Children in crisis
Subtitle: seeking child-sensitive policy responses
By: edited by Caroline Harper... [et al.].
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230313972
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions; Government policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies; Social policy; Poor children; Children; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization
Description: "Experts from the global North and South analyze the implications of economic crises on children, with a particular focus on the emerging evidence from the recent global economic crisis and food and fuel price volatility of 2008-2010. They point out key policy responses deployed by governments and international agencies"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Introduction: Towards Global Recovery for All; C.Harper; title: Learning from Past Financial Crises: How are Children Affected?; C. Harper & P. Pereznieto; title: Infant Mortality during Economic Downturns and Recovery; R.Mendoza & N.Rees; title: Education and Health Spending Patterns through the Business Cycle: An Empirical Analysis; N.Doytch, B.Hu & R.Mendoza; title: Simulating the Impact of the Global Economic Crisis and Policy Responses on Children in West and Central Africa; J.Cockburn, I.Fofana &L.Tiberti; title: Child Poverty in South Africa and the Global Financial and Economic Crisis; R.Mabugu, S.van der Berg, D.Shepherd, M.Chitiga, B.Decaluwe;, H.Maisonnave, V.Robichaud & D. von Fintel; title: Lessons from the Financial Crisis: Remittances and Social Assistance among Left-Behind Children and Women in Mexico; J.Cortina; title: Children in Crisis in the Philippines: Insights and Evidence from Community-based Monitoring Systems; C.Reyes, A.Sobreviñas, J.de Jesus & S.Calubayan; title: Turning Crisis into Opportunity for Children Affected by HIV/AIDS: Responding to the Financial, Fuel and Food Crises; C.Harper; title: Child Poverty Impacts and Public Budgets: Tracking the Global Economic Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa; A.Sumner; title: Social Protection Responses to Crises and Their Impacts on Children: Learning from Past Lessons in Indonesia and Ethiopia; M.Garde & J.Yablonski; title: Social Protection in Fiscal Stimulus Packages; Y.Zhang, N.Thelen & A.Rao; title: Conclusion: Revisiting the Main Lessons and Rethinking Crisis Response; R.Mendoza, E.Strand & D.Stewart.