Child Welfare in Developing Countries

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cockburn, John (Editor), Kabubo-Mariara, Jane (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Subjects: Economics.; Management science.; International economics.; Economic policy.; Development economics.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Development Economics.; Economics, general.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Economic Policy.; International Economics.

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...