Children and Youth Services Review Special Issue: The governance of national care systems for orphans and vulnerable children in low-income countries.

This special issue of the Children and Youth Services Review concerns the governance of children's care systems in low and middle-income countries, with a focus on Cambodia, Uganda and Zambia. The special issue focuses on the political and bureaucratic factors that shape priority for and the effectiveness of national children's care systems in low and middle-income countries.

Articles include: 

• The evolution of priority for the care of orphans and vulnerable children in Cambodia
• Uganda’s system to care for orphans and vulnerable children: a sociopolitical analysis of its evolution
• Political factors shaping national systems of care for orphans and vulnerable children in low-income countries: Scoping review and framework
• The evolution of priority for the care of orphans and vulnerable children in Zambia