Measuring government performance in realising child rights and child wellbeing: The approach and indicators

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-241

  Mekonen, Yehualashet ^a  

^a The African Child Policy Forum   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Child wellbeing; Child friendliness; Governance; Government; Index; Performance; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869393996     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-009-9047-5     Document Type: Article

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