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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455610003321

Titolo

From early child development to human development [[electronic resource] ] : investing in our children's future / / editor, Mary Eming Young

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2002

ISBN

1-280-08807-9

9786610088072

0-8213-8893-2

0-585-45644-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (422 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

YoungMary E. <1955->

Disciplina

305.231

Soggetti

Child development

Child health services

Early childhood education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Proceedings of a World Bank conference ... Washington, D.C., April 10-11, 2000"--Verso t.p.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview; I. The Benefits of Investing in Young Children; II. Measuring the Early Opportunity Gap; III. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Early Childhood Programs; IV. The Private Sector's Influence on the Public Sector; V. Investing in the Future: Action and Policy; Authors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

It is never too early to become involved but it can easily be too late.'Armed with such alarming statistics as 125 million primary-school age children are not in school; another 150 million children drop out of primary school before they complete four years of education; and almost one-half of the children in the least developed countries of the world do not have access to primary education; the World Bank convened a global conference in April 2000, to address the benefits and challenges of investing in early childhood development. Scientific studies now show how critical the first few years o