Research Catalog

Title

Child welfare in developing countries / John Cockburn, Jane Kabubo-Mariara, editors.

Publication

New York ; London : Springer, c2010.

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Additional Authors

• Cockburn, John.
• Kabubo-Mariara, Jane.

Description

x, 298 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

Examines dimensions of child poverty and inequalities in child welfare. Demonstrates that while government programs offering financial assistance, supplementary food and free or subsidized education and health can have a positive impact on child welfare, these outcomes can still improve.

Subject

Child welfare > Developing countries

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Child welfare in developing countries : an introduction / John Cockburn and Jane Kabubo-Mariara -- Multidimensional poverty, survival and inequality among Kenyan children / Jane Kabubo-Mariara, Margaret M. Karienyeh, and Francis K. Mwangi -- Profiling child poverty in four WAEMU countries : a comparative analysis based on the multidimensional poverty approach / Gustave Kossi Agbeviade Djoke ... [et al.] -- Multidimensional poverty among West African children : testing for robust poverty comparisons / Yélé Maweki Batana and Jean-Yves Duclos -- Free primary education in Kenya : an impact evaluation using propensity score methods / Milu Muyanga ... [et al.] -- Productive safety net program and children's time use between work and schooling in Ethiopia / Tassew Woldehanna -- Family allowances and child school attendance : an ex-ante evaluation of alternative schemes in Uruguay / Verónica Amarante ... [et al.] -- The impact of the increase in food prices on child poverty and the policy response in Mali / Sami Bibi ... [et al.].

ISBN

• 9781441963376 (hbk.)
• 1441963375 (hbk.)
• 9781441962744 (pbk.)
• 1441962743 (pbk.)
• 1441962751 (ebk.)
• 9781441962751 (e-ISBN)

OCLC

• 646114388
• SCSB-11353018

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library