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Rizzini, Irene; Lusk, Mark W. – Children and Youth Services Review, 1995
Presents an overview of the situation of street children and youth in urban Latin America. Findings from numerous studies throughout the region are synthesized. Suggests that economic factors underlie the marginalization of vast numbers of Latin American children. The result is the exclusion of many of the region's children from meaningful…
Descriptors: Child Labor, Child Welfare, Childrens Rights, Developing Nations

Salazar, Maria Cristina – Child Welfare, 1991
Child labor in Latin America is discussed in terms of its history and social and economic conditions. Relationships between children and adults and new social policies that effect child labor in Latin America are considered. (BC)
Descriptors: Child Labor, Child Welfare, Childrens Rights, Developing Nations