ISBN:
9780821386774
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 183 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Human development perspectives
Parallel Title:
Print version No Small Matter : The Impact of Poverty, Shocks, and Human Capital Investments in Early Childhood Development
DDC:
305.23109172/4
Keywords:
Children Social conditions
;
Children Economic conditions
;
Cognition in children
;
Cognition
;
Developing Countries
;
Infant
;
Socioeconomic Factors
;
Child Development
;
Child, Preschool
;
ACHIEVEMENT
;
ADDICTION
;
AGE GROUPS
;
AGED
;
ANXIETY
;
ATTENTION
;
BASIC EDUCATION
;
BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
;
CARE CENTERS
;
CAREGIVERS
;
CHILD HEALTH
;
CHILD MORTALITY
;
CLINICS
;
COGNITION
;
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
;
COGNITIVE OUTCOMES
;
COGNITIVE SKILLS
;
COMMUNITY HEALTH
;
DAY CARE
;
DAY CARE CENTERS
;
DEMAND FOR EDUCATION
;
DEPRESSION
;
DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL
;
DONOR SUPPORT
;
DROPOUTS
;
EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT
;
EARLY CHILDHOOD
;
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
;
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
;
EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTIONS
;
EARLY INTERVENTION
;
EARLY INTERVENTIONS
;
EARLY STIMULATION
;
ECD
;
ECD POLICIES
;
ECD PROGRAMS
;
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
;
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
;
ENROLLMENT
;
ENROLLMENT RATES
;
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
;
FAMILIES
;
GENDER
;
GROSS ENROLLMENT
;
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES
;
HEALTH SERVICES
;
HOME VISITS
;
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
;
INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING
;
INFANT MORTALITY
;
INTELLIGENCE
;
INTERVENTION
;
INTERVENTIONS
;
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
;
LANGUAGE STIMULATION
;
LEARNING
;
LEARNING MATERIALS
;
LEGAL STATUS
;
LIFE CYCLE
;
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
;
MALNUTRITION
;
MEMORY
;
MENTAL
;
MENTAL DEVELOPMENT
;
MIGRATION
;
MORBIDITY
;
MORTALITY
;
NUTRITION
;
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
;
ORPHANS
;
PARENTING
;
PERSONALITY
;
PHYSICAL GROWTH
;
POLLUTION
;
PREPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
;
PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
;
PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT
;
PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS
;
PRESCHOOLS
;
PRIMARY EDUCATION
;
PRIMARY SCHOOL
;
PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION
;
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
;
PSYCHOLOGY
;
PUBLIC HEALTH
;
READERS
;
READING
;
RECOGNITION
;
RISK FACTORS
;
RURAL AREAS
;
SCHOOL READINESS
;
SCHOOLING
;
SIBLINGS
;
SMOKING
;
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
;
SPEECH
;
STORYTELLING
;
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
;
VIOLENCE
;
WAGES
;
WORKERS
;
WORKING MEMORY
;
YOUNG CHILDREN
;
YOUTH
Abstract:
Education is often seen as a fundamental means to improve economic prospects for individuals from low income settings. However, even with increased emphasis on basic education for all, many individuals fail to achieve basic skills to succeed in life. The book presents evidence that one core reason is that by the time a child is old enough to attend school, there is already a wide disparity in cognitive skills and in emotional and behavioral development among children from households of different socioeconomic backgrounds. Low levels of cognitive development in early childhood strongly correlat
Description / Table of Contents:
Cognitive development among young children in low-income countries -- The influence of economic crisis on early childhood development, a review of pathways and measured impact -- Conflicts, epidemics and orphanhood : the impact of extreme events on the health and educational achievements of children -- Promoting equity through early child development interventions for children 0-3 years.
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