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Africa's future, Africa's challenge

Evans, Judith L., Garcia, Marito, Pence, Alan R.

2008

Overview

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-Saharan Africa including indigenous approaches, new threats from HIV/AIDS, and the importance of fathers in children's lives. The book also addresses policy development and ECD implementation issues; presents the ECD programming experience in several countries, highlighting best practices and challenges; and evaluates the impact of ECD programs in a number of countries.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC : World Bank
• Subject: Africa South of the Sahara / Africa, Sub-Saharan / AIDS / AIDS EPIDEMIC / AIDS ORPHANS / BABY / BASIC NEEDS / BASIC SERVICES / BRAIN DEVELOPMENT / CAPACITY BUILDING / CAREGIVERS / CHILD CARE / Child care -- Africa, Sub-Saharan / CHILD CARE FACILITIES / CHILD DEVELOPMENT / Child development -- Africa, Sub-Saharan / CHILD HEALTH / CHILD MORTALITY / CHILD NUTRITION / CHILD POVERTY / CHILD PROTECTION / Child rearing / CHILD SURVIVAL / CHILD WELFARE / Childhood / CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES / Children / CHILDREN IN CONFLICT / CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL / CHILDREN UNDER AGE / CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES / CHURCHES / CLEAN WATER / COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT / Comparative education / CONDITIONS FOR CHILDREN / CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD / CURRICULUM / DECISION MAKING / DEVELOPING COUNTRIES / DEVELOPMENT PLANNING / DEVELOPMENT POLICY / DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN / DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN / DISPLACED CHILDREN / DISSEMINATION / DROPOUT / DROPOUT RATES / EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT / EARLY CHILDHOOD / EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE / EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT / EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT POLICIES / EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS / EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION / Early childhood education -- Africa, Sub-Saharan / EARLY CHILDHOOD ENVIRONMENT RATING SCALE / EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION / EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS / EARLY EDUCATION / EARLY LEARNING / ECCD / ECCE / ECD / ECD POLICIES / ECD PROGRAMS / ECERS / EDUCATION SECTOR / Educational policy / EDUCATIONAL SERVICES / ELEMENTARY EDUCATION / ENROLLMENT / ENROLLMENT RATE / EXTENDED FAMILY / FAMILY HEALTH / FAMILY LIFE / FAMILY MEMBERS / FAMILY STRUCTURE / FAMILY WELFARE / Forecasts / FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION / GENDER / GENDER EQUALITY / GER / GIRLS / GIRLS IN SCHOOL / GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT / GROSS ENROLLMENT / GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES / GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO / GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS / GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT / GROWTH MONITORING / HEALTH CARE / HEIGHT FOR AGE / HIV / HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT / HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURES / HUMAN DEVELOPMENT / HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXES / HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS / HUMAN RIGHTS / HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENT / ILLNESS / IMMUNIZATION / Inclusive education / INDEXES / INFANT / INFANT MORTALITY / INFANT MORTALITY RATE / INFANT MORTALITY RATES / INFANTS / INSTRUCTION / INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT / INTERNATIONAL LAW / INTERVENTIONS / IODINE DEFICIENCY / Kinderbetreuung / KINDERGARTENS / LABOR FORCE / LEADERSHIP / LEARNING / LEGAL STATUS / LIFE EXPECTANCY / LIFE SKILLS / LITERACY / LITERACY RATES / LIVE BIRTHS / LIVING STANDARDS / LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES / MALARIA / MALNUTRITION / MEASLES / MENTAL DEVELOPMENT / MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS / MINISTRY OF EDUCATION / MORTALITY RATE / MOTHER / MOTHER-TO-CHILD / MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION / NATIONAL PLAN / NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION / NATIONAL POLICY / NATIONAL PRIORITY / NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS / NUMBER OF AIDS ORPHANS / NUMBER OF CHILDREN / NUMBER OF ORPHANS / NUTRITION / OLDER CHILDREN / ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY / ORPHAN / ORPHAN ESTIMATES / ORPHAN POPULATION / ORPHANHOOD / ORPHANS / PANDEMIC / PARENT SUPPORT PROGRAMS / PARENTING / PARITY / PARTICIPATION RATES / PLAN OF ACTION / POLICY CONCERN / POLICY DEVELOPMENT / POLICY FRAMEWORK / POLICY IMPLICATIONS / POLIO / POVERTY REDUCTION / POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY / PRACTITIONERS / Pre-school education / PREPRIMARY EDUCATION / PREPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT / PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT / PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS / PRESCHOOLS / PRIMARY COMPLETION / PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES / PRIMARY EDUCATION / PRIMARY EDUCATION SYSTEM / PRIMARY GRADE / PRIMARY GRADES / PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT / PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE / PRIMARY SCHOOL / PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION / PRIMARY SCHOOL PARTICIPATION / PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE / PRIMARY YEARS / PURCHASING POWER / RADIO / REPETITION RATES / RURAL CHILDREN / SANITATION / SANITATION FACILITIES / SCHOOL ATTENDANCE / SCHOOL CHILDREN / SCHOOL READINESS / SCHOOLING / SCHOOLS / SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT / SOCIAL PROTECTION / SOCIAL SERVICES / SPECIAL EDUCATION / SPECIAL NEEDS / STATE UNIVERSITY / Sub-Saharan Africa / Subsahara-Afrika / SURVIVAL RATE / Südliches Afrika / TEACHER EDUCATION / TEACHERS / TETANUS / UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT / URBANIZATION / VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY / VULNERABILITY / VULNERABLE CHILDREN / WARS / WORKING MOTHERS / WORLD CONFERENCE / WORLD CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION / WORLD SUMMIT FOR CHILDREN / YOUNG CHILD / YOUNG CHILDREN / YOUNG PEOPLE / YOUTH
• ISBN: 0821368869, 9780821368862, 9780821368879, 0821368877