Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

There is considerable evidence that young children in many developing countries suffer from profound deficits in nutrition, health, fine and gross motor skills, cognitive development, and socio-emotional development. Early childhood development (ECD) outcomes are important markers of the welfare of...

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Main Author:	Schady, Norbert
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL ACCOUNT ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ATTENTION BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS CHILD ABUSE CHILD CARE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE OUTCOMES COGNITIVE SKILLS COGNITIVE TESTS COMPETENCIES CONTROL GROUPS DELINQUENCY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY STIMULATION ECD ECD PROGRAMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES FINE MOTOR SKILLS GIRLS GRADE RETENTION GROSS ENROLLMENT HEAD START HEIGHT FOR AGE HIGHER TEST SCORES HOME VISITING HOME VISITS HYGIENE INFANTS INTERVENTIONS KINDERGARTEN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT LATIN AMERICAN LEARNING LEARNING DIFFICULTIES LEARNING ENVIRONMENT LEARNING OUTCOMES LIFE CYCLE LITERACY MEMORY MENTAL DEVELOPMENT MENTAL RETARDATION MOTIVATION MOTOR SKILLS NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLDER CHILDREN PARENT EDUCATION PARENTAL EDUCATION PARENTING PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATE PRIMARY SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLS READING REASONING RECOGNITION RETENTION RURAL CHILDREN SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL READINESS SCHOOLING SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT SOCIALIZATION SPECIAL EDUCATION TEMPERAMENT UNEMPLOYMENT WAGES YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNGER CHILDREN YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/03/6667824/early-childhood-development-latin-america-caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8338

