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To make progress in early child development and to meet the growing demands for accountability, nations need to: Establish a st ...

ECD programs can be taken to scale while maintaining their effectiveness. Adapt the EDI, specifically and systematically, to ot ...

Analyze and evaluate the local outcomes and use of the EDI. Sys- tematically assess the outcomes and effectiveness of ECD effor ...

development of their children by drawing on the scientific evidence concerning child development and promoting effective ECD str ...

A Nonparametric Approach. Pier Working Paper No. 01-034. Available at Social Science Research Network (SSRN). http://ssrn.com/ab ...

Columbia, Human Early Learning Partnership. Janus M. 2006. Early Development Instrument: An Indicator of Developmental Health a ...

Closing Racial and Ethnic Gaps. The Future of Children 15(1):15–31. Tremblay, R. E. 2006. Is 18 Months Too Early for an Early De ...

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293 Authors Clara Baez, M.Ed. Office of International Cooperation Ministry of Education Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Jane B ...

Erika Dunkelberg, Ed.M. Consultant Human Development Network, Children and Youth The World Bank Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Rob Gru ...

Sharon L. Ramey, Ph.D. Susan H. Mayer Professor of Child and Family Studies Georgetown University, and Director Georgetown Unive ...

296 Authors Beatriz Londoño Soto, M.D., M.P.H. Former Director Colombian Institute for Family Welfare Bogotá, Colombia Joseph Sp ...

297 Index A Abecedarian project, 76–77, 101, 104, 109–115, 120–124 curriculum, 111–112 outcomes, 112–115, 120–124 program charac ...

neuronal pathways, 50–51, 64 sensing pathways, 49–50 stress pathways, 50, 51, 53 See alsoEarly child development (ECD) Brazil, 6 ...

with Early Development Instrument, 197, 198, 277 See also Early Development Instrument (EDI); Intervention research; Outcomes of ...

300 Index Early Years Study, 35, 36, 78, 179, 180, 257 ECD.SeeEarly child development (ECD) Economic development challenges of g ...

Going to scale, 3–10, 18, 167, 262, 263, 285–286 Government, role in ECD as initiative for economic development, 10 in Brazil, 2 ...

Intervention research cost-benefit analyses, 7, 91, 162–163 future directions, 10–11 in developing countries, 9–10 necessary act ...

research challenges, questions, 162–163, 180, 270, 285 to leverage ECD policy and investment, 253–292 See alsoEarly Development ...

population-based assessment, 263–265 poverty effects, 97 process factors, 118–120 program director role in monitoring, 95–96 rec ...