Getting to Know Your International Contacts-Part 1

 

Blog update:  I have not had a response from an early childhood professional of the podcast I watched in week one.  The countries I have chosen to share insight involving poverty is Eastern Europe and Central Asia. 

The information I found interesting is it is focused on economic reform yet they paid less attention to monitoring and addressing social cost that affect children (Child poverty and, 2014).  Second, UNICEF created a monitoring project to gather and analyze data of the changes that were taking place since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 their interest was in the social conditions of the public and how it is affecting families (Child poverty and, 2014). UNICEF created a monitoring project at Innocenti Research Center called MONEE that is designed to serve as a database that obtains statistical data through direct collaboration with the National Statistical Offices of the countries in Central Europe and Asia(Child poverty and, 2014). 

Early on the changes in Europe caused political, economic and social reform (Child poverty and, 2014).  Leaders expected a transformation of economic prosperity but it was met with a decline in GDP, employment and family incomes along with deterioration of social indicators (Child poverty and, 2014). After a decade of economic growth and global improvements has brought about indicators of average well-being of children; the stark contrast emerged from those who have benefited and the children who were left behind (Child poverty and, 2014). To assess the situation and vulnerabilities of children in during the transition process UNICEF instituted the monitoring project (Child poverty and, 2014).  

 

Reference

Child poverty and child well-being in Eastern Europe and central Asia. (2014, September 20). Retrieved from https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/