POL023000POL033000

Altri autori (Persone)

BourdillonM. F. C

BoydenJo

Disciplina

362.77/569091724

Soggetti

Poor children - Developing countries

Poverty - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Boxes; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I Methodology; 1 Doing Longitudinal Research: Opportunities and Challenges in a Study of Childhood; 2 The Ethics of Social Research with Children and Families in Young Lives: Practical Experiences; 3 Uncovering the Consequences of Pre-School Malnutrition; 4 Understanding Child Poverty in Developing Countries: Measurement and Analysis; Part II Dynamics of Childhood Poverty

5 'Pro-Poor' Growth and Children in Developing Countries: The Case of Vietnam6 Evidence on Early Childhood Development Investment Returns; 7 Do Economic Shocks Have a Long-Term Effect on the Height of 5-Year-Old Children? Evidence from Rural and Urban Ethiopia; Part III Children's Experiences of Poverty; 8 Poverty and Developmental Potential; 9 Poverty, Child Risk, and Resilience in Developing Countries; 10 Political Economy, Perception, and Social Change as Mediators of Childhood Risk in Andhra Pradesh; 11 On Being Despised: Growing up a Congolese Refugee in Dar es Salaam

12 'Pen, Book, Soap, Good Food, and Encouragement': Understandings of a Good Life for Children among Parents and Children in Three



Ethiopian Communities13 'Ridiculed for Not Having Anything': Children's Views on Poverty and Inequality in Rural India; Part IV Learning, Time Use and Life Transitions; 14 Pathways through Early Childhood Education in Ethiopia, India, and Peru: Rights, Equity, and Diversity; 15 Explaining and Overcoming Marginalization in Education: Ethnic and Language Minorities in Peru; 16 Child Agricultural Work in South Africa: A Contested Space

17 Are Work and Schooling Complementary or Competitive for Children in Rural Ethiopia? A Mixed-Methods StudyIndex

Sommario/riassunto

EPUB.