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UNINA9910455610003321 |
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Titolo |
From early child development to human development [[electronic resource] ] : investing in our children's future / / editor, Mary Eming Young |
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Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-08807-9 |
9786610088072 |
0-8213-8893-2 |
0-585-45644-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (422 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Child development |
Child health services |
Early childhood education |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Proceedings of a World Bank conference ... Washington, D.C., April 10-11, 2000"--Verso t.p. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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