Young Lives is an international longitudinal study of childhood poverty, taking place in Ethiopia... more Young Lives is an international longitudinal study of childhood poverty, taking place in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam, and funded by DfID.The project aims to improve our understanding of the causes and consequences of childhood poverty in the developing world by following the lives of a group of 8000 children and their families over a 15 year period.Through the involvement of academic, government and NGO partners in the aforementioned countries, South Africa and the UK, the Young Lives project will highlight ways in which policy can be improved to more effectively tackle child poverty.
The occasional spurts of attention that child labour has gained in the recent past following the ... more The occasional spurts of attention that child labour has gained in the recent past following the debates on globalisation and its impact have often raised only a cacophonic noise instead of a coherent understanding of the issues. What are the divergences in the perspectives on child labour? This article attempts to locate the issues in the large context of child rights by reviewing policies and attempts to detail the construct of childhood in India mapping the ambiguities regarding children's work and education.
Young Lives is an international longitudinal study of childhood poverty, taking place in Ethiopia... more Young Lives is an international longitudinal study of childhood poverty, taking place in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam, and funded by DfID.The project aims to improve our understanding of the causes and consequences of childhood poverty in the developing world by following the lives of a group of 8000 children and their families over a 15 year period.Through the involvement of academic, government and NGO partners in the aforementioned countries, South Africa and the UK, the Young Lives project will highlight ways in which policy can be improved to more effectively tackle child poverty.
The occasional spurts of attention that child labour has gained in the recent past following the ... more The occasional spurts of attention that child labour has gained in the recent past following the debates on globalisation and its impact have often raised only a cacophonic noise instead of a coherent understanding of the issues. What are the divergences in the perspectives on child labour? This article attempts to locate the issues in the large context of child rights by reviewing policies and attempts to detail the construct of childhood in India mapping the ambiguities regarding children's work and education.
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