Child Welfare in Developing Countries

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cockburn, John. (Editor), Kabubo-Mariara, Jane. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Subjects: Economics.; Development Economics.; Economic policy.; International economics.; Economics/Management Science.; Economic Policy.; International Economics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6275-1

What factors affect child welfare? How can policy improve child welfare? In developing countries, there has been relatively little empirical work on the analysis and measurement of child poverty. Further, poverty has many dimensions, including mortality, morbidity, hunger, illiteracy, lack of fixed...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Multidimensional Poverty, Survival and Inequality Among Kenyan Children
• Child Poverty Profile in Four WAEMU Countries: A Comparative Analysis Based on a Multidimensional Poverty Approach
• Multidimensional Poverty Among West African Children: Testing for Robust Poverty Comparisons
• Free Primary Education in Kenya: An Impact Evaluation Using Propensity Score Methods
• Productive Safety Net Program and Childrens Time Use Between Work and Schooling in Ethiopia
• Family Allowances and Child School Attendance. An Ex-Ante Evaluation of Alternative Schemes in Uruguay
• The Impact of the Increase in Food Prices on Child Poverty and the Policy Response in Mali.