Last week in London, University College London (UCL), 3ie (International Initiative for Impact Evaluation), the Institute for New Economic Thinking, and EDePo (Evaluation of Development Policy) convened a group of more than a hundred researchers and public policymakers on the topic of child development. The "Promises for Preschoolers: Early Childhood Development and Human … [Read more...] about Jamaica shows results
Mothers are still facing poor conditions in Central America
By Sophie Gardiner. In May of this year, in honor of Mother’s Day, Save the Children published its 13th annual report on the “State of the World’s Mothers.” This year, the organization chose to focus on nutrition in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life—from pregnancy until age two. This is the period where crucial cognitive capacity is developed and healthy physical … [Read more...] about Mothers are still facing poor conditions in Central America
An integrated childhood development program in Chuquisaca and Potosi
By Julia Johannsen. In a recent post in this blog, Caridad Araujo offered some reflections on the need to “keep our focus on children first.” When I first read it, I thought, "isn’t that obvious?" When the topic is childhood development and education, how could we possibly focus on anyone other than children? … [Read more...] about An integrated childhood development program in Chuquisaca and Potosi
It takes a village to raise a child
By Cynthia Hobbs. Hillary Clinton used this African proverb in her book, It Takes a Village And Other Lessons Children Teach Us, to illustrate the need for a network of families, community members, values and relationships to support the development of our children. This is true in so many ways. We live in an interdependent world, and we have a multiplicity of needs as we … [Read more...] about It takes a village to raise a child
The challenges of putting early childhood development policies into practice
By Sergio Urzúa. There is no doubt that events that occur (or do not occur) during early childhood have long-term effects. Science has shown that early childhood is a critical period of human development; and that the family and especially the mother play a fundamental role in early childhood development. Cost-benefit analyses of well-designed early childhood development … [Read more...] about The challenges of putting early childhood development policies into practice