Growing Up in Poverty

Introduction: Child Poverty and the Centrality of Schooling; Michael Bourdillon and Jo Boyden PART I: POVERTY AND THE LIVES OF GROWING CHILDREN 1. How Does Where Children Live Affect How They Develop? Evidence from Communities in Ethiopia and Vietnam; Paul Dornan and María José Ogando Portela 2. Family Socio-economic Status, Mother's Psychosocial Skills and Children's Human Capital: Evidence from Four Low- and Middle-Income Countries; Andreas Georgiadis and Priscila Hermida 3. 'I Am Dependent On My Children's Support': Risk and Protective Factors for Children Experiencing Adverse Events; María José Ogando Portela and Kirrily Pells 4. Gender, Agency and Poverty: Children's Everyday Experiences in Andhra Pradesh and Vietnam; Gina Crivello, Vu Thi Thanh Huong and Uma Vennam PART II: HOW DOES SCHOOLING HELP THE POOR? 5. Schooling and Cognitive Outcomes from Childhood to Youth: A Longitudinal Analysis; Caine Rolleston and Zoe James 6. Changes in Rural Children's Use of Time: Evidence from Ethiopia and Andhra Pradesh, India; Virginia Morrow, Yisak Tafere, and Uma Vennam 7. The Role of Formal Education in the Subjective Well-being of Young Teenagers in Rural and Urban Peru; Alexandra Cussianovich and Vanessa Rojas 8. Fulfilling the Promise of School Education? Factors Shaping Education Inequalities in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam; Helen Murray 9. How Much Difference Does School Make and For Whom? A Two-Country Study of the Impact of School Quality on Educational Attainment; Sofya Krutikova, Caine Rolleston and Elisabetta Aurino 10. Ethnic Minority Children's and Adults' Perceptions and Experiences of Schooling in Vietnam: A Case Study of the Cham H'roi; Vu Thi Thanh Huong 11. Educational Opportunities and Learning Outcomes of Children in Peru: A Longitudinal Model; Santiago Cueto, Juan León, and Ismael G. Muñoz 12. Reflections: Inequality, School and Social Change; Michael Bourdillon and Jo Boyden