ISBN:
9780821395646
,
9780821395653
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxxvi, 144 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Directions in Development
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.2310951
Keywords:
Children Social conditions
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China
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Children Services for
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China
;
Child development China
;
Child welfare China
;
Poverty China
;
Children -- China -- Social conditions
;
Child development ; China
;
Child welfare ; China
;
Children ; China ; Social conditions
;
Children ; Services for ; China
;
Poverty ; China
;
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
In China, despite the introduction of economic reforms that have lifted millions out of poverty, the income gap between rural and urban areas remains wide. There is a growing realization in policy circles that economic growth alone cannot reduce absolute poverty and inequality, and that investment in human development is needed to sustain growth and improve social cohesion. Prepared as a collaborative study between the World Bank and China's National Population and Family Planning Commission, Early Child Development in China: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty and Improving Future Competitiveness analyzes the challenges facing the country in the care, development, and education for children from birth to six years of age, and details the long-term social benefits and high economic returns that targeted early child development interventions for disadvantaged children can provide.Investments in early child development are one of the most cost effective strategies for breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty and improving productivity and social cohesion in the long run. This report studies how programs to improve prenatal care, raise the health status and nutritional standards of young children, improve the knowledge of mothers and primary caregivers about health, child care, and nurturing techniques, and expand the availability of preprimary education services across China can strengthen a child's prospects for success later in life. Ensuring that children can grow and live to their full potential is essential to enable the country to improve its future competitiveness and overcome the challenges it faces from an aging population and the transition from a middle- to a high-income economy.
Abstract:
Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword (Chief Economist Justin Yifu Lin) -- Foreword (Vice Minister Beige Zhao) -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 The Importance of Early Child Development -- Status of China's Children -- Evidence on the Importance of Early Child Development -- Annex 1A Key Educational Indicators in China and Conceptual Framework for Early Child Development -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Policy on and Challenges to Providing Early Child Development Services -- Legal Framework and Recent Policies -- Policy and Administration -- Structure of Service Delivery -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Financing Early Child Development -- Public Expenditure on Preprimary Education -- Private Finance and Provision of Preprimary Education and Childcare Services -- Cost Drivers -- Annex 3A Finance and Cost of Early Child Development -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Determinants of Child Outcomes and Policy Implications: Evidence from Hunan Province -- Description of Survey -- Descriptive Statistics on Household Characteristics and Habits -- Policy Questions -- Policy Implications -- Annex 4A Sampling of the Hunan Household Survey -- Annex 4B Television Programs for Children and Youth in China -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 The Way Forward -- Early Child Development as Part of the Government's Program to Reduce Poverty -- Early Child Development as a Mainstream Service -- Conclusion -- Annex 5A State Council Polices and Guidelines on Education, Poverty Reduction, and Development of Women and Children -- Notes -- References -- Appendix A Regressions Results of Multivariate Analysis of the Household Survey on Child Development in Hunan, 2010 -- Back Cover.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references. - Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
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