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How Do Children Fare in the New Millennium? Initial Findings from Vietnam Round 3 Survey
How Do Children Fare in the New Millennium? Initial Findings from Vietnam Round 3 Survey

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Risk and Childhood Poverty: Notes from Theory and Research

Chronic childhood poverty is often considered synonymous with the risk of adverse outcomes. In this paper, we consider the ways in which notions of risk, poverty and childhood are constructed and supported through empirical research. We find that poverty and childhood are often implicitly assumed to be conditions that place young human beings at greater risk. We review the differences between how poverty has been defined and conceptualised, and how it is experienced as a lived reality. We discuss how risk is constituted and approached as a subject of empirical research.

Risk and Childhood Poverty: Notes from Theory and Research

Chronic childhood poverty is often considered synonymous with the risk of adverse outcomes. In this paper, we consider the ways in which notions of risk, poverty and childhood are constructed and supported through empirical research. We find that poverty and childhood are often implicitly assumed to be conditions that place young human beings at greater risk. We review the differences between how poverty has been defined and conceptualised, and how it is experienced as a lived reality. We discuss how risk is constituted and approached as a subject of empirical research.

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Delivering Economic Growth for Children
Delivering Economic Growth for Children
Understanding Changes in the Lives of Poor Children: Round 3 launch in Addis Ababa
Understanding Changes in the Lives of Poor Children: Round 3 launch in Addis Ababa

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Early Childhood and the Transition to Primary School: Choices and Inequalities in Andhra Pradesh

Awareness of the importance of early childhood care and education (ECCE) for children below the age of 8 has increased in recent years. It is seen as the foundation of primary education and as a crucial step towards attaining the five MDGs which concern the health, nutrition and education of young children. A key challenge now is how to make high-quality ECCE universal so that it reaches the children who need it most.

Early Childhood and the Transition to Primary School: Choices and Inequalities in Andhra Pradesh

Awareness of the importance of early childhood care and education (ECCE) for children below the age of 8 has increased in recent years. It is seen as the foundation of primary education and as a crucial step towards attaining the five MDGs which concern the health, nutrition and education of young children. A key challenge now is how to make high-quality ECCE universal so that it reaches the children who need it most.

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Poverty, Risk and Families' Responses: Evidence from Young Lives

Poverty and inequalities shape the life chances of millions of children worldwide. How children experience poverty and manage risk is an important part of understanding the multiple dimensions of poverty. Findings from Young Lives show that the same groups of children (particularly children from rural areas, the poorest households and ethnic minorities or low-caste groups) tend to fare less well across a series of indicators of well-being. At the same time, children are involved in the management of household risks, and informal and formal social support can have a protective effect.

Poverty, Risk and Families' Responses: Evidence from Young Lives

Poverty and inequalities shape the life chances of millions of children worldwide. How children experience poverty and manage risk is an important part of understanding the multiple dimensions of poverty. Findings from Young Lives show that the same groups of children (particularly children from rural areas, the poorest households and ethnic minorities or low-caste groups) tend to fare less well across a series of indicators of well-being. At the same time, children are involved in the management of household risks, and informal and formal social support can have a protective effect.

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Understanding Changes in the Lives of Poor Children: Ethiopia (Executive summary)

This report presents initial findings from the third round of data collection by Young Lives in Ethiopia, carried out from late 2009 to early 2010. It gives a broad outline of some of the key indicators of childhood poverty and changes that have taken place in the children’s lives between the earlier rounds of data collection in 2002 and 2006 and this third round. Data are mainly presented for the entire age cohort, in most cases separated into gender, wealth groups, rural/urban location and ethnicity.

Understanding Changes in the Lives of Poor Children: Ethiopia (Executive summary)

This report presents initial findings from the third round of data collection by Young Lives in Ethiopia, carried out from late 2009 to early 2010. It gives a broad outline of some of the key indicators of childhood poverty and changes that have taken place in the children’s lives between the earlier rounds of data collection in 2002 and 2006 and this third round. Data are mainly presented for the entire age cohort, in most cases separated into gender, wealth groups, rural/urban location and ethnicity.

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Strengthening the Connections between Research, Policy and Practice in Ethiopia

The importance of working closely with key policymakers and practitioners to ensure that research is used to inform policy and action for reducing child poverty is widely understood. Yet the challenges experienced by those tasked with policy engagement are no better illustrated than in Ethiopia.

Strengthening the Connections between Research, Policy and Practice in Ethiopia

The importance of working closely with key policymakers and practitioners to ensure that research is used to inform policy and action for reducing child poverty is widely understood. Yet the challenges experienced by those tasked with policy engagement are no better illustrated than in Ethiopia.

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‘Good for children?’ Local Understandings versus Universal Prescriptions

Worldwide there have been many studies about understandings of well-being, i.e. what constitutes and contributes to a life that people have reason to value in particular contexts. This chapter reports differences between Ethiopian children and their caregivers in expressed understandings of a good life and what is needed to achieve this. It explores whether the capability approach can be used to bridge the gap between shared local understandings of a good life and the universal prescriptions of global bodies such as UNICEF on what is 'good for children'.

‘Good for children?’ Local Understandings versus Universal Prescriptions

Worldwide there have been many studies about understandings of well-being, i.e. what constitutes and contributes to a life that people have reason to value in particular contexts. This chapter reports differences between Ethiopian children and their caregivers in expressed understandings of a good life and what is needed to achieve this. It explores whether the capability approach can be used to bridge the gap between shared local understandings of a good life and the universal prescriptions of global bodies such as UNICEF on what is 'good for children'.

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Household trajectories in rural Ethiopia

The paper explores the dynamics of child and household poverty in rural Ethiopia using three rounds of household survey and qualitative data collected by Young Lives, a longitudinal study of child poverty. It uses a mixed-method taxonomy of poverty (Roelen and Camfield 2011) to classify children and their households into four groups: ultra-poor, poor, near-poor and non-poor. Survey and qualitative data are then used to analyse the movements in and out of poverty and explore the factors that underpin these movements.

Household trajectories in rural Ethiopia

The paper explores the dynamics of child and household poverty in rural Ethiopia using three rounds of household survey and qualitative data collected by Young Lives, a longitudinal study of child poverty. It uses a mixed-method taxonomy of poverty (Roelen and Camfield 2011) to classify children and their households into four groups: ultra-poor, poor, near-poor and non-poor. Survey and qualitative data are then used to analyse the movements in and out of poverty and explore the factors that underpin these movements.

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