Front Cover -- The Escape From Poverty: Breaking the Vicious Cycles Perpetuating Disadvantage -- Copyright information -- Table of Contents -- List of abbreviations -- About the authors -- Introduction -- Part I What is IGPP about? -- one Setting the stage -- Defining inter-generational perpetuation of poverty -- Inter-generational perpetuation of poverty and child poverty -- Inter-generational perpetuation of poverty, mobility and inequality -- two How poverty is perpetuated across generations -- Health -- Poverty, inequality and ill health -- Poverty and children's health -- Impact of poverty on children's future health prospects and IGPP -- Nutrition -- Impact of poverty on child nutrition -- Impact of childhood malnutrition on children's future prospects and IGPP -- Housing and living environment -- Impact of poverty on access to decent housing and safe living environment -- Substandard housing -- Poor neighbourhoods -- Impact of housing conditions and living environment during childhood on children's future prospects and IGPP -- Education -- Impact of poverty on early childhood education and care -- Impact of poverty on primary and secondary education achievements -- Impact of education on children's future prospects and IGPP -- Sport, culture and leisure activities -- Impact of poverty on access to sport, culture and leisure activities -- Impact of access to sport, culture and leisure activities on children's future prospects and IGPP -- Employment opportunities -- Discrimination -- Status-based discrimination -- Poverty-based discrimination -- Intra-household dynamics, gender and sacrifice -- Intra-household dynamics -- Gender -- Sacrifice -- Environmental shocks, climate change and IGPP -- Impact of IGPP on behaviour, aspirations, hope and agency -- Part II Why should we care? -- three Why IGPP is bad for all.

Social solidarity and cohesion undermined -- High economic costs, reduced economic productivity and increased social costs -- Rise in family insecurity -- Efforts to achieve an environmentally sustainable future undermined -- Part III What can be done? -- four Post-market redistribution -- Mobilising resources to combat poverty: the role of taxation schemes -- Widening the tax base to ensure adequate funding for the fight against poverty -- Implementing progressive tax policies -- Progressivity of taxation as a human rights requirement -- Strengthening social protection: the social investment state -- Developing social protection: protecting basic income security -- Promoting inclusive education -- Investing in inclusive health services -- Investing in decent housing and safe living environments -- Investing in access to sport, culture and leisure activities -- five Towards an inclusive economy -- A jobs-rich model of development: making the right to work a reality -- A basic income for young adults -- The prohibition of discrimination on grounds of socioeconomic disadvantage -- The three roles of equality and non-discrimination in combating poverty -- Six Making it happen -- Investing in raising public and political awareness and commitment to combating IGPP -- Developing comprehensive, multidimensional strategies -- Promoting integrated delivery of policies and programmes at local level -- Combining universal and targeted policies -- Counting every child and leaving no one behind -- Putting children's rights at the heart of strategies to end IGPP -- Improving research and data collection, promoting child mainstreaming, enhancing monitoring and reporting and setting targets -- Ensuring adequate participation -- Foster stronger links between poverty and environment agendas -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.