The Promise of Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Early childhood development (ECD) outcomes affect one's income-earning capacity and productivity, longevity, health, and cognitive ability. The deleterious effects of poor ECD outcomes can be long-lasting, affecting school attainment, employment, wages, criminality, and social integration of adults. The authors first take stock of ECD indicators in the region and explore access to ECD services for children of different backgrounds. They review recent evidence on the impact of ECD interventions in the region and investigate more deeply a selection of ECD programs in Latin America and the Caribbean to distill lessons related to their design, implementation and institutionalization processes. The book concludes with a discussion of the challenges of scaling up and presents policy options to develop national ECD policies and programs that may be effective and sustained over time.

ISBN 0821377590   Pages 222 ISBN13 9780821377598 (What's this?)   Volumes 001 Publisher World Bank Publications   Weight (grammes) 332 Imprint World Bank Publications   Published in Washington Format Paperback   Height (mm) 229 Publication date 15 Dec 2009   Width (mm) 152 Library of Congress 2009040426   Spine width (mm) 12 DEWEY 305.23109729   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

1		An Analytical Framework for Early Childhood Development		1
2		Overview of Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Today		17
3		Evidence on Early Childhood Interventions from Around the World		43
4		Early Childhood Development Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean		55
5		Increasing Early Childhood Development Program Coverage in the Region: The Need for Comprehensive Approaches		91
6		Conclusion		115
		Appendixes		121
		References
		Index		175

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