URBAN POOR CHILDREN: THE PRIORITY

Urban poor children.

One-half of the world's population lives in cities and towns; this is expected to increase to 70% by 2050. One in three urban dwellers lives in slums. As the urban population grows, so does the number of urban poor. Out of a billion children living in urban areas, approximately 300 million are suffering from exclusion or are at risk of exclusion. Urban poor children are devoid of basic rights o...

Urban Resilience and Rights of Children in Kolkata The Scenario for Urban Poor Children

India is highly vulnerable to natural disasters and climate extremes, which have significant consequences to the urban population. In fact, natural disasters are triggered by natural hazards, but its impact on a certain population depends mostly on human factors. In India what makes the urban population more vulnerable are the high population density; [...] the poor living conditions; and the u...

The new urban poor: the Tobas indians.

This article focuses on the Tobas Indians who belong to a large group of indigenous people known as the ¿guaycurues¿. Originally, the Tobas occupied an extensive part of northern Argentina in the Chaco area, which includes the provinces of Chaco, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Salta, and Formosa, reaching as far as neighboring Paraguay. The Tobas were a nomadic group who lived by hunting, fis...

Children of the Urban Poor : The Sociocultural Environment of Growth , Development , and Malnutrition in Guatemala City

What are the effects of the environment on child growth, cognitive development and ultimately academic achievement in a poor community? These are the key questions raised in this book, which describes a comprehensive longitudinal study of young children living in a poor community in Guatemala City in the early 1980s. As explained in the appendix, although it would perhaps have been better place...

“3 by 5”, Priority in Treatment, and the Poor