Global child poverty and well-being : measurement, concepts, policy and action / edited by Alberto Minujin and Shailen Nandy.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Shailen Nandy and Alberto Minujin -- Child rights, child survival and child poverty : the debate / Simon Pemberton, David Gordon and Shailen Nandy -- Equity begins with children / Jan Vandermoortele -- Measuring child poverty and deprivation / David Gordon and Shailen Nandy -- Beyond headcount : measures that reflect the breadth and components of child poverty / Sabina Alkire and José Manuel Roche -- Defining child poverty in South Africa using the socially perceived necessities approach / Helen Barnes and Gemma Wright -- Child well-being in the US : proposal for the development of a "Tots Index" using the human development conceptual framework / Sarah Burd-Sharps, Patrick Guyer, Ted Lechterman and Kristen Lewis -- A snapshot of child well-being in transition countries : exploring new methods of monitoring child well-being / Petra Hoelscher, Dominic Richardson and Jonathan Bradshaw -- Enhancing the fight against child poverty in the European Union : a benchmarking exercise / Isabelle Maquet-Engsted -- Assessing child well-being in developing countries : making policies work for children / Shirley Gatenio Gabel and Sheila B. Kamerman -- Multidimensional child poverty in Tanzania : analysis of situation, changes and sensitivity of thresholds / Alberto Minujin and Enrique Delamonica -- A multidimensional profile of child poverty in Congo Brazzaville / Geranda Notten, Chris de Neubourg, Bethuel Makosso and Alain Beltran Mpoue -- Multidimensional child poverty in Vietnam / Keetie Roelen and Franziska Gassmann -- Multidimensional child deprivation in Iran / Sepideh Yousefzadeh Faal Deghati, Andrés Mideros Mora and Chris de Neubourg -- Multidimensional child poverty in Haiti / David Gordon, Audrey Lenoel and Shailen Nandy -- Child poverty in Latin America : multiple deprivation and monetary measures combined / Ernesto Espíndola Advis and María Nieves Rico -- Changes in child poverty and deprivation in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia at the end of the 20th century / Shailen Nandy -- Utopia calling : eradicating child poverty in the United Kingdom and beyond / Ruth Levitas -- Continuity and change in poor children's lives : evidence from Young Lives / Jo Boyden, Abby Hardgrove and Karoline Knowles -- Policy implementations of multidimensional poverty measurement in Morocco / Hicham Ait Mansour -- A multidimensional response to tackling child poverty and disparities : reflections from the Global Study on Child Poverty and Disparities / Gaspar Fajth, Sharmila Kurukulasuriya and Sólrún Engilbertsdóttir -- Investment in social security : a possible United Nations model for child benefit? / Peter Townsend -- Conclusion / Shailen Nandy and Alberto Minujin.

Child poverty is a central and present part of global life, with hundreds of millions of children around the world enduring tremendous suffering and deprivation of their most basic needs. Despite its long history, research on poverty and development has only relatively recently examined the issue of child poverty as a distinct topic of concern. This book brings together theoretical, methodological and policy-relevant contributions by leading researchers on international child poverty. With a preface from Sir Richard Jolly, Former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations, it examines how child poverty and well-being are now conceptualized, defined and measured, and presents regional and national level portraits of child poverty around the world, in rich, middle income and poor countries. The book's ultimate objective is to promote and influence policy, action and the research agenda to address one of the world's great ongoing tragedies: child poverty, marginalization and inequality.