"This deeply disturbing but brilliant collection will be a challenge to a burgeoning literature on children in war situations ... especially] to those who wish to make a black and white distinction between children and adults." -Children, Youth and Environments
War leads not just to widespread death but also to extensive displacement, overwhelming fear, and economic devastation. It weakens social ties, threatens household survival and undermines the family's capacity to care for its most vulnerable members. Every year it kills and maims countless numbers of young people,...
"This deeply disturbing but brilliant collection will be a challenge to a burgeoning literature on children in war situations ... especially] t...
This book presents the latest evidence from Young Lives, a unique international study of children and poverty. It shows how the persistence of inequality amid general economic growth is leaving some extremely poor children behind, despite the promises of the Millennium Development Goals.
This book presents the latest evidence from Young Lives, a unique international study of children and poverty. It shows how the persistence of inequal...
Partof a three-volumemini series, this study focuses on children and poverty. It shows how poverty affectstheir development and their lives as children and how children and their families respond to these pressures. It follows two cohorts of children in poor communities in Vietnam, South Africa, Ethiopia, India, and Peru."
Partof a three-volumemini series, this study focuses on children and poverty. It shows how poverty affectstheir development and their lives as childre...
