Child poverty, evidence and policy

Nicola Jones is a Research Fellow in the Social Development Programme at the Overseas Development Institute where she works on issues related to knowledge and power in the social policy sector, with a particular focus on gender and childhood.Andy Sumner is a Fellow of the Vulnerability and Poverty Research team at the Institute of Development Studies. He is a cross-disciplinary economist. His primary foci of interest are: child poverty; the MDGs, and the politics of policy processes.

• Contents: Introduction; Part one: Challenging orthodoxy: Children, knowledge and policy: Conceptualising childhood poverty and well-being; Knowledge generation and children; Integrating children's voices in policy making; Part two: Case studies in children's voice, vision and visability: Children, knowledge and policy in donor agencies; Children, knowledge and policy in Africa; Children, knowledge and policy in South Asia; Children, knowledge and policy in East Asia; Children, knowledge and policy in South America; Conclusions: rethinking children, knowledge, policy and power.

"This book is a significant and timely contribution to an improved understanding of the neglected but all-too-important subject of Child Poverty and what to do about it. It is a 'must read' for researchers and policy makers interested in child poverty and evidence-based advocacy and public policy." Dr. Assefa Bequele, Director, African Child Policy Forum