Investing in Young Children: An Early Childhood Development Guide for Policy Dialogue and Project Preparation
By Sophie Naudeau, Naoko Kataoka, Alexandria Valerio, Michelle J. Neuman, L. Elder. 2010
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Investing in young children is the responsible thing to do. All children deserve a chance to grow into healthy, educated, and competent people, no matter where and when they were born. While parents bear most of the responsibility for raising their children, especially in the early years of life, governments also have an important role during this critical time of human capital accumulation. For example, governments can ensure that all expectant mothers and young children have access to quality health services and nutrition. They can support parents and other caregivers in providing a positive and stimulating environment for children from birth on by promoting parenting information programs, investing in direct services such as home-based visits, funding daycare centers and preschools, or providing financial incentives to access good quality programs for infants and children. This Early Childhood Development (ECD) guide presents lessons and experiences that have been useful in informing the policy debate about ECD interventions and the design of such programs across the world. Whether the user of this guide is at the initial stage of deciding whether to expand an ECD portfolio or already in the program design stage, the content offers a range of evidence- based options to inform policy and investment choices.
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- The promise of preschool in Africa : a randomized impact evaluation of early childhood development in rural Mozambique (2013, unknown): “Moreover, low levels of child development are associated with lower levels of school participation and performance, higher rates of criminality, increased reliance on the health care system, and lower future earnings and income (for a review on these topics, see Naudeau et al., 2010).”
- Interventions to reduce prejudice and enhance inclusion and respect for ethnic differences in early childhood: A systematic review (2012, unknown): “Increasingly, these programs are focused on the early childhood years (3–8 years) to provide children with the social and cognitive skills needed to work and play with peers (Nadeau, Kataoka, Valerio, Neuman, & Elder, 2011).”
- Practitioner Review: Engaging fathers – recommendations for a game change in parenting interventions based on a systematic review of the global evidence (2014, background): “Most global overviews have focused attention on identifying ‘strategic entry points’ for early child development investments, to include center-based programs, home-based programs, and media campaigns (Naudeau et al., 2011).”