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| End Child Poverty | |
|---|---|
| Name | End Child Poverty |
| Type | Campaign |
| Founded | 20th century |
| Focus | Child welfare; poverty reduction |
| Region | Global |
End Child Poverty is a global campaign and policy objective associated with efforts by organizations such as United Nations, UNICEF, World Bank, Oxfam, and Save the Children to eliminate child poverty through coordinated interventions in health, social protection, and economic policy. Advocates draw on models from United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Millennium Development Goals, and research produced by institutions like London School of Economics, Harvard University, Stanford University, and Brookings Institution to define targets and measures. The movement engages actors ranging from multilateral agencies (International Monetary Fund, World Health Organization) to national institutions such as Department for Work and Pensions, Ministry of Social Development (New Zealand), and civil society groups like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
Definitions used by campaigns draw on metrics established by United Nations Statistical Commission, UNICEF, World Bank, and national statistics offices such as Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. Common thresholds include absolute poverty lines from the World Bank poverty line and relative measures used by the European Union and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Concepts such as multidimensional poverty reference frameworks developed by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and influential reports from UNDP and Save the Children. Measurement debates invoke methodologies from Amartya Sen and scholarship linked to Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences laureates.
Analyses attribute child poverty to structural drivers identified in studies by Joseph Stiglitz, Thomas Piketty, and institutions like International Labour Organization and Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Conflict-related risk factors reference crises catalogued by United Nations Security Council resolutions, Syrian Civil War, and South Sudan conflict reports. Health shocks are documented by World Health Organization disease surveillance and outbreaks such as Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa and HIV/AIDS pandemic. Migration and displacement dynamics cite events like the European migrant crisis and mass movements chronicled by UNHCR. Socioeconomic inequalities draw on research by OECD and historical comparisons invoking Great Depression and post‑war recovery in Marshall Plan contexts.
Regional patterns are described using datasets from World Bank Group, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, and reports on regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Middle East and North Africa. Country-level case studies include India, Brazil, Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom, China, and Germany. Comparative analyses reference initiatives such as European Union cohesion policy, Nordic model welfare provisions in Sweden and Norway, and conditional cash transfer programs like Bolsa Família in Brazil and Prospera (Mexico) in Mexico.
Policy toolkits draw from interventions trialed by UNICEF, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and national reforms implemented in jurisdictions such as New Zealand and Finland. Fiscal measures reference tax and transfer reforms influenced by debates around progressive taxation and examples like the Earned Income Tax Credit in the United States. Labor market strategies cite evidence from International Labour Organization programs and employment schemes in Germany and Japan. Legal frameworks and child rights invoke instruments such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and national legislation including acts passed in parliaments like the Parliament of the United Kingdom and Congress of the United States.
Education interventions draw on models from World Bank Education Strategy, UNESCO, and programmatic examples in Kenya, Bangladesh, and Chile with links to large initiatives like GPE (Global Partnership for Education). Health services reference primary care expansions modeled after Alma-Ata Declaration, World Health Organization guidance, immunization campaigns associated with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and maternal-child health programs inspired by Bellagio Child Health Initiative research. Early childhood development programs cite evidence from randomized controlled trials conducted by researchers affiliated with J-PAL (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab) and policy translations in Rwanda and Peru.
Social protection mechanisms include conditional and unconditional cash transfers exemplified by Bolsa Família, Oportunidades, and universal child allowances in countries such as France and Canada. Macro‑economic policies reference stabilization programs overseen by International Monetary Fund and countercyclical measures debated in forums like the G20. Labor protections and minimum wage policies are compared across jurisdictions including United Kingdom national living wage debates, United States minimum wage campaigns, and collective bargaining practices in Germany. Financing strategies call on instruments from International Finance Corporation, Green Climate Fund co-financing, and philanthropy from foundations such as Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Children's Investment Fund Foundation.
Grassroots and international advocacy involve coalitions like End Hunger UK affiliates, campaigns organized by Oxfam International, and youth movements inspired by events such as World Social Forum. Litigation and rights‑based strategies have been pursued via bodies including the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and national constitutional courts. Media and communications efforts reference coverage in outlets like BBC, The Guardian, and New York Times while research advocacy builds on publications from The Lancet, Nature, and policy briefs from Brookings Institution. Philanthropic partnerships, student activism at institutions such as Harvard Kennedy School and London School of Economics, and corporate social responsibility programs involving companies tracked by Dow Jones Sustainability Index all contribute to sustained pressure for policy change.
Category:Child welfare