Episode #46: What works to reduce child poverty – Global Coalition to End Child Poverty

Currently, 859 million around the world live in multidimensional poverty and more than 300 million children live in extremely income-poor households.

With only five years to go until the end of the Sustainable Development Goals, which calls for the end of extreme child poverty and halving multidimensional child poverty, we are off track to reaching these goals.

BUT there are also countries where enormous progress has been made. This report points out the urgency of making progress AND gives pointers for how countries can do this, learning from valuable lessons in countries such as Peru.

In this episode, I am joined by Charlotte Bilo and Sola Engilbertdottir from UNICEF, Oliver Fiala from Save the Children and Kath Ford from Young Lives. They are part of the Global Coalition to End Child Poverty and join the recently published report What Works to Reduce Child Poverty? Insights from Across the Globe.

We discuss the state of affairs regarding child poverty around the world, which includes impressive progress in the last two decades but also large differences across countries or types of poverty we look at, and recent stagnation in poverty reduction. The guests also shed light on the potential of policy choices such as investments in inclusive social protection, early childhood development, and water and sanitation, as well as challenges ahead.

If you would like to check out the earlier episode about child poverty with the Global Coalition to End Child Poverty, listen here.

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