Given the importance of children’s care arrangements for their development, this essay summarizes efforts to measure trends in children’s care arrangements in two regions of the world—Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. 

This study explores the determinants of child-parent separation and the consequences of existing alternative care arrangements from the perspectives of adults and young people in Laos.

This manuscript reviews the issues facing children outside of households and argues for the importance of gathering robust data about this population to formulate responsive policies and services, mobilize resources, and foster accountability.

This video tells the story of a boy in China who lives in the countryside with his grandmother while his parents are working in a factory in another city.

Singapore’s Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) will be launching a new pilot project by December which aims to enhance parenting skills and overall functioning in vulnerable families, according to the article.

A Centre of Excellence in Alternative Care has just been launched in New Delhi, India, according to the article. 

In this media release, the new The Centre of Excellence in Alternative Care of Children in India announces its launch and its commitment to support and strengthen family-based care and protection for millions of children in India. 

This article examines the discoursal shift to “reintegration” within trafficking protection programmes and policy, with emphasis upon Cambodia. 

This is a longitudinal mixed-method study investigating the impact of parental migration on early childhood well-being and development in Thailand. This report presents the baseline results of quantitative and qualitative surveys.

This is a longitudinal mixed-method study investigating the impact of parental migration on early childhood well-being and development in Thailand.