By exploring the experiences of over a hundred child traders in Cusco, this research
provides an insight into the more everyday circumstances of children's work in developing …

The term 'street children'was introduced by UNESCO after World War II, but it was not until
1979, the International Year of the Child, that it became more commonly used. Street …

Street children can be found worldwide, but their prevalence is higher in developing
countries such as Colombia. The present study tests the hypothesis that there are three …

UNICEF estimates there are more than 100 million children who live and work on the streets
in the developing world. Latin America is home to 40 million street children (Ferguson 2004) …

A notable absentee from the ten-point action plan set out by the 1990 World Summit for
Children was the issue of street children. Y et such children are a common sight in cities of …

This article describes ethnographic research involving street children and child labor in
urban Honduras. It is set in a context of deteriorating social, political, and economic …

Street children can be found worldwide, but their prevalence is higher in developing
countries such as Colombia. The present study tests the hypothesis that there are three …

Medellin, previously known as the commercial centre of Colombia, is now referred to as the"
cocaine capital", and as perhaps the most violent city in the world, with over 11,000 reported …

These are composite portraits of young people on the street whom I met during my fieldwork
in New York City and São Paulo in 1999 and 2002. They are part of a worldwide …

The research on which this paper is based was conducted jointly by Beatriz Bustos, Carmen
Cardenas, Margarita Robertson, Benarda Villalvazo and the author. The research was …