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Childhood in an underdeveloped environment is a stage of life very likely to be overshadowed by poverty. The main aim of this study is to look at the development of child poverty in the comparative angle. The study seeks to detect connections between child poverty and the implemented family policies. Discussion include an overview of family policies in different welfare state models, specification of the goals of the study, report of the results of the empirical analysis, and discussion of the implications of the empirical results on child poverty in OECD countries.

The rise of poverty in Indonesia since the monetary crisis of 1997 has been of major concern to the Indonesian government, international agencies and scholars. In this paper we aim to identify the various dimensions of poverty and to discuss the problem of monitoring the different levels. The paper provides information on the main data sources in Indonesia and outlines how poverty is measured on the national and local level. In conclusion different data sets and poverty measures are compared and evaluated as to their reliability and usefulness, in particular under conditions of administrative decentralisation in Indonesia.

A multidimensional view of poverty will provide a basis for the development of integrated approaches that have poverty reduction as an explicit goal. This reflects the perspective that poverty reduction is not something that happens indirectly or coincidentally. It is something that must be directly targeted, with specific and focused steps to address particular aspects. The need to target more effectively the needs of the poor is one of the central themes that emerged from the Water and Poverty Initiative and runs through this report. We must not assume that actions that are good for water management or economic development in general will necessarily contribute to poverty reduction. We must be clear and explicit as to how they will contribute and, where necessary, adapt our actions to maximize their poverty impact. Poverty reduction should not just be the general but vague goal of water management; it should be the explicit and targeted purpose of these actions. This paper articulates some ideas on how this can be achieved.

A multidimensional view of poverty will provide a basis for the development of integrated approaches that have poverty reduction as an explicit goal. This reflects the perspective that poverty reduction is not something that happens indirectly or coincidentally. It is something that must be directly targeted, with specific and focused steps to address particular aspects. The need to target more effectively the needs of the poor is one of the central themes that emerged from the Water and Poverty Initiative and runs through this report. We must not assume that actions that are good for water management or economic development in general will necessarily contribute to poverty reduction. We must be clear and explicit as to how they will contribute and, where necessary, adapt our actions to maximize their poverty impact. Poverty reduction should not just be the general but vague goal of water management; it should be the explicit and targeted purpose of these actions. This paper articulates some ideas on how this can be achieved.

Der Beitrag untersucht unterschiedliche Dimensionen der Armut in Indonesien. Dabei geht es vor allem um die Lokalisierung der Regionen, in denen Arme leben, sowie die Bereitstellung von Informationen, Daten und Instrumenten der Armutsmessung auf nationaler und regionaler Ebene. Seit 1990 ist die Armutsminderung einer der wichtigsten Ziele der indonesischen Regierung. Seit der Wirtschaftskrise 1997 ist sie zu einer der dringendsten Aufgaben überhaupt geworden. Neben den verschiedenen Ausprägungen der Armut unter der Neuen Ordnung der Suharto-Regierung stellt der Beitrag die Armutsindexe des UNDP und der Weltbank vor und vergleicht diese mit anderen Armutsindikatoren, die zu Zeit in Indonesien verwendet werden, z.B. dem Income-Poverty-Index. Der "Human Poverty Index" des UNDP geht dabei weit über den "Income-Poverty-Index" hinaus, indem Armut nicht nur als materieller Mangel, sondern auch als der Mangel an Chancen, ein annehmbares Leben zu führen, gesehen wird. Abschließend werden die für die Analyse von Armut und Deprivation wesentlichen Datenquellen (SUSENAS, PODES, BKKBN) in Indonesien vorgestellt und auf ihren Informationsgehalt bzw. ihre Zuverlässigkeit überprüft und bewertet. (ICH)

The opening chapter in the section on 'Evidence' in Poverty in Scotland 2021, the latest in a series providing an essential resource for politicians, policy makers, teachers, community activists, service providers, academics, students and all those working to end poverty. This chapter reviews recent trends.

The second chapter in the section on 'Evidence' in Poverty in Scotland 2021, the latest in a series providing an essential resource for politicians, policy makers, teachers, community activists, service providers, academics, students and all those working to end poverty. This chapter reviews who lives in poverty.

International audience ; This article argues that insights from the field of social studies of science and technology are relevant for assessing the highly politicized and contested knowledge for development and the eradication of global poverty elaborated by the World Bank. The World Bank, which has become a transnational expert institution, is best characterized as a 'site of co-production', producing both knowledge and social orders. Such a perspective helps in unveiling problems related to expertise and problems of delegation fundamental in relations between politics and knowledge. At the same time, applying insights from the social studies of science and technology provides an explanatory framework for knowledge-based science advice and suggestions for increasing the salience, credibility and legitimacy of such knowledge. The article calls for institutional innovations that may lead to dialogue and a more transparent and accountable debate among competing knowledge claims and political visions within and outside transnational expert bodies.