Africa's future, Africa's challenge : early childhood care and development in Sub-Saharan Africa / editors, Marito Garcia, Alan Pence, Judith L. Evans
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- 4398712
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- Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2008
- xxix, 525 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780821368862
- 0821368869
- 9780821368879
- Series:
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- World Bank e-Library.
- Directions in development. Human development
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: Introduction
- Alan Pence
- Director
- Early Childhood Development Virtual University
- Professor, School of Child and Youth Care
- University of Victoria
- Canada
- Judith L. Evans
- Director Emeritus
- Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development
- Canada
- Marito Garcia
- Lead Economist
- Human Development
- Africa Region
- The World Bank
- Usa
- SECTION 1 ? Contexts
- Chapter 1
- The State of Children in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Marito Garcia
- Lead Economist
- Human Development
- Africa Region
- The World Bank
- Usa
- Gillian Virata
- Early Child Development Consultant
- The World Bank
- Usa
- Erika Dunkelberg
- Early Child Development Team
- Human Development Network?Children and Youth
- The World Bank
- Usa
- Chapter 2
- Positioning ECD Nationally: Trends in Selected African Countries
- Agnes Akosua Aidoo
- Senior Social Policy Adviser
- United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
- (Global Adviser on Gender and Women?s Development, UNICEF)
- (UNICEF Representative to Tanzania)
- Ghana
- Chapter 3
- Early Childhood Care and Education in Sub-Saharan Africa:
- What Would It Take to Meet the Millennium Development Goals?
- Adriana Jaramillo
- Senior Education Specialist
- Human Development
- Middle East and North Africa Region
- The World Bank
- Usa
- Alain Mingat
- Directeur de Recherches au CNRS, IREDU
- & University of Burgundy
- France
- Chapter 4
- Brain Development and ECD: A Case for Investment
- Mary Eming Young
- Early Child Development Team
- Human Development Network?Children and Youth
- The World Bank
- Usa
- Fraser Mustard
- Founding President and Fellow
- The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
- Canada
- Chapter 5
- New Threats to Early Childhood Development: Children Affected by HIV/AIDS
- Jodie Fonseca
- Education and HIV/AIDS Specialist
- Save the Children Fund
- Usa
- Chloe O?Gara
- Director, Education
- Save the Children
- Usa
- Linda Sussman,
- Consultant, HIV and AIDS Prevention and Care
- Usa
- John Williamson
- Senior Technical Advisor
- Displaced Children and Orphans Fund, USAID
- Usa
- Chapter 6
- ECD in Africa: An Historical Perspective
- Larry Prochner
- Associate Professor
- Department of Elementary Education
- Faculty of Education
- University of Alberta
- Canada
- Margaret Kabiru
- Director
- Mwana Mwende ECDE Training Center
- Kenya
- Chapter 7
- (Mis)Understanding ECD in Africa: The Force of Local and Global Motives
- A. Bame Nsamenang
- Associate Professor of Psychology and Counseling
- University of Yaounde 1
- Cameroon
- Chapter 8
- Fathering: The Role of Men in Raising Children in Africa?Holding Up the Other Half of the Sky
- Linda M. Richter
- Executive Director
- Child Youth Family and Social Development
- Human Sciences Research Council
- South Africa
- Robert Morrell
- Professor
- School of Education
- University of KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- SECTION II ? Policy Development
- Chapter 9
- ECD Policy: A Comparative Analysis in Ghana, Mauritius, and Namibia
- Joseph Kwasi Ayim Boakye
- Early Child Development Consultant
- Ghana
- Stella Etse
- Consultant-Coordinator
- Working Group on Early Child Development
- Association for the Development of Education in Africa
- Ghana
- Madeez Adamu-Issah
- Project Officer, Education
- Unicef
- Ghana
- Medha Devi Moti
- Education Consultant
- (Former Chief Technical Officer of the Mauritius Ministry of Education)
- Mauritius
- Juditha Laketo Matjila
- Communication Officer
- Unicef
- Namibia
- Shamani-Jeffrey Shikwambi
- Program Coordinator
- Augsburg College
- Usa
- Chapter 10
- Participatory ECD Policy Planning in Francophone West Africa
- Emily Vargas-Bar?n
- Director
- Institute for Reconstruction and International Security through Education (RISE)
- Usa
- Chapter 11
- The Challenge of the Under-Threes in Africa
- Kofi Marfo
- Director
- Center for Research on Children?s Development and Learning
- Professor of Educational Psychology
- University of South Florida
- Usa
- Jenieri Sagnia
- Education Project Officer
- Basic Services Program
- Unicef
- The Gambia
- Linda Bierstecker
- Head of Research
- Early Learning Resource Unit
- South Africa
- Margaret Kabiru
- Director
- Mwana Mwende ECDE Training Center
- Kenya
- SECTION III - Programming
- Chapter 12
- Introducing Preprimary Classes in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges
- Linda Bierstecker
- Head of Research
- Early Learning Resource Unit
- South Africa
- Samuel Ngaruiya
- Senior Education Officer, ECD
- Ministry of Education
