Towards conceptualizing child wellbeing in India: The need for a paradigm shift

Child Indicators Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 385-408

  Saith, Ashwani ^a   Wazir, Rekha ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b Intl Child Development Initiatives   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child indicators; Child poverty; Child wellbeing; India

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898001858     PISSN: 1874897X     EISSN: 18748988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-010-9065-3     Document Type: Article

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