Child Welfare in Developing Countries
What factors affect child welfare? How can policy improve child welfare? In developing countries, there has been relatively little empirical work on the analysis and measurement of child poverty. Further, poverty has many dimensions, including mortality,
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John Cockburn · Jane Kabubo-Mariara Editors
Child Welfare in Developing Countries
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Editors John Cockburn Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network Université Laval Pavillon J.-A. DeSève 1025 avenue des Sciences Humaines Québec City, QC Canada G1V 0A6
Jane Kabubo-Mariara School of Economics University of Nairobi Harry Thuku Road Gandhi Wing Room 210 P.O Box 30197 00100 Nairobi Kenya
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ISBN 978-1-4419-6337-6 (hardcover) e-ISBN 978-1-4419-6275-1 ISBN 978-1-4419-6274-4 (softcover) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6275-1 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010930269 c Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network, 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC., 233 Spring Street, New York, NY10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Cover illustration: IDRC: Denis Marchand Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
Child Welfare in Developing Countries: An Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Cockburn and Jane Kabubo-Mariara
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Part I Multidimensional Child Poverty Analysis Multidimensional Poverty, Survival and Inequality Among Kenyan Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Jane Kabubo-Mariara, Margaret M. Karienyeh, and Francis K. Mwangi Profiling Child Poverty in Four WAEMU Countries: A Comparative Analysis Based on the Multidimensional Poverty Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Gustave Kossi Agbeviade Djoke, Ayawo Djadou, Amélé d’Almeida, and Rachidatou Ruffino Multidimensional Poverty Among West African Children: Testing for Robust Poverty Comparisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Yélé Maweki Batana and Jean-Yves Duclos Part II Impact Evaluation Free Primary Education in Kenya: An Impact Evaluation Using Propensity Score Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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