Children living in poverty / edited by Justin Healey.

Globally, 400 million children are living in extreme poverty; nearly 600,000 Australian children live in relative poverty. What are the absolute and relative measures of poverty and deprivation for children in developing and developed countries? How does poverty impact children's health, develo...

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Other Authors: Healey, Justin (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thirroul, N.S.W. : Spinney Press, 2014.
Series:Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; v. 371.
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520 |a Globally, 400 million children are living in extreme poverty; nearly 600,000 Australian children live in relative poverty. What are the absolute and relative measures of poverty and deprivation for children in developing and developed countries? How does poverty impact children's health, development and wellbeing? How can impoverished children be given a better chance in life? The prevalence and problems of child poverty are explored from a global and Australian perspective. Also includes: worksheets and activities, fast facts, glossary, web links, index. 
505 0 |a CHAPTER 1 GLOBAL CHILD POVERTY -- Big strides on Millennium Development Goals -- Progress on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger -- Goal 1 : eradicate extreme poverty and hunger -- Latest world development indicators -- World development indicators: eradicate extreme poverty -- Tens of millions of children living in poverty in the world's richest countries -- Measuring child poverty: two views of child poverty -- Child wellbeing -- progress in danger? -- Children's material wellbeing -- Holding governments to account for children's wellbeing -- Child development index: progress, challenges and inequality -- Australia's response to the Millennium Development Goals -- Perceptions of child poverty and aid effectiveness -- CHAPTER 2 CHILD POVERTY IN AUSTRALIA -- 1 in 8 people living in poverty in Australia -- Poverty in Australia -- Poverty and its causes: a summary -- Is poverty on the rise in Australia? -- Wealth divide in Australia -- Child poverty rates double for single parent families -- 10.9 per cent of Australian children living in poverty -- The wellbeing of Australia's children -- Children's wellbeing report captures Australia's growing inequality -- Material basics of young Australians -- The burden of poverty: kids missing out to protect their parents -- One in four children from single parent families live in poverty -- We should be shamed by our record on child poverty -- Calls for reform of family payments to tackle child poverty -- Reduce poverty: child poverty and family payments -- Exploring issues -- worksheets and activities -- Fast facts -- Glossary -- Web links. 
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