Dear All

... the new UNICEF report on child poverty in
industrialized countries can now be downloaded from;

http://www.unicef-icdc.org/pdf/poverty.pdf

The report defines poor children as those living in households with
incomes below 50% of the national median. It found that some 47 million
children in 'rich' countries live in families so poor that their health
and well-being are at risk.

The main findings of the report are:

            In the United States, child poverty is the lowest it has
            been since 1980, but still higher than in the late 1960s and
            1970s. Efforts must be undertaken to help the 13.5 million
            children still considered poor, the report says.

            Mexico rated worst in terms of children living in relative
            poverty, with more than 26% of children living in
            households with an income below 50% of the national
            median. Next came the United States, with 22.4%;
            followed by Italy, 20.5%; Britain, 19.8%; Turkey,
            19.7%; and Ireland, 16.8%.

            Rated at the top were Sweden, Norway and Finland, with
            2.6%, 3.9% and 4.3%, respectively.

            A survey of children living in absolute poverty --
            calculated as households with incomes below the US
            official poverty line converted into national currencies --
            showed Poland was the worst, with 93.1%, followed by
            Hungary, 90.6%; the Czech Republic, 83.1%; Spain,
            42.8%; Italy, 36.1%; and the United Kingdom, 29.1%.





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