Yemen Early Childhood Development : SABER Country Report 2013
This report presents an analysis of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs and policies that affect young children in Yemen. This report is part of a series of reports prepared by the World Bank using the SABER-ECD framework and includes an...
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2014
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/20141461/saber-early-childhood-development-country-report-yemen-2013 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20151 |
Summary: | This report presents an analysis of
the Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs and policies
that affect young children in Yemen. This report is part of
a series of reports prepared by the World Bank using the
SABER-ECD framework and includes analysis of early learning,
health, nutrition, and social and child protection policies
and interventions in Yemen, along with regional and
international comparisons. The SABER-ECD initiative is
designed to enable ECD policymakers and development partners
identify opportunities for further development of effective
ECD systems. The SABER-ECD classification system does not
rank countries according to any overall scoring; rather, it
is intended to share information on how different ECD
systems address the same policy challenges. This country
report presents a framework to compare Yemen s ECD system
with other countries in the region and internationally. Each
of the nine policy levers are examined in detail and some
policy options to strengthen ECD are offered. Yemen s
National Strategy for Early Childhood shows a commitment to
improving services for young children in the country. The
challenge to address malnutrition, poor access to
healthcare, low preschool enrollment, and other barriers to
children s healthy development will be implementation. As
the country moves through political transition, promoting
early childhood development should be an important part of
Yemen s progression to a civic state that serves all of its
citizens. Investing in its youngest citizens is crucial to
the country s future success. Table 14 offers policy
recommendations and options that the government could
consider to strengthen ECD. |
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