Childhood poverty matters—not only because of the disturbingly high number of children
affected, but also because of the deleterious impact on their human flourishing, both now …

As mentioned at the beginning of the book, there are several reasons why child poverty1
should be a much more important topic of development than it has been so far. At least five …

The purpose of this paper is to consider how one might develop a definition of child poverty
that is based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (and the human rights treaties …

Children's participation and addressing global poverty are two dominant narratives within
global development discourse and policy. Poverty disproportionately affects children, with …

This article draws on empirical research to develop understandings of child prostitution,
previously theorised on the basis of children's rights, feminist, and structure/agency debates …

96 Growing Up in Poverty of life for girls is considered a particularly critical phase
characterized by consequential choices and heightened personal risk; it is a period of …

This paper explores how the Capability Approach (CA) can inform a critical analysis of child
protection policy, with particular reference to poverty, parenting and maltreatment. The CA …

After a hiatus of some decades, the definition of poverty is now back in fashion as a subject
for serious academic consideration (Alkire and Foster, 2011a; Kanbur and Grusky, 2006; …

Childhood, adolescence and early adulthood remain for many girls and young women a
period of deprivation, danger and vulnerability, resulting in lack of agency and critical …

This chapter reports on research carried out with boys and girls, aged 12 to 15, participating
in Young Lives in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It focuses on young people's …