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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2002
• Descrizione fisica: xii, 406 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm
• Disciplina: 305.231
• Soggetto topico: Child development; Child health services; Early childhood education
• Altri autori: YoungMary E. <1955->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: From early child development to human development
• ISBN: 1-280-08807-9; 9786610088072; 0-8213-8893-2; 0-585-45644-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780488403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.