The national UNIEF organization that I’ve contacted has rendered no response to my request for communication thus far, so I used the website offered within our resources for the blog assignment to report my findings on poverty at http://www.childhoodpoverty.org/
The UNICEF website offers tools on economic trends, policies and issues that have some type of impact on children. It also gives concerned advocacies practical means to assess and implement timely responses to cries, and issues concerning policy reform and social impacts on economics.
UNICEF has published a thesaurus and CR glossary that can help individuals understand terminology and data on children’s rights. The Lancet.com published two articles September 23, 2011 on child development in developing countries. The authors concluded that early childhood was the most effective time to prevent inequalities before disparities widen. The article also discussed programs that are aimed at improving maternal and child health outcomes.
China is the world’s most populous country; with population being 1.27 billion in 2001.China has made major strides in poverty reduction. The national poverty line is low by international standards. China’s transitioning from centrally planned to a globalized economy has helped reduce china’s poverty.
Over 120 million people have moved to the cities since 1990 in search of better opportunities. 4.2 million Chinese children live in absolute poverty, while 8.7 million live in disadvantaged conditions.
While these numbers are high, education and health levels in China are higher than many countries with equivalent incomes.
Hi Theresa,
ReplyDeleteit was a great resources from the Unicef website about poverty to keep us keep in touch with the issues about it from around the world.
Sometimes, what happened in the other part of the world is unimagined for us, especially if see the people living in a developing countries. Great insight about the country China and its effort to reduce poverty.
Evita Kartikasari
Hi Theresa:
ReplyDeleteIt is great that China is taking measures to reduce their poverty levels. Before visiting childhoodpoverty.org I would have never known about the Minimum Living Standards system (dibao)that is in place to provide financial assistance to families in need.
Hello Theresa
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading the information that you posted on China and the their efforts to reduce poverty. It was very detailed and informative. I beleive that the economy plays a major role in determining the level of povery in a community, state, or country.