THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE HEALTH CRISIS IN FRANCE
The economic consequences of the health crisis on the French population are dramatic, with an estimated one million people having fallen below the poverty line in 2020....
28 December, 2021
AN INTOLERABLE INCREASE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD POVERTY AS A RESULT OF THE HEALTH CRISIS
Break Poverty’s study on early childhood poverty and food aid, which surveyed around 100 parents with children aged 0-3 receiving food support, paints an alarming picture of poverty among young children in France, its impact on family stress and its exponential rise due to the Covid-19 crisis....
28 December, 2021
DIGITAL ILLITERACY, A PHENOMENON THAT AFFECTS THE MOST VULNERABLE
Digital skills are essential for citizens to be fully integrated in today’s society. Most administrative formalities are carried out online, whether it’s completing a tax return, looking for work or creating a business. But what about those on the other side of the digital divide?...
28 December, 2021
Children facing precarity: the numbers
The young are the first victims of poverty. In France, a child out of five lives in precarious environments. In the world, 50% of the children are very poor....
09 August, 2019
Delving into school drop-outs
Despite the improvement in the past 10 years, much has yet to be done, especially when looking at a school’s role in providing equal opportunities to all....
09 August, 2019
Poverty rates in France
The most exposed or at risk of poverty are the youth, single-parent families, the unemployed, and the urban population....
05 July, 2019
Useful links and resources on poverty in France and worldwide
Articles and Books :
Chômage, précarité : halte aux idées reçues. (Unemployment, precarity: ending pre-conceived ideas)
Jean François Yon (2016) Les Editions de l’Atelier
En finir avec les idées fausses sur les pauvres et la pauvreté. (Ending false ideas about poor people and poverty)
ATD Quart Monde (2016) Editions Quart Monde
La précarité. (Precarity)
Patrick Cingolani (2017) Que sais-je ?
Repenser la pauvreté. (Re-thinking poverty)
Abhijit V. Banerjee et Esther Duflo (2011) Editions Seuil
Les inégalités sociales. (Social inequalities)
Nicolas Duvoux (2017) Que sais-je ?
Eradiquer la misère, démocratie, mondialisation et droits de l’homme. (Eradicating poverty, democracy, globalisation and human rights)
Xavier Godinot (2008) PUF
Reports :
Useful links:
National Observatory on Poverty and Social Exclusion (observatoire national de la pauvreté et de l’exclusion sociale)
Inequalities Observatory (observatoire des inégalités)
National Council on Policies to End Poverty and Social Exclusion (conseil national des politiques de lutte contre la pauvreté et l’exclusion sociale)
United Nations Development program
French Office of Immigration and Integration (office français de l’immigration et de l’intégration)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides)
National strategy for the prevention of and fight against poverty
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