The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region has had the longest preschool closures due to COVID-19 pandemic. From March 2020 to October 2021 LAC preschools for children 3-5 averaged 67.4 weeks of full or partial closure. In other words, children assisted -on average- less than ¼ of the time they were supposed to. Psychosocial-stimulation home visits and well-baby … [Read more...] about When not going to preschool was normal
Claudia Vazquez
Claudia is a Health and Social Protection Senior Associate in the Inter-American Development Bank in Argentina. Before joining the IDB, she was Program Officer at the International Organization for Migration, where she managed the implementation of the Argentinean Country Office project portfolio. Before that, she was an economic consultant in the Labor Market and Social Security Division of the IDB. Claudia is a PhD candidate at the University of San Andrés and holds a master’s degree in Economics from the National University of La Plata.