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Improving Early Childhood Development An Integrated Program for the Philippines / Richard A. Heaver and Joseph M. Hunt.

By: Heaver, Richard AContributor(s): Hunt, Joseph M [author.] | World Bank, Washington, DC | Asian Development Bank, Manila (Philippines)Material type: TextTextPublication details: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1995. Description: 187 pISBN: 9780821333501; 082133350XSubject(s): Developing Nations | Early Childhood Education | Early Intervention | Economic Development | Economic Impact | Educational Economics | Educational Policy | Foreign Countries | PhilippinesDDC classification: 305.23109599 Summary: This book suggests that the Philippines should be investing more in child development and that doing so will have a high payoff. The objective is to convince those who control resources in the central and local governments, and in the nongovernmental and donor communities, that they should finance an integrated investment package that has a real prospect of meeting the national goals for children. The chapters of this book include: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "The Situation of Children in the Philippines"; (3) "Government Policies, Goals, and Intervention Programs"; (4) "Creating an Integrated, National Early Childhood Development Program"; and (5) "Financing Early Childhood Development." A list of acronyms and abbreviations accompanies the text. (Contains approximately 150 references.) (EH)
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305.23109599 HEI 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Maisha WB106575

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This book suggests that the Philippines should be investing more in child development and that doing so will have a high payoff. The objective is to convince those who control resources in the central and local governments, and in the nongovernmental and donor communities, that they should finance an integrated investment package that has a real prospect of meeting the national goals for children. The chapters of this book include: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "The Situation of Children in the Philippines"; (3) "Government Policies, Goals, and Intervention Programs"; (4) "Creating an Integrated, National Early Childhood Development Program"; and (5) "Financing Early Childhood Development." A list of acronyms and abbreviations accompanies the text. (Contains approximately 150 references.) (EH)

Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.

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