Multidimensional Child Poverty and Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

Investing in children and reducing child poverty is a prerequisite for sustainable economic and social development. Sustainable Development Goal 1 (SDG1, Target 2) states: “By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions”. Such a Target refers to a multidimensional perspective and can be understood as focusing on non-monetary aspects of poverty.

This Special Issue, aligned with SDG1, Target 2, aims to present a selection of papers on the complex phenomenon of child poverty of all stages of childhood, taking into account that child poverty has to be studied from a multidimensional perspective so that different vulnerabilities of children can be recognised and the causes that keep children trapped in poverty can be better understood in order to plan effective policies for reducing child poverty in a long-term and sustainable manner.

Research papers could address the definition of adequate indicators for child-focused poverty measurement, the definition of adequate indicators for assessing its multi-faceted nature, or empirical analyses of child poverty across time (i.e., longitudinal patterns of child poverty) or space (i.e., disaggregation by countries, regions, or rural-urban areas).

Dr. Antonella D'Agostino
Dr. Laura Neri
Guest Editors

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