Children in Crisis

Seeking Child-Sensitive Policy Responses
2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-31397-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 263 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Rethinking International Development series

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harper, Caroline

Mendoza, Ronald U

Stewart, David

Strand, Erika

Jones, N.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Towards Global Recovery for All; C.Harper Learning from Past Financial Crises: How are Children Affected?; C. Harper & P. Pereznieto Infant Mortality during Economic Downturns and Recovery; R.Mendoza & N.Rees Education and Health Spending Patterns through the Business Cycle: An Empirical Analysis; N.Doytch, B.Hu & R.Mendoza Simulating the Impact of the Global Economic Crisis and Policy Responses on Children in West and Central Africa; J.Cockburn, I.Fofana & L.Tiberti Child Poverty in South Africa and the Global Financial and Economic Crisis; R.Mabugu, S.van der Berg, D.Shepherd, M.Chitiga, B.Decaluwé, H.Maisonnave, V.Robichaud & D. von Fintel Lessons from the Financial Crisis: Remittances and Social Assistance among Left-Behind Children and Women in Mexico; J.Cortina Children in Crisis in the Philippines: Insights and Evidence from Community-based Monitoring Systems; C.Reyes, A.Sobreviñas, J.de Jesus & S.Calubayan Turning Crisis into Opportunity for Children Affected by HIV/AIDS: Responding to the Financial, Fuel and Food Crises; C.Harper Child Poverty Impacts and Public Budgets: Tracking the Global Economic Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa; A.Sumner Social Protection Responses to Crises and Their Impacts on Children: Learning from Past Lessons in Indonesia and Ethiopia; M.Garde & J.Yablonski Social Protection in Fiscal Stimulus Packages; Y.Zhang, N.Thelen & A.Rao Conclusion: Revisiting the Main Lessons and Rethinking Crisis Response; R.Mendoza, E.Strand & D.Stewart

Über Autor(innen)

STEFFIE JOI CALUBAYAN Research Assistant at the Poverty and Economic Policy Community-based Monitoring System (PEP CBMS) Research Network, University of Laval, Canada
MARGARET CHITIGA-MABUGU Executive Director of the Economic Performance and Development research programme, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa
JOHN COCKBURN Co-Director of the Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network and Professor at University of Laval, Canada
JERONIMO CORTINA Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Research Associate at the Center for Public Policy, University of Houston, USA
BERNARD DECALUWÉ Full Professor in the Department of Economics, University of Laval, Canada
JEREMY DE JESUS Research Assistant at the Community-based Monitoring System (CBMS) programme, Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies, De La Salle University, Philippines
NADIA DOYTCH Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of New Haven, USA
ISMAËL FOFANA Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Senegal
MARICAR GARDE Policy Officer for Economic and Social Development at Save the Children UK
BINGJIE HU is a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Maryland, USA
RAMOS MABUGU heads the Research and Policy Division at the Financial and Fiscal Commission of South Africa
HÉLÈNE MAISONNAVE works at the Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network, University of Laval, Canada
PAOLA PEREZNIETOResearch Fellow at Social Development Programme, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), UK
APARNA RAO Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs, USA
NICHOLAS REES works in the Policy Advocacy Unit, UNICEF, USA
CELIA REYES Senior Research Fellow at the Philippine Institute for Development Studies
VÉRONIQUE ROBICHAUD Researcher at the Inter-University Centre on Risk, Economic Policies, and Employment, Canada
DEBRA SHEPHERD Researcher in the Social Policy Research Group, Department of Economics, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
ALELLIE SOBREVIÑAS Research Associate at the Community-based Monitoring System (CBMS) programme, Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies, De La Salle University, Philippines
ANDY SUMNER Research Fellow in the Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction Team, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Sussex, UK.
NINA THELEN Policy Analyst at the Office of Development Studies, UN Development Programme (UNDP), USA
LUCA TIBERTI Postdoctoral Researcher at the Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network, University of Laval, Canada
SERVAAS VAN DER BERG Professor of Economics and National Research Chair in the Department of Economics of Social Policy, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
DIETER VON FINTEL Lecturer in Economics at University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
JENN YABLONSKI Social Protection Specialist at UNICEF, USA
YANCHUN ZHANG Policy Specialist at the Office of Development Studies, UN Development Programme(UNDP), USA