The writer discusses globalization, child welfare policy, and the economics of social uplift. He addresses the national development of child welfare, particularly the establishment of visiting teacher programs, and discusses research on children's well-being. The writer then considers child welfare policy in an international context, examining international declarations such as the 1924 League of Nations Declaration of Geneva, the 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the 1959 United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child. He goes on to discuss the economics of social uplift, a shared economic logic that partly influences both national and international policy directives and concludes by reconsidering the future of globalization.