Child Welfare in Developing Countries

1. Child Welfare in Developing Countries: An Introduction
John Cockburn, Jane Kabubo-Mariara

Part I. Multidimensional Child Poverty Analysis

2. Multidimensional Poverty, Survival and Inequality Among Kenyan Children
Jane Kabubo-Mariara, Margaret M. Karienyeh, Francis K. Mwangi

3. Profiling Child Poverty in Four WAEMU Countries: A Comparative Analysis Based on the Multidimensional Poverty Approach
Gustave Kossi Agbeviade Djoke, Ayawo Djadou, Amélé d’Almeida, Rachidatou Ruffino

4. Multidimensional Poverty AmongWest African Children: Testing for Robust Poverty Comparisons
Yélé Maweki Batana, Jean-Yves Duclos

Part II. Impact Evaluation

5. Free Primary Education in Kenya: An Impact Evaluation Using Propensity Score Methods
Milu Muyanga, John Olwande, Esther Mueni, Stella Wambugu

6. Productive Safety Net Program and Children’s Time Use Between Work and Schooling in Ethiopia
Tassew Woldehanna

7. Family Allowances and Child School Attendance: An Ex-ante Evaluation of Alternative Schemes in Uruguay
Verónica Amarante, Rodrigo Arim, Gioia Melo, Andrea Vigorito

8. The Impact of the Increase in Food Prices on Child Poverty and the Policy Response in Mali
Sami Bibi, John Cockburn, Massa Coulibaly, Luca Tiberti

Keywords: Economics/Management Science, Economic Policy, Development Economics, International Economics