- Kenya
- Edith Sebatane
- Inspector
- Ministry of Education and Training
- Lesotho
- Sarah Gudyanga
- Consultant
- Zimbabwe
- Chapter 13
- Inclusion?A Response to the ?Inherent Rights of the Child?: Services for Young Children with Special Educational Needs (Mauritius)
- Gilberte Chung Kim Chung
- Adviser to the Ministry of Education and Human Resources
- Project Manager of the Special Education Needs Unit
- Mauritius
- Cyril Dalais
- Consultant and Adviser on Child Protection and Child Development
- Ministry of Education and Human Resources
- Mauritius
- Chapter 14
- Parenting Challenges for the Changing African Family
- Judith L. Evans
- Director Emeritus
- Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Director,
- Canada
- Chalizamudzi Elizabeth Matola
- Assistant Project Officer
- Orphans and Vulnerable Children and Child Protection
- Unicef
- Malawi
- Jolly P. T. Nyeko
- Founder and Chairperson
- Action for Children
- Uganda
- Chapter 15
- ECD and HIV AIDS: The Newest Programming and Policy Challenge
- Patrice Engle
- Senior Advisor, Early Child Development
- Early Child Development Unit
- Programme Division
- Unicef
- Usa
- Erika Dunkelberg
- Early Child Development Team
- Human Development Network?Children and Youth
- The World Bank
- Usa
- Shireen Issa
- Consultant
- Unicef
- Chapter 16
- Supporting Young Children in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations:
- Child Protection and Psychosocial Well-Being in Angola
- Michael Wessells
- Senior Advisor on Child Protection
- Christian Children?s Fund
- Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health, Columbia University,
- Usa
- Carlinda Monteiro
- Deputy Director
- Christian Children?s Fund
- Angola
- Chapter 17
- Strategic Communication in Early Childhood Development Programs: The Case of Uganda
- Cecilia Caba?ero-Verzosa
- Unit Head for Knowledge and Capacity Building
- Development Communication Division
- The World Bank
- Usa
- Nawsheen Elaheebocus
- Development Communication Division
- The World Bank
- Usa
- Chapter 18
- The Synergy of Nutrition and ECD Interventions in Africa
- Harold Alderman
- Lead Human Development Economist
- Africa Region
- The World Bank
- Usa
- Patrice L. Engle
- Senior Advisor, Early Child Development
- Early Child Development Unit
- Programme Division
- Unicef
- Usa
- Chapter 19
- Impact of ECD programmes on Women?s Labor Force Participation and Schooling of Older Children: Household Modeling in Kenya
- Michael Lokshin
- Senior Economist
- Development Research Group
- The World Bank
- Usa
- Elena Glinskaya
- Senior Economist
- Economic Policy and Poverty Reduction Department
- South Asia Region
- The World Bank
- Usa
- Marito Garcia
- Lead Economist
- Human Development Department
- Africa Region
- The World Bank
- Usa
- SECTION IV ? Evaluations and Research
- Chapter 20
- Madrasa Resource Centre Early Childhood Development Programme: Making a Difference
- Peter Mwaura
- Lead Researcher
- Madrasa Regional Research Programme
- Madrasa Resource Centre, East Africa
- Kenya
- Bishara T. Mohamed
- Former Director
- Madrasa Resource Center
- Zanzibar, Tanzania
- Chapter 21
- Linking Policy Discussions to Everyday Life in Kenya: Impacts of Neoliberal Policies on Early Education and Childrearing
- Elizabeth Swadener
- Professor and Chair, Early Childhood Education
- And Professor, Policy Studies
- Arizona State University
- Usa
- Patrick Wachira
- Asst. Professor, Dept. of Teacher Education, Mathematics
- Cleveland State University
- Usa
- Margaret Kabiru
- Director
- Mwana Mwende ECDE Training Center
- Kenya
- Anne Njenga
- Training and Research Coordinator
- Mwana Mwende ECDE Training Center
- Kenya
- Chapter 22
- Community-Based Approaches That Work in Eastern and Southern Africa
- Jane E. Lucas
- Consultant in?Child Health and Development
- Turkey
- Jessica Jitta
- Director
- Child Health and Development Center
- Makerere University
- Uganda.
- Gareth Jones
- Statistician
- Adeni Consulting
- Canada
- Katarzyna Wilczynska-Ketende
- Consultant in international child health
- Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Child Health
- Currently Consultant Project Coordinator, IGBM/UNICEF UK
- Uk
- SECTION V ? Challenges and Ways Forward
- Chapter 23
- Can Early Childhood Programs be Financially Sustainable in Africa?
- Adriana Jaramillo
- Senior Education Specialist
- Human Development
- Middle East and North Africa Region
- The World Bank
- Usa
- Alain Mingat
- Directeur de Recherches au CNRS, IREDU
- & University of Burgundy
- France
- Chapter 24
- A Tri-Part Approach to Promoting ECD Capacity: ECD Seminars, International Conferences, and ECDVU
- Alan Pence
- Director
- Early Childhood Development Virtual University
- Professor, School of Child and Youth Care
- University of Victoria
- Canada
- Abeba Habtom
- Head
- ECCE and Special Needs Unit
- Ministry of Education
- Eritrea
- Francis R. W. Chalamanda
- National Coordinator for ECD Malawi
- Ministry of Women and Child Development
- Malawi.
- Notes:
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- Formerly CIP.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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