Drawing on these three megatrends and many other socioeconomic indicators (see Chapter 2), UNICEF commissioned the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital to analyse scenarios using the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) model to explore how the world might look for children in 2050. These scenarios are not predictions, but an exploration of possibilities based on differen…
As large numbers of refugees and migrants arrive, children among them are routinely left in conditions that would be deemed unacceptable for native-born children. They languish in overcrowded shelters, end up in makeshift camps or are left exposed to the dangers of life on the streets. Sometimes, compatriots force them to work under exploitative conditions in exchange for shelter and food. Mist…