Early Childhood Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : Issues and Strategies

For many children in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), primary school interventions are already too late to prevent irreversible disability or to allow for the development of full adult capacity. Many of the same conditions of poverty that previously place...

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Main Authors: Colletta, Nat J., Balachander, Jayshree, Liang, Xiaoyan
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1997/10/12861957/early-childhood-development-sub-saharan-africa-issues-strategies
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spelling okr-10986-99162021-04-23T14:02:47Z Early Childhood Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : Issues and Strategies Colletta, Nat J. Balachander, Jayshree Liang, Xiaoyan ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION ACTIVE LEARNING ACTIVE LEARNING CAPACITY ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS BASIC EDUCATION BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS BASIC NEEDS BASIC SERVICES CARE-GIVERS CHILD-CARE CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CLASSROOM DAY CARE DISABILITY EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS EARLY EDUCATION EARLY INTERVENTION EARLY STIMULATION ECD ECD PROGRAMS EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ENROLLMENT LEVELS ENROLLMENT RATES EXISTING RESOURCES FAMILY SUPPORT FIRST GRADE FOOD SECURITY GENDER GENDER INEQUALITIES GIRLS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTERS HUMAN CAPITAL IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INTERVENTIONS LABOR FORCE LEARNING LEARNING CAPACITY MALNUTRITION MASS MEDIA MEASLES NUTRITION ORPHANS POLIO POOR FAMILIES POOR HEALTH PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE PRIMARY SCHOOLING PROGRESS QUALITY OF CARE REFUGEES REPETITION RATES RISK OF DEATH SCHOOL FAILURE SCHOOL PROGRAM SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SITE SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SIBLINGS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INEQUALITIES SOCIAL INEQUITY SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIALIZATION TRADITIONAL FAMILY TUBERCULOSIS URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION VULNERABLE CHILDREN WORKERS YOUNG CHILDREN For many children in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), primary school interventions are already too late to prevent irreversible disability or to allow for the development of full adult capacity. Many of the same conditions of poverty that previously placed the under-five at risk of death later leave them at the risk of poor health, malnutrition and impaired mental, social and emotional development. This study, the condition of young children in Sub-Saharan Africa: the convergence of health, nutrition, and early education, describes the condition of young children in Africa and begins to explore strategies to address their condition. It is the first in a series of three studies: the second study is a review of Early Child Development (ECD) programs in SSA and the third will synthesize lessons drawn from the preceding second studies as well as country case studies in Kenya, South Africa, and Mauritius. 2012-08-13T09:52:30Z 2012-08-13T09:52:30Z 1997-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1997/10/12861957/early-childhood-development-sub-saharan-africa-issues-strategies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9916 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 96 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa
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topic ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION
ACTIVE LEARNING
ACTIVE LEARNING CAPACITY
ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS
BASIC EDUCATION
BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS
BASIC NEEDS
BASIC SERVICES
CARE-GIVERS
CHILD-CARE
CHRONIC MALNUTRITION
CLASSROOM
DAY CARE
DISABILITY
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION
EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS
EARLY EDUCATION
EARLY INTERVENTION
EARLY STIMULATION
ECD
ECD PROGRAMS
EDUCATION POLICY
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION
EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ENROLLMENT LEVELS
ENROLLMENT RATES
EXISTING RESOURCES
FAMILY SUPPORT
FIRST GRADE
FOOD SECURITY
GENDER
GENDER INEQUALITIES
GIRLS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CENTERS
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INTERVENTIONS
LABOR FORCE
LEARNING
LEARNING CAPACITY
MALNUTRITION
MASS MEDIA
MEASLES
NUTRITION
ORPHANS
POLIO
POOR FAMILIES
POOR HEALTH
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PROGRESS
QUALITY OF CARE
REFUGEES
REPETITION RATES
RISK OF DEATH
SCHOOL FAILURE
SCHOOL PROGRAM
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL SITE
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SERVICE DELIVERY
SIBLINGS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL INEQUALITIES
SOCIAL INEQUITY
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL WELFARE
SOCIALIZATION
TRADITIONAL FAMILY
TUBERCULOSIS
URBAN POPULATION
URBANIZATION
VULNERABLE CHILDREN
WORKERS
YOUNG CHILDREN
spellingShingle ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION
ACTIVE LEARNING
ACTIVE LEARNING CAPACITY
ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS
BASIC EDUCATION
BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS
BASIC NEEDS
BASIC SERVICES
CARE-GIVERS
CHILD-CARE
CHRONIC MALNUTRITION
CLASSROOM
DAY CARE
DISABILITY
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION
EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS
EARLY EDUCATION
EARLY INTERVENTION
EARLY STIMULATION
ECD
ECD PROGRAMS
EDUCATION POLICY
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION
EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ENROLLMENT LEVELS
ENROLLMENT RATES
EXISTING RESOURCES
FAMILY SUPPORT
FIRST GRADE
FOOD SECURITY
GENDER
GENDER INEQUALITIES
GIRLS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CENTERS
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INTERVENTIONS
LABOR FORCE
LEARNING
LEARNING CAPACITY
MALNUTRITION
MASS MEDIA
MEASLES
NUTRITION
ORPHANS
POLIO
POOR FAMILIES
POOR HEALTH
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PROGRESS
QUALITY OF CARE
REFUGEES
REPETITION RATES
RISK OF DEATH
SCHOOL FAILURE
SCHOOL PROGRAM
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOL SITE
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SERVICE DELIVERY
SIBLINGS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL INEQUALITIES
SOCIAL INEQUITY
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL WELFARE
SOCIALIZATION
TRADITIONAL FAMILY
TUBERCULOSIS
URBAN POPULATION
URBANIZATION
VULNERABLE CHILDREN
WORKERS
YOUNG CHILDREN
Colletta, Nat J.
Balachander, Jayshree
Liang, Xiaoyan
Early Childhood Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : Issues and Strategies
geographic_facet Africa
relation Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 96
description For many children in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), primary school interventions are already too late to prevent irreversible disability or to allow for the development of full adult capacity. Many of the same conditions of poverty that previously placed the under-five at risk of death later leave them at the risk of poor health, malnutrition and impaired mental, social and emotional development. This study, the condition of young children in Sub-Saharan Africa: the convergence of health, nutrition, and early education, describes the condition of young children in Africa and begins to explore strategies to address their condition. It is the first in a series of three studies: the second study is a review of Early Child Development (ECD) programs in SSA and the third will synthesize lessons drawn from the preceding second studies as well as country case studies in Kenya, South Africa, and Mauritius.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Colletta, Nat J.
Balachander, Jayshree
Liang, Xiaoyan
author_facet Colletta, Nat J.
Balachander, Jayshree
Liang, Xiaoyan
author_sort Colletta, Nat J.
title Early Childhood Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : Issues and Strategies
title_short Early Childhood Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : Issues and Strategies
title_full Early Childhood Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : Issues and Strategies
title_fullStr Early Childhood Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : Issues and Strategies
title_full_unstemmed Early Childhood Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : Issues and Strategies
title_sort early childhood development in sub-saharan africa : issues and strategies
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1997/10/12861957/early-childhood-development-sub-saharan-africa-issues-strategies
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9916
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