One child in six is in poverty
in Italy, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development said Tuesday.
This compared with an OECD average of one in seven, it said.
The dat were contained in a report entitled Changing
Opportunities for Vulnerable Children: Building Opportunities
and Resilience.
The report said that since the 2008 financial crisis
childhood conditions have worsened in two thirds of OECD
countries.
China scores the worst for child poverty with one in three,
the report said.
Denmark is best with just 2.5% of children in poverty, it
said.
The report called for "coordinated action" to lift children
out of poverty.
Italy's 2020 budget bill contains several moves aimed at
helping poor families.
These include free nursery care for all below a certain
income threshold.
The government has vowed to address the problem in other ways
too.
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