Selected Publications on Early Child Development

2007

• Early Child Development: From Measurement to Action. A Priority for Growth and Equity

2006

• Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Preventing Youth Risky Behavior through Early Child Development

2004

• Education Notes: Getting an Early Start on Early Child Development
• Reaching out to the Child: An Integrated Approach to Child Development

2003

• A Global directory of early childhood development projects

2002

• From early child development to human development - investing in our children's future
• Directorio de proyectos de Desarrollo Infantil Temprano en America Latina y el Caribe
• Egypt Strategic options for early childhood education
• Early childhood development in Africa - Can we do more for less? A look at the impact and implications of preschools in Cape Verde and Guinea. Le developpement de la petite enfance en Afrique - meilleures prestations a moindre cout - Impact et implications des centres prescolaires au Cap-Vert et en Guinee
• Early childhood development in Cape Verde and Guinea
  Le developpement de la petite enfance en Afrique au Cap Vert et en Guinee (French)

2001

• Brazil - Early child development - a focus on the impact of preschools
  Desenvolvimento da primeira infancia - foco sobre o impacto das pre-escolas (Portuguese)
• A directory of early child development projects in Africa
• Child labor in Africa: issues and challenges
  Le travail des enfants en Afrique: Problematique et defis (French)
• The Family Health Cycle: from concept to implementation
• Chile's Model for Educating Poor Children.
  El modelo de educacion para ninos pobres aplicado en Chile. (Spanish)
  Les enfants pauvres et l'ecole: le modele Chilien (French)
• Social Service Delivering Through Community-based Projects
  Prestacion de servicios sociales mediante proyectos de base comunitaria (Spanish)

2000

• Helping the children - World Bank directory of HIV/AIDS interventions in Africa
• The effect of early childhood development programs on women' s labor force participation and older children' s schooling and Kenya
• Reaching out to the child: workshop on child development
• Early childhood counts: a programming guide on early childhood care for development

1999

• Assessing cognitive development in early childhood
• Early childhood development in Latin America and the Caribbean: List of Projects with World Bank Support
• New Zealand funding of early childhood education
• Qualities of Caring: Good practices in infant and toddler group care
• Integrated Child Development in Rural China
• Childcare and Early Education Services in Low-income Communities in Mexico City: Patterns of use, availability, and choice

1998

• Child labor and Health: Quantifying the global health impacts of child labor
• Parenting in the Early Years: a review of programs for parents of children from birth to three years of age
• The Benefits of Early Child Development Programs: An economic analysis

1996

• Early Child Development: Investing in the future
• Improving Early Childhood Development: An integrated program for the Philippines

1995

• Investing in Young Children

1993

• Early Education Push Pays Off for East Asia

Please contact eservice@worldbank.org for specific copies of the publications listed above.