Copyright © 2017. Interamerican Development Bank. If you wish to republish this article, please request authorization at [email protected]. By Jill McFarren Aviles. (Para leer este artículo en español, haz click aquí.) Picture a caregiver engaging an infant with a smile, describing the movement of their hands or lulling the infant to sleep with a soft voice. … [Read more...] about Coaching for the Children: Shaping Interactions for Child Development
To Breastfeed is To Give Life
Copyright © 2017. Interamerican Development Bank. If you wish to republish this article, please request authorization at [email protected]. By Andrea Proaño Calderon. (Lee el artículo original en español acá.) As many as 22,216 children could be saved every year if mothers constantly breastfed their children during the first 12 months of life. In fact, if infants … [Read more...] about To Breastfeed is To Give Life
All Work and Low Pay: Why We Need to Pay More Attention to the Early Childhood Workforce
Copyright © 2017. Interamerican Development Bank. If you wish to republish this article, please request authorization at [email protected]. Lee en español. By Kimberly Josephson and Gabriela Guerrero. Lucía walks 30 minutes to a home in a rural community in Peru, where she is greeted by a mother and her son. She asks how things are going and asks about the … [Read more...] about All Work and Low Pay: Why We Need to Pay More Attention to the Early Childhood Workforce
How to Promote High-Quality Child Care Services in Latin America
Copyright © 2017. Interamerican Development Bank. If you wish to republish this article, please request authorization at [email protected]. By María Caridad Araujo Lee este artículo en español. In Latin America and the Caribbean, we have seen a rapid expansion of publicly funded child care services for children below three years of age. In countries like Brazil, … [Read more...] about How to Promote High-Quality Child Care Services in Latin America
What Are the Most Pressing Development Needs According to People in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Copyright © 2017. Interamerican Development Bank. If you wish to republish this article, please request authorization at [email protected]. Lee en español. By Tracy Betts. I recently shared the results of an interesting survey commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank in which over 33,500 respondents across the Americas defined their priorities for … [Read more...] about What Are the Most Pressing Development Needs According to People in Latin America and the Caribbean?