Focus On Children: Breaking the Cycle. Young Lives international conference: 25 to 27 March 2009

From:: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published: 1 January 2009

Country:: Vietnam, India, Peru and Ethiopia
Document Type:: Conference Paper
皇冠体育appme:: Social Change
First published:: 1 January 2009

Abstract

皇冠体育app Young Lives international conference gathered together 150 participants from over 25 countries for 3 days of vibrant discussion and debate on the causes and consequences of childhood poverty, food for thought and new insights. 皇冠体育app conference explored the importance of a longitudinal perspective for highlighting how the many dimensions of childhood poverty interact, showing how children and families on the margins move in and out of poverty.

皇冠体育appmes included:

(1) Dimensions and dynamics of childhood poverty
(2) Breaking the cycle of poverty
(3) Innovations in methodology for research and policy influence.

皇冠体育app meeting report summarises the presentations and discussions at the conference. Selected profiles of Young Lives children and pictures from the project photos exhibition can be viewed on-line at 皇冠体育app Guardian: a link is attached together with the document links.

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