附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Promoting the healthy development of young children / Greg J. Duncan and Katherine Magnuson -- When work alone is not enough / Robert Haveman -- Preventing early childbearing / Andrea Kane and Isabel V. Sawhill -- Strengthening fragile families / Irwin Garfinkel and Sara McLanahan -- Family policy and academic achievement / David J. Armor -- Providing universal preschool for four-year-olds / Barbara Wolfe and Scott Scrivner -- Improving neighborhoods for poor children / Jens Ludwig -- The Blair government and child poverty : an extra one percent for children in the United Kingdom / John Hills.
摘要:This volume argues that the life prospects of children can be improved substantially by reallocating one per cent of the gross domestic product to children's programmes. Each chapter contains a specific proposal for change, as well as information about the rationale and cost of the initiative.
