The article reviews the literature on street children and points out why there are street
children in certain cultures and not in others. The reasons for their existence are related to …

Objective: This paper examines the findings from recent studies of street children in Ethiopia.
Methods: Following a discussion of the term “street children,” comparisons are drawn …

" The World of Child Labor" details both the current and historical state of child labor in each
region of the world, focusing on its causes, consequences, and cures. Child labor remains a …

Being Young and Homeless is an intimate portrayal of life on the street from the perspective
of young people in Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, and Guatemala City. Jeff Karabanow …

Worldwide the number of street children is growing rapidly as the economies of most
developing nations have slowed. Visible in nearly all of the larger cities of the developing …

This article analyses the literature on street children, and identifies patterns of descriptions,
characterizations and explanations of the origin of the phenomenon. It is argued that the …

Three perspectives concerning interventions for street children are examined: consumers,
professional wisdom and research. Most professional literature to date has concentrated …

This study presents an overview of the situation of street children and youth in urban Latin
America. Findings from numerous studies throughout the region, including original studies …

Employing in-depth interviews with street children and service providers, and case analyses,
this article explores programs and/or organizations in Toronto, Montreal, and Guatemala …

In general terms, this article presents a profile of the so-calledstreet children'of Latin
America, outlining their main characteristics, their interpersonal relations and their daily life …