The phenomenon of street children has long existed in many regions. Today it is also
making unexpected appearances where it never existed before. Experts remain divided on …

The street child phenomenon is an alarming and escalating worldwide problem. Street
children are maltreated, imprisoned and, in some countries, killed. Street children, as the …

Objective: This paper examines the findings from recent studies of street children in Ethiopia.
Methods: Following a discussion of the term “street children,” comparisons are drawn …

Street children and street youth have been the focus of intense academic interest and
welfare concern for over two decades, resulting in what has been called" a prodigious …

Obstacles to definitions and their implications It has been said that the term'street
children'says little more about the members of the population it proports to describe than …

The United Nations estimates 100 million street youth across the globe. They are products of
poverty, war, urbanization, political instability, family breakdown, and HIV/AIDS, among …

The public image of street children has acted as a barrier to success in both research into
their lives and programmes intended for their welfare. On the basis of a review of papers …

Worldwide the number of street children is growing rapidly as the economies of most
developing nations have slowed. Visible in nearly all of the larger cities of the developing …

This article analyses the literature on street children, and identifies patterns of descriptions,
characterizations and explanations of the origin of the phenomenon. It is argued that the …

One of the greatest social welfare challenges confronting Latin American nations is the
growing number of children and adoles-cents seeking their survival on city streets. The …