Childhood poverty : multidisciplinary approaches /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Boyden, Jo, Bourdillon, M. F. C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Series:Palgrave studies on children and development.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Michael Bourdillon
  • Part I. Methodology: 1. Doing longitudinal research: opportunities and challenges in a study of childhood / Karen Brock and Caroline Knowles; 2. The ethics of social research with children and families in Young Lives: practical experiences / Virginia Morrow; 3. Uncovering the consequences of pre-school malnutrition / John Hoddinott; 4. Understanding child poverty in Developing countries: measurement and analysis / Stefan Dercon
  • Part II. Dynamics of Childhood Poverty: 5. 'Pro-Poor' growth and children in Developing countries: the case of Vietnam / Paul Glewwe; 6. Evidence on early childhood development investment returns / ; Jere R.Behrman
  • 7. Do economic shocks have a sustained effect on the height of 5-year-old children? evidence from rural and urban Ethiopia / Tassew Woldehanna
  • Part III. Children's Experiences of Poverty: 8. Poverty and developmental potential / Patric Engle; 9. Poverty, child risk, and resilience in Developing countries / Thepdpre D.Wachs; 10. Political economy, perception, and social change as mediators of childhood risk in Andhra Pradesh / Jo Boyden and Gina Crivello; 11. On being despised: growing up a Congolese refugee in Dar es Salaam / Gillian Mann; 12. 'Pen, book, soap, good food, and encouragement': understandings of a good life for children among parents and children in three Ethiopian Communities / Laura Camfield; 13. 'Ridiculed for not having anything': children's views on poverty and inequality in rural India / Gina Crivello, Uma Vennam, and Anuradha Komanduri
  • Part IV: Learning, Time Use and Life Transitions: 14. Pathways through early childhood education in Ethiopia, India, and Peru: rights, equity and diversity / Martin Woodhead; 15. Explaining and overcoming marginalization in education: ethnic and language minorities in Peru / Santiago Cueto, Gabriela Guerrero, Juan León, Elisa Seguin, and Ismael Muñoz; 16. Child agricultural work in South Africa: a contested space / Andrew Dawes, Judith Streak, Ssusan Levine and Deborah Ewing; 17. Are work and schooling complementary or competitive for children in rural Ethiopia? a mixed-methods study / Kate Orkin.