Research and Reflections on Child Wellbeing in Pakistan

Asma Hyder is a Professor and Dean of the School of Economics and Social Sciences at the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan. She is a Research Affiliate at the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. Her research interest focuses on development, including health, the social sector in general, labor market issues and wellbeing. Her major contribution in literature is the empirical investigation of households’ behavior toward labor market decisions and child welfare during climatic and negative economic shocks in developing and poorest societies of the world.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Transforming Immunization.- Chapter 3. Shaping Children's Learning Outcomes.- Chapter 4. Indoor Air Pollution and Child Wellbeing. Chapter 5. Exposure to Second-hand Smoking and the Incidence of Acute Respiratory Infection.- Chapter 6. Children in the Shadow of Drugs- Risks of Paternal Substance Dependence.- Chapter 7. Child Marriage and its Effects on Maternal and Child Health in Pakistan.- Chapter 8. Disrupted Urban Childhoods: long-term Impacts of Forced Spatial Displacement on Child Wellbeing in Karachi.- Chapter 9. Children Climate Risk Index (CCRI) across Districts of Pakistan.- Chapter 10. Children in Crossfire.- Chapter 11. Concluding Remarks: Equalizing Opportunities for Children in Pakistan.