Early Child Development: Investing in the Future (World Bank, 1996, 112 pages)

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Foreword

Acknowledgments

Part I. The theory

The case for early intervention

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Scientific basis

Socioeconomic returns

Policy implications

Approaches to the development of young children

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Program design options

Phasing the introduction of inputs

Designing a program

Working with NGOs and other agencies

Paying for child development programs

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Determining the cost

Financing the program

Part II. The practice

Introduction

Educating parents

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1. Training children's first teachers in Israel

2. Helping parents care for the very young in Israel

3. Searching for the best care model in Turkey

4. Community educators working with parents in Mexico

Training caregivers

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5. Expanding teacher training programs in Trinidad and Tobago

6. Introducing new teaching approaches in the former east bloc

7. Meeting the increasing need for child care in Kenya

Delivering services to children

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8. Giving children a head start in the United States

9. WIC-Preventing low-birth-weight-babies in the United States

10. Community centers saving children in India

11. Rationalizing Kazakstan's kindergarten system

12. Expanding services for children in Guyana

13. Planning to meet the needs of children in the Philippines

Reforming formal education systems to include preschoolers

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14. Experimenting with new service models in Chile

15. Restoring services for children in El Salvador

16. Addressing basic health and education needs in Venezuela

Educating through the mass media

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17. Tuning in to learn about child care in the Philippines

18. Using radio to teach caregivers and kids in Bolivia

19. Producing tv for tots in Nigeria

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