Children are the most vulnerable people in the world - but rarely has the impact of poverty on children been addressed as an urgent issue in its own right. The harm that deprivation does to girls and boys as individuals, and the lasting cost of poverty, have received too limited attention. Policies and programs have not made best use of the growing evidence of -what works- for the poorest children to support the efforts of families and children themselves to forge more prosperous futures.

In a major effort to counter the invisibility of children in thinking on poverty reduction,...

What on earth do Blaenegel, Gwauncaegurwen and Mawdlam mean? Is Brynsadler named from someone who made saddles or someone called Sadler? Are there really `high lights' in Highlight, worms at Worms Head and butter at Brynmenyn? Scarcely a week goes by without hearing arguments about how we should spell or say a particular name but finding answers to your questions isn't always easy and what you find in dictionaries, local histories and websites may leave you with lingering doubts. Based on many years of detailed research, Place-Names of Glamorgan investigates the historical evidence...

This series supports learners through the Cambridge IGCSE (TM) and O Level Computer Science syllabuses (0478/0984/2210). Develop skills and confidence with our programming book for Microsoft (R) Visual Basic. Created to support students undertaking the Cambridge IGCSE (TM) and O Level Computer Science syllabuses, this resource provides tailored support when programming with Microsoft (R) Visual Basic. A three-tiered approach to programming tasks across the book provides scaffolded support for students of all levels of understanding. Answers are accessible in the 'Solutions' chapter in the...