Child Development and Economic Development: Lessons and Future Challenges

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 January 2012
Country:
Vietnam, India, Peru and Ethiopia
Document Type:
Literature Review
Theme:
Social Change
First published:
1 January 2012
Authors:
Boyden, J. and Dercon, S.

Abstract

This review essay summarises current research into child development that investigates what promotes and what threatens children바카라 사이트™s growth and security. It examines how the well-being of children affects and is affected by wider societal (especially economic) development; whether and in what ways children have benefited from economic growth; and which policy directions can help to make economic growth deliver advantages for poor children in developing countries. It uses evidence from Young Lives and a wider literature across several disciplines to illustrate the core arguments. Thus, while much of the discussion focuses on the Young Lives study countries 바카라 사이트“ Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh), Peru, and Vietnam 바카라 사이트“ the conclusions are applicable more broadly across many other contexts.

Citation

Boyden, J.; Dercon, S. Child Development and Economic Development: Lessons and Future Challenges. Young Lives, Department of International Development at the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (2012) 58 pp. ISBN 978-1-904427-84-1

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