A CHANGING WORLD: Shaping Best Practices Through Understanding of the New Realities of Intercountry Adoption

Policy & Practice Perspective, October 2013.

Ellen Pinderhughes, Ph.D., Jessica Matthews, Georgia Deoudes and Adam Pertman. Funded by the American Ireland Fund and the Donaldson Adoption Institute.

This landmark study — the most extensive independent research into intercountry adoption to date — surveys nearly 1,500 adoptive parents and professionals across 19 nations, examining the shifting realities of ICA including the rise of special needs placements, the growth of birth parent contact, and the implementation of the Hague Adoption Convention.

Pinderhughes et al., 2013. AChangingWorld.pdf

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