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Titolo: | From early child development to human development : investing in our children's future / / editor, Mary Eming Young |
Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2002 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
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.: | 9910812465003321 |
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