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Africa's Future, Africa's Challenge : Early Childhood Care and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa /

Africa's Future, Africa's Challenge compiles the latest data and viewpoints on the state of Sub-Saharan Africa's children. Topics covered include the rationale for investing in young children, policy trends in early childhood development (ECD), historical perspectives of ECD in Sub-Sa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Garcia, Marito, 1951-, Pence, Alan R., 1948-, Evans, Judith L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2008.
Colección:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The state of young children in sub-Saharan Africa / Marito Garcia, Gillian Virata, and Erika Dunkelberg
  • Positioning ECD nationally : trends in selected African countries / Agnes Akosua Aidoo
  • Early childhood care and education in sub-Saharan Africa : what would it take to meet the millennium development goals? / Adriana Jaramillo and Alain Mingat
  • Brain development and ECD : a case for investment / Mary Eming Young and Fraser Mustard
  • New threats to early childhood development : children affected by HIV/AIDS / Jodie Fonseca [and others]
  • ECD in Africa : a historical perspective / Larry Prochner and Margaret Kabiru
  • (Mis)understanding ECD in Africa : the force of local and global motives / A. Bame Nsamenang
  • Fathering : the role of men in raising children in Africa-- holding up the other half of the sky / Linda M. Richter and Robert Morrell
  • ECD policy : a comparative analysis in Ghana, Mauritius, and Namibia / J.K.A. Boakye [and others]
  • Participatory ECD policy planning in Francophone West Africa / Emily Vargas-Barón
  • Responding to the challenge of meeting the needs of children under 3 in Africa / Kofi Marfo [and others]
  • Introducing preprimary classes in Africa : opportunities and challenges / Linda Biersteker [and others]
  • Inclusive education : a Mauritian response to the inherent rights of the child / Gilberte Chung Kim Chung and Cyril Dalais
  • Parenting challenges for the changing African family / Judith L. Evans, Chalizamudzi Elizabeth Matola and Jolly P.T. Nyeko
  • ECD and HIV/AIDS : the newest programming and policy challenge / Patrice L. Engle and Erika Dunkelberg with Shireen Issa
  • Supporting young children in conflict and postconflict situations : child protection and psychosocial well-being in Angola / Michael Wessells and Carlinda Monteiro
  • Strategic communication in early childhood development programs : the case of Uganda / Cecilia Cabañero-Verzosa and Nawsheen Elaheebocus
  • The synergy of nutrition and ECD interventions in sub-Saharan Africa / Harold Alderman and Patrice L. Engle
  • The impact of ECD programs on maternal employment and older children's school attendance in Kenya / Michael M. Lokshin, Elena Glinskaya and Marito Garcia
  • Madrasa early childhood development program : making a difference / Peter Mwaura and Bishara T. Mohamed
  • Linking policy discourse to everyday life in Kenya : impacts of neoliberal policies on early education and childrearing / Elizabeth Swadener [and others]
  • Community-based approaches that work in eastern and southern Africa / Jane E. Lucas [and others]
  • Can early childhood programs be financially sustainable in Africa? / Adriana Jaramillo and Alain Mingat
  • A tri-part approach to promoting ECD capacity in Africa : ECD seminars, international conferences, and ECDVU / Alan Pence with Abeba Habtom and Francis R.W. Chalamada.