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Child poverty at a time of crisis


A first-ever analysis of new figures from the European Union’s Statistics on Income and Living Conditions household surveys reveals the extent of child poverty and child deprivation in the world’s advanced economies. Some 13 million children in the EU, plus Norway and Iceland, are found to be "deprived", lacking basic items necessary for their development.
Meanwhile, 30 million children live in relative poverty in 35 countries with developed economies.

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© UNICEF/NYHQ2011-0452/de Viguerie - Sudan - A newborn is weighed minutes after being born in Wau Hospital in the city of Wau, capital of Western Bahr al Ghazal State in Southern Sudan. The premature infant was born two months early and died a few hours later in his mother’s arms. His mother, Mary Akwu, has lost all seven of the babies that she has delivered. Southern Sudan has one of the world’s highest infant mortality rates, at 102 deaths per 1,000 live births.


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