Childhood Poverty / Palgrave Studies on Children and Development (PDF)

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 Theory and 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,

'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