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Innocenti Report Card 12 media resources

Stronger social protection policies a decisive factor in poverty prevention
27 Oct 2014
28 October 2014
Innocenti Report Card 12
Download Innocenti Report Card 12 Children of the Recession: The impact of the economic crisis on child well-being in rich countries

A new UNICEF report shows that 2.6 million children have sunk below the poverty line in the world’s most affluent countries since 2008, bringing the total number of children in the developed world living in poverty to an estimated 76.5 million.