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The three consequences of learning about the international early childhood field was from the insight of The Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre’s which indicates that there are over 600 million children worldwide that live in poverty. In a lot of countries 60 percent of children live in households that are below international poverty lines. 

One consequence is to draw focus to the ways in which poverty affects large numbers of urban and rural children, not only particularly disadvantaged groups such as street children or child-headed households (childhood poverty.org).

The second is the way the CHIP program try’s to emphasize the importance of preventing poverty in the mainly vulnerable first years of life, which can reduce the consequences of poverty continuing over an individual’s life course or through the generation (childhood poverty.org).

 The consequence of poverty denies opportunities to people of all ages. Lost opportunities in childhood may not always be regained later childhood. Poverty experienced by children, even in short periods, can affect the rest of their lives. Malnutrition in early childhood, for example, can lead to life-long learning difficulties and poor health (childhood poverty.org).

 Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre’s goals for the field, all over the world are to change the, that today's poor children are often tomorrow's poor parents. Poverty can be passed on from generation to generation affecting the long-term health, wellbeing and productivity of families and of society as a whole.  CHIP says tackling childhood poverty is therefore critical for eradicating poverty and injustice world-wide (childhood poverty.org).

 Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre’s  (http://www.childhoodpoverty.org/),