Child Poverty, Disasters and Climate Change: Investigating Relationships and Implications Over the Life Course of Children

• 2019

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• Vidya Diwakar; Emma Lovell; Sarah Opitz-Stapleton; Andrew Shepherd; John Twigg

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This 88-page study examines the relationship between natural hazard-related disasters and child and adolescent poverty in India and Kenya. It explores these connections through a lifecycle approach focusing on the incidence of child poverty and longer-term poverty dynamics and well-being. The analysis combines a range of different datasets around household and child poverty, disasters, and local climatology,

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Focus Areas: Natural Disasters; Severe Weather

Audiences: Behavioral Health Professionals; Emergency Managers; Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Child Welfare; Disasters; Environmental Health; India; Kenya; Risk Assessment; Climate Change; Psychological Trauma; Child Poverty

Institutions: ODI Global

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