Global Child Poverty and Well-Being: Measurement, Concepts, Poli

Global Child Poverty and Well-BeingMeasurement, Concepts, Policy and Action\nAuthor(s): Alberto Minujin, Shailen Nandy\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bristol University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Policy Press\nISBN-13: 9781847424815, 978-1847424815\nSynopsis\nChild 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 .