Based on papers presented by the African Child Policy Forum at the Third International Policy Conference on the African Child in 2008.

Includes bibliographical references.

Child poverty : an overview / Jaap E. Doek -- Child rights, child wellbeing and child poverty / Yanghee Lee -- The human rights approach to public policy in addressing child poverty / Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona -- Child rights and economic policy / Richard Jolly -- Child poverty : the gender dimension / Meredeth Turshen -- Child malnutrition : changing perceptions and policy implications / Urban Johsson -- Child poverty and deprivation in Africa / Shimelis Tsegaye -- Which African governments are child-friendly? Which ones are not and why? / Assefa Bequele -- Claiming the future : an internationalist perspective / Stephen Lewis -- Child poverty : an integrated approach / Dharam Ghal -- The abolition of child poverty and the right to social security : a possible UN model for child benefit? / Peter Townsend -- Child poverty and social inclusion in countries in transition and in OECD countries / Marta Santos Pais -- Combating child poverty and social exclusion in European Union countries : lessons for policy and practice / Hugh Frazer -- Tackling child poverty : lessons from India / A.K. Shiva Kumar -- Cash transfer programme for vulnerable children : a political and policy choice for the government of Kenya, 2002-2008 / Roger Pearson and Carlos Alviar -- The global food crisis : observations / Jeffrey D. Sachs -- What will be the impact of the global economic crisis on child poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa? / Andy Sumner and Sara Wolcott -- The impact of the world food crisis on children requiring food assistance in Ethiopia : a note / Jakob Mikkelsen.