Promise of Early Childhood Development in Latin America
Early childhood development outcomes play an important role throughout a person's life, affecting one's income-earning capacity and productivity, longevity, health, and cognitive ability. The deleterious effects of poor early childhood development outcomes can be long-lasting, affecting school attainment, employment, wages, criminality, and social integration of adults.\ The authors first take stock of early childhood development indicators in the region and explore access to early childhood...
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Early childhood development outcomes play an important role throughout a person's life, affecting one's income-earning capacity and productivity, longevity, health, and cognitive ability. The deleterious effects of poor early childhood development outcomes can be long-lasting, affecting school attainment, employment, wages, criminality, and social integration of adults.The authors first take stock of early childhood development indicators in the region and explore access to early childhood development services for children of different backgrounds. They review recent evidence on the impact of early childhood development interventions in the region and investigate more deeply a selection of programs in Latin America and the Caribbean to distill lessons related to their design, implementation and institutionalization processes. The book concludes with a discussion of the challenges of scaling up and presents policy options to develop national early childhood development policies and programs that may be effective and sustained over time.
About the Authors IXAcknowledgments XVIIAbbreviations XIXIntroduction XXIAnalytical Framework xxiiEvidence on Early Childhood Development xxiiThe Argument for Investing in ECD in Latin America and the Caribbean xxivOverview of ECD in Latin America and the Caribbean Today xxviPolicy Implications xxviiiOrganization of the Volume xxviiiNotes xxix1 An Analytical Framework for Early Childhood Development 1Early Development of the Brain 1The Case for ECD Interventions 3An Analytical Framework for ECD Outcomes 4ECD Policies 13Measuring Early Childhood Development Outcomes 14Notes 162 Overview of Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Today 17The Macro Context: Poverty and Unequal ECD Outcomes 18The Micro Context: Health, Family Characteristics, and Socioeconomic Background 24ECD Policies in the Region: An Overview 33Summary 39Notes 403 Evidence on Early Childhood Interventions from around the World 43Interventions in Developed Countries 44Interventions in Developing Countries outside Latin America 50Summary 52Notes 524 Early Childhood Development Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean 55Regional Investment in ECD 55Overview of ECD Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean 58Nutrition Programs 60Nutritional and Parenting Programs 63Maternal and Child Health Programs 66Preschool Programs 76Integrated Multiservice Programs 79Programs that Support the Reentry of Mothers into the Workforce 85Summary 86Notes 875 Increasing Early Childhood Development Program Coverage in the Region: The Need for Comprehensive Approaches 91Status ofComprehensive ECD Policies in the Region 92Building a Comprehensive ECD Policy: The Basic Steps 93Expanding ECD Services in the Region 108Summary 112Notes 1146 Conclusion 115Current Efforts and Their Track Record 116The Road Ahead: Expanding ECD Services in the Region 117Stepping into the Future 120Appendixes 121Appendix 1 Data on Early Child Development Indicators in Latin America 121Appendix 2 Detailed Descriptions of Early Childhood Development Programs 137Health, Hygiene, and Nutrition Interventions 140Educational Interventions 143Poverty Alleviation Interventions 148Notes 151References 155Index 175
