Mary Eming Young has been focusing her energies on child development and investing in children. She is committed to improving the developmental trajectories of young children in developing countries so that all children can have equal chance to succeed in life. She spends time working on early childhood development projects in all human development network sectors--education, health and social protection.

Languages:

Chinese, English, Portuguese

Dr. Mary E. Young, M.D., Dr. P.H. is a Pediatrician and Public Health Specialist. She received her B.S. (summa cum laude) and M.D. from the University of Wisconsin, and her Dr. P.H. from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Young is Board Certified by the American Academy of Pediatrics and by the American Academy of Preventive Medicine. She was in private pediatrics practice prior to joining the World Bank full time in 1989.

Her operational experience includes projects in all regions, including Asia (China, Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, India), Africa (Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania), Eastern Europe and Central Asia (Poland, Hungary, Georgia, Moldova, Turkey, Russia), Middle East (Jordan, Iran, Egypt),  and South American and the Caribbean (Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, Jamaica, Peru, DR, Mexico).   Presently, she is the Lead Child Development Specialist in the Human Development Network.  She is the Bank's primary advocate for young children's well-being and development.

Dr. Young's recent publications and edited works include:  Investing in Young Children; Early Child Development:  Investing in the Future (1997);  From Early Child Development to Human Development(2001), Early Child Development: from measurement to action (2007); Lancet series on ECD (2007).

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Updated 07-22-2008