Fall Research Expo 2023

Climate Risk, Pollution, and Childhood Inequalities in Low- and Middle-income Countries

This research is part of a larger project that aims to link population, environmental and climate hazard data and consider possible differences across groups defined by household, community and country socioeconomic status, demographic group, gender, and health. A part of the project is the production of  policy-relevant background papers that highlight the climatic- and pollution-related issues facing children in particular countries and regions. This project shows emerging findings from two reports that focus on how international agencies are conceptualizing climate risk and childhood in Latin America and South Asia, respectively. This review utilized relevant databases and publication repositories from relevant international organizations, such as UNICEF, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank. To conduct a systematic search to capture all relevant  publications with the search terms, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA)  method was used. Research for this project is ongoing, and emerging trends regarding the main focus of these organizations about childhood development demonstrate in both Latin America and South Asia, education is discussed significantly among publications. However, the two regions differ in the prevalence of child trafficking. Many publications address this issue for South Asia, but there are not as many for Latin America. Research on these publications is ongoing to further examine these trends as well new trends that may emerge.

 

PRESENTED BY
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
College of Arts & Sciences 2025
CO-PRESENTERS
Emily Roberts - College of Arts & Sciences 2026
Advised By
Dr. Emily Hannum
Professor of Sociology and Education
PRESENTED BY
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
College of Arts & Sciences 2025
CO-PRESENTERS
Emily Roberts - College of Arts & Sciences 2026
Advised By
Dr. Emily Hannum
Professor of Sociology and Education

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