Childhood Poverty

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Michael Bourdillon

      Pages 1-12

3. Methodology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Doing Longitudinal Research: Opportunities and Challenges in a Study of Childhood

      • Karen Brock, Caroline Knowles

      Pages 15-23

   3. The Ethics of Social Research with Children and Families in Young Lives: Practical Experiences

      • Virginia Morrow

      Pages 24-42

   4. Uncovering the Consequences of Pre-School Malnutrition

      • John Hoddinott

      Pages 43-51

   5. Understanding Child Poverty in Developing Countries: Measurement and Analysis

      • Stefan Dercon

      Pages 52-69

4. Dynamics of Childhood Poverty

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-73

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   2. ‘Pro-Poor’ Growth and Children in Developing Countries: The Case of Vietnam

      • Paul Glewwe

      Pages 75-89

   3. Evidence on Early Childhood Development Investment Returns

      • Jere R. Behrman

      Pages 90-107

   4. Do Economic Shocks Have a Long-Term Effect on the Height of 5-Year-Old Children? Evidence from Rural and Urban Ethiopia

      • Tassew Woldehanna

      Pages 108-123

5. Children’s Experiences of Poverty

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-128

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   2. Poverty and Developmental Potential

      • Patrice Engle

      Pages 129-147

   3. Poverty, Child Risk, and Resilience in Developing Countries

      • Theodore D. Wachs

      Pages 148-165

   4. Political Economy, Perception, and Social Change as Mediators of Childhood Risk in Andhra Pradesh

      • Jo Boyden, Gina Crivello

      Pages 166-184

   5. On Being Despised: Growing up a Congolese Refugee in Dar es Salaam

      • Gillian Mann

      Pages 185-199

   6. ‘Pen, Book, Soap, Good Food, and Encouragement’: Understandings of a Good Life for Children among Parents and Children in Three Ethiopian Communities

      • Laura Camfield

      Pages 200-217

   7. ‘Ridiculed for Not Having Anything’: Children’s Views on Poverty and Inequality in Rural India

      • Gina Crivello, Uma Vennam, Anuradha Komanduri

      Pages 218-236

6. Learning, Time Use, and Life Transitions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-240

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   2. Pathways through Early Childhood Education in Ethiopia, India, and Peru: Rights, Equity, and Diversity

      • Martin Woodhead

      Pages 241-260

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• child poverty
• children
• Developing Countries
• development
• early childhood
• early childhood education
• education
• political economy
• poverty
• social change
• development aid

'This is the first book reporting on a unique and exciting programme investigating the changing situation of poor children over time in four developing countries. As well as reporting on important methodological innovations and comparative quantitative analysis of the evolving situation across the four countries, this uplifting book should be read for its unprecedented insights into children's own experience, perspectives, understanding and aspirations.' Frances Stewart, Emeritus Professor of Development Economics and Director of CRISE, University of Oxford, UK

'This volume is bound to challenge the orthodoxy, while at the same time offering avenues for orthopraxy. It offers a welcome antidote against a common flaw in economic research, namely statistics without context. The reader will gain a better understanding of childhood poverty from the book's combination of different methods of analyses with innovative sources of information.' Jan Vandemoortele, formerly with UNICEF and UNDP; now independent researcher, writer and lecturer

'This volume, the first of what will surely be an important collection, gives an excellent look into the challenges faced by impoverished households and the resulting consequences on their children.' Kristian Estevez, Universitat de Barcelona

• Young Lives, University of Oxford, UK

  Jo Boyden

• University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

  Michael Bourdillon

JERE R. BEHRMAN W.R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Economics and Sociology and Research Associate, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, USA KAREN BROCK Social scientist, writer, and editor LAURA CAMFIELD Lecturer, School of International Development, University of East Anglia, UK SANTIAGO CUETO Senior Researcher at the Grupo de Análisis para el Desarollo, Lima GINA CRIVELLO Research Officer for Young Lives ANDREW DAWES Applied developmental psychologist with affiliations to the Universities of Cape Town, South Africa, and Oxford, UK STEFAN DERCON Professor of Development Economics, University of Oxford, UK PATRICE ENGLE Professor of Psychology and Child Development, Cal Poly State University, USA DEBORAH EWING Consultant and specialist in child-focused methodologies PAUL GLEWWE Professor, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, USA GABRIELA GUERRERO Associate Researcher at the Grupo de Análisis para el Desarollo, Lima, and a doctoral student in Educational Sciences, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium JOHN HODDINOTT Deputy Division Director at the International Food Policy Research Institute, a think-tank based in Washington DC, USA CAROLINE KNOWLES Communications Manager for Young Lives ANURADHA KOMANDURI Professor of Social Work, Sri Padmavati Women's University, Tirupati, India, and Assistant Qualitative Researcher for Young Lives, based in Andhra Pradesh, India JUAN LEON Doctoral student, Department of Educational Theoryand Policy Analysis, Pennsylvania State University, USA SUSAN LEVINE Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Cape Town, South Africa GILLIAN MANN Freelance child protection consultant VIRGINIA MORROW Senior Research Officer for Young Lives ISMAEL MUÑOZ Research Assistant at the Grupo de Análisis para el Desarollo, Lima KATE ORKIN DPhil student, Department of International Development, University of Oxford, UK ELISA SEGUIN works for the Department of Human Development Department, World Bank, Lima JUDITH STREAK Economist at the University of Adelaide, Australia UMA VENNAM Professor of Social Work at Sri Padmavati Women's University, Tirupati, India, and Lead Qualitative Researcher for Young Lives, based in Andhra Pradesh, India THEODORE D. WACHS Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University, USA TASSEW WOLDEHANNA Associate Professor of Economics, School of Economics, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, Senior Research Fellow at the Ethiopian Development Research Institute, and Principal Investigator for Young Lives in Ethiopia MARTIN WOODHEAD leads the education research stream for Young Lives and is Professor of Childhood Studies, The Open University, UK

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