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Planning Policies for Early Childhood Development: Guidelines for Action by Emily Vargas-Barón Summary: These Guidelines provide a Toolkit for planning culturally appropriate early childhood development (ECD) policies or policy frameworks. They represent a unique contribution to the field of ECD policy planning. The Guidelines demonstrate how government planners and institutions of civil society in the fields of health, nutrition, sanitation, education and legal protection can apply an integrated and participatory approach to child survival and development. The book is available in English, French, Spanish, and Russian. ...READ MORE... |
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Parenting Programmes: Formative Evaluation in Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia and Kazakhstan by Emily Vargas-Barón Summary: This evaluation of parenting programmes describes some of the profound changes occurring in services for child and family development in selected nations of the former Soviet Union. These countries no longer delegate to the State the primary responsibility for child rearing and ensuring basic child nutrition and health care. Rather, through forging partnerships between government and civil society, these nations are seeking to build on recent health and education reforms in order to establish child-centred and family-focused programmes. ...READ MORE... |
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Early Childhood Development Virtual University in Sub-Saharan Africa (ECDVU) by Emily Vargas-Barón Description: The ECDVU Program for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a Masters degree program that seeks to develop African ECD leadership capacity as a key strategy in support of child, family and community wellbeing and broader social and economic development. ...READ MORE... |
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Policy Analyses and Recommendations on Early Childhood Development and HIV/AIDS in Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar
Emily Vargas-Barón Description: To prepare the Policy Analyses and Recommendations on Early Childhood Development and HIV/AIDS in Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar, a total of 33 policies and policy-related plans, strategies, and guidelines were reviewed for the Mainland and 14 for Zanzibar. A few other child-related policies and documents exist but they could not be found in time for this study. Because of the difficulties all encounter in accessing existing policies, it is imperative that a national office for policy archives, distribution and advocacy be developed soon. ...READ MORE... |
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Payroll Taxes for Child Development: Lessons from Colombia (Policy Brief) Description: As nations developearlychildhood development (ECD) policies andplans, they identify urgent priorities and seek to expand their investments in children. ECDpayroll taxes are one option for increasing private and public support for vulnerable children and families. This Policy Brief analyzesthehistory, achievements and challenges of Colombia's 30-year old ECD payroll tax and provides importantlessons for other nations. ...READ MORE... |
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Project to Support National Policy Planning for Early Childhood Development in Three Countries of West Africa
by Emily Vargas-Barón Description: The Working Group on Early Childhood Development (WGECD) in sub-Saharan Africa was established in 1997 by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA). The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs became the leader of the Group. The first meeting of the WGECD was held in March 1999, with the participation of African nations and partner donor agencies. At this meeting, the WGECD decided to focus on developing competence for national policy planning for early childhood development in sub-Saharan Africa, with strategies for activities in three areas: research, advocacy and policy influence, and capacity building. ...READ MORE... |
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Health Promotion and Early Childhood Development: Some Emerging Globalresearch Issues by Emily Vargas-Barón and Robert J Melton Description: In developing nations, health promotion is becoming increasingly linked with early child development (ECD) as a part of integrated programming to improve child status. Comprehensive ECD programmes often include services for health, nutrition, sanitation, safety, parenting, infant and child psychosocial stimulation, preschool education, transition to primary school, juridical protection and protective services. Recent policy guidelines for preparing national ECD policies, policy frameworks and action plans emphasize the importance of taking an integrated approach to ECD and health promotion ...READ MORE... |
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