Copyright © 2017. Interamerican Development Bank. If you wish to republish this article, please request authorization at [email protected]. By Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Izzy Boggild-Jones. Lee este artículo en español. Investing in early childhood development (ECD) is crucial. What we know about brain development in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life shows an … [Read more...] about What if There Was a Tool for More Robust Investment in Early Childhood Development?
International Day of the Girl Child: The Gender Gap that doesn’t Add Up
Copyright © 2017. Interamerican Development Bank. If you wish to republish this article, please request authorization at [email protected]. By Min Ji Kang and Yyannú Cruz Aguayo. Lee este artículo en español. Mónica Martínez was 13 years-old when she brought back to her native Peru the gold medal for the Rioplatense Mathematical Olympiad. Though a great … [Read more...] about International Day of the Girl Child: The Gender Gap that doesn’t Add Up
Inaction In the Early Childhood Years Has a High Cost
Copyright © 2017. Interamerican Development Bank. If you wish to republish this article, please request authorization at [email protected]. By Florencia López-Boo. Para leer este artículo en español, haz click aquí. Poor child development has important consequences for the wellbeing of children in particular, and of society as a whole. Profound socioeconomic … [Read more...] about Inaction In the Early Childhood Years Has a High Cost
Coaching for the Children: Shaping Interactions for Child Development
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