Child Poverty and Inequality: New Perspectives

Child Poverty and Inequality: New Perspectives
ISBN-10
1105531759
ISBN-13
9781105531750
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
269
Language
English
Published
2012
Publisher
Lulu.com
Authors
Isabel Ortiz, Louise Moreira Daniels, Solrun Engilbertsdottir

Description

The 21st century starts with vast inequalities for children in terms of income, access to food, water, health, education, housing, or employment for their families. Half of the world's children are below the poverty line of $2 a day and suffer from multiple deprivations and violations to basic human rights. More than 22,000 children die each day, and most of their deaths are preventable. This volume presents some of the critical acknowledged voices to move a necessary agenda forward. It explains multidimensional poverty measurements, describes current trends and presents policies to reduce poverty and inequality. Contributors include Armando Barrientos, Sarah Cook, Andrea Cornia, Sir Richard Jolly, Jomo K.S., Naila Kabeer, Nora Lustig, among many others.

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