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spelling	okr-10986-83382021-04-23T14:02:40Z Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Schady, Norbert ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL ACCOUNT ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ATTENTION BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS CHILD ABUSE CHILD CARE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE OUTCOMES COGNITIVE SKILLS COGNITIVE TESTS COMPETENCIES CONTROL GROUPS DELINQUENCY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY STIMULATION ECD ECD PROGRAMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES FINE MOTOR SKILLS GIRLS GRADE RETENTION GROSS ENROLLMENT HEAD START HEIGHT FOR AGE HIGHER TEST SCORES HOME VISITING HOME VISITS HYGIENE INFANTS INTERVENTIONS KINDERGARTEN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT LATIN AMERICAN LEARNING LEARNING DIFFICULTIES LEARNING ENVIRONMENT LEARNING OUTCOMES LIFE CYCLE LITERACY MEMORY MENTAL DEVELOPMENT MENTAL RETARDATION MOTIVATION MOTOR SKILLS NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLDER CHILDREN PARENT EDUCATION PARENTAL EDUCATION PARENTING PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATE PRIMARY SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLS READING REASONING RECOGNITION RETENTION RURAL CHILDREN SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL READINESS SCHOOLING SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT SOCIALIZATION SPECIAL EDUCATION TEMPERAMENT UNEMPLOYMENT WAGES YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNGER CHILDREN YOUTH There is considerable evidence that young children in many developing countries suffer from profound deficits in nutrition, health, fine and gross motor skills, cognitive development, and socio-emotional development. Early childhood development (ECD) outcomes are important markers of the welfare of children. In addition, the deleterious effects of poor outcomes in early childhood can be long-lasting, affecting school attainment, employment, wages, criminality, and measures of social integration of adults. This paper considers the theoretical case to be made for investments in early childhood, selectively reviews the literature on the impact of ECD programs in the United States, discusses the evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean, and makes suggestions for future research. The focus is on the relation between outcomes in early childhood and measures of household socioeconomic status, child health, and parenting practices, as well as on the impact of specific policies and programs. The knowledge base on early childhood outcomes is still thin in Latin America and the Caribbean. There are therefore very high returns to comparative descriptive analysis in the region, as well as to careful evaluations of the impact of various programs. 2012-06-18T20:03:19Z 2012-06-18T20:03:19Z 2006-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/03/6667824/early-childhood-development-latin-america-caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8338 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3869 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean
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topic	ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL ACCOUNT ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ATTENTION BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS CHILD ABUSE CHILD CARE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE OUTCOMES COGNITIVE SKILLS COGNITIVE TESTS COMPETENCIES CONTROL GROUPS DELINQUENCY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY STIMULATION ECD ECD PROGRAMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES FINE MOTOR SKILLS GIRLS GRADE RETENTION GROSS ENROLLMENT HEAD START HEIGHT FOR AGE HIGHER TEST SCORES HOME VISITING HOME VISITS HYGIENE INFANTS INTERVENTIONS KINDERGARTEN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT LATIN AMERICAN LEARNING LEARNING DIFFICULTIES LEARNING ENVIRONMENT LEARNING OUTCOMES LIFE CYCLE LITERACY MEMORY MENTAL DEVELOPMENT MENTAL RETARDATION MOTIVATION MOTOR SKILLS NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLDER CHILDREN PARENT EDUCATION PARENTAL EDUCATION PARENTING PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATE PRIMARY SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLS READING REASONING RECOGNITION RETENTION RURAL CHILDREN SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL READINESS SCHOOLING SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT SOCIALIZATION SPECIAL EDUCATION TEMPERAMENT UNEMPLOYMENT WAGES YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNGER CHILDREN YOUTH
spellingShingle	ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL ACCOUNT ACHIEVEMENT ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ATTENTION BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS CHILD ABUSE CHILD CARE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COGNITIVE OUTCOMES COGNITIVE SKILLS COGNITIVE TESTS COMPETENCIES CONTROL GROUPS DELINQUENCY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY STIMULATION ECD ECD PROGRAMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES FINE MOTOR SKILLS GIRLS GRADE RETENTION GROSS ENROLLMENT HEAD START HEIGHT FOR AGE HIGHER TEST SCORES HOME VISITING HOME VISITS HYGIENE INFANTS INTERVENTIONS KINDERGARTEN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT LATIN AMERICAN LEARNING LEARNING DIFFICULTIES LEARNING ENVIRONMENT LEARNING OUTCOMES LIFE CYCLE LITERACY MEMORY MENTAL DEVELOPMENT MENTAL RETARDATION MOTIVATION MOTOR SKILLS NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLDER CHILDREN PARENT EDUCATION PARENTAL EDUCATION PARENTING PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATE PRIMARY SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOLS READING REASONING RECOGNITION RETENTION RURAL CHILDREN SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL READINESS SCHOOLING SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT SOCIALIZATION SPECIAL EDUCATION TEMPERAMENT UNEMPLOYMENT WAGES YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNGER CHILDREN YOUTH Schady, Norbert Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
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relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3869
description	There is considerable evidence that young children in many developing countries suffer from profound deficits in nutrition, health, fine and gross motor skills, cognitive development, and socio-emotional development. Early childhood development (ECD) outcomes are important markers of the welfare of children. In addition, the deleterious effects of poor outcomes in early childhood can be long-lasting, affecting school attainment, employment, wages, criminality, and measures of social integration of adults. This paper considers the theoretical case to be made for investments in early childhood, selectively reviews the literature on the impact of ECD programs in the United States, discusses the evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean, and makes suggestions for future research. The focus is on the relation between outcomes in early childhood and measures of household socioeconomic status, child health, and parenting practices, as well as on the impact of specific policies and programs. The knowledge base on early childhood outcomes is still thin in Latin America and the Caribbean. There are therefore very high returns to comparative descriptive analysis in the region, as well as to careful evaluations of the impact of various programs.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Schady, Norbert
author_facet	Schady, Norbert
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title	Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_short	Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full	Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_fullStr	Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_full_unstemmed	Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
title_sort	early childhood development in latin america and the caribbean
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/03/6667824/early-childhood-development-latin-america-caribbean http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8338
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Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

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