This month’s chat includes updated global child poverty estimates, the increased pressure on parents for tackling early childhood poverty, mismatch between policymakers’ perceptions and evidence of impact of cash transfers and input into the EU anti-poverty strategy.
According to new estimates by the World Bank and UNICEF, one in five children live in extreme poverty. Check out the full report here.
The first 1,000 days in a person’s life are crucial for their development and therefore this period in our lifecycle has become the focus of much policy and debate. Over time, responsibility for ensuring wellbeing in the first 1,000 days has been transferred to parents – away from the state – with negative consequences for parental wellbeing. Read the article by Luijk and Roseboom here.
Policymakers’ perceptions of the impact of cash transfers do not always match the evidence, especially when it comes to substance use and labour market engagement. Read the paper by Olken, Weiss and Hanna here.
The European Commission is drafting the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy and they are asking for evidence. Submit your input here. Call for evidence is open until 24 October.
17 October is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP) with lots of events leading up to this. Here are a few to look out for:
- ATD Fourth World’s Friends & Allies Webinar on 2 October from 17.00 to 18.30 UK time. You can sign up here.
- Empathy: How to Use It for Social Change at Berwick Literary Festival on 12 October from 10.00 to 11.00 UK time.
- Tackling Child Poverty: From the Personal to the Political organised by Tusla – Child and Family Agency and Area Based Childhood Programme in Ireland on 17 October from 10.00 to 12.00 UK time. You can register here.
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