LEADER 02883nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910455610003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-08807-9 010 $a9786610088072 010 $a0-8213-8893-2 010 $a0-585-45644-5 035 $a(CKB)111087027993874 035 $a(EBL)714468 035 $a(OCoLC)507997027 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000086976 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11113721 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086976 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10031121 035 $a(PQKB)11775934 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC714468 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL714468 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10020688 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL8807 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027993874 100 $a20020405d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aFrom early child development to human development$b[electronic resource] $einvesting in our children's future /$feditor, Mary Eming Young 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cWorld Bank$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (422 p.) 300 $a"Proceedings of a World Bank conference ... Washington, D.C., April 10-11, 2000"--Verso t.p. 311 $a0-8213-5050-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aIt 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 606 $aChild development$vCongresses 606 $aChild health services$vCongresses 606 $aEarly childhood education$vCongresses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChild development 615 0$aChild health services 615 0$aEarly childhood education 676 $a305.231 701 $aYoung$b Mary E.$f1955-$0942718 712 02$aWorld Bank. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455610003321 996 $aFrom early child development to human development$92465393 997 $aUNINA