Early Childhood Development Publications

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Publications

Planning Policies for Early Childhood Development: Guidelines for Action

By VARGAS-BARÓN, Emily

These guidelines provide a toolkit for planning Early Childhood Development policies or policy frameworks. They demonstrate how government planners and institutions of civil society in the fields of health, nutrition, sanitation, education and legal protection can apply an integrated approach to child survival and early childhood development (ECD). The Guidelines present the five basic phases of the planning process, from structuring for success and methods for holding consultations and consensus building meetings to policy adoption and implementation. They explain how to integrate ECD policy planning with other cross-sectoral and sectoral policies and plans. Above all, the Guidelines help nations prepare ECD policies and annual ECD action plans that address critical gaps in services for vulnerable children and guide the development of comprehensive and culturally appropriate ECD programs.
ADEA Working Group on Early Childhood Development/UNICEF/UNESCO. 2005. Also exists in French


Early Childhood Development as an Important Strategy to Improve Learning Outcomes

By HYDE, Karin L. and KABIRU, Margaret N.

This document, discussed during the 2003 Biennial on the contributions of early childhood development (ECD) programs to quality in basic education outlines key concepts such as ECD and quality. The emphasis is on an integrated holistic approach to child development that responds to the nurturing, social, emotional, health, nutrition and intellectual needs of the child.

ADEA Working Group on Early Childhood Development, forthcoming 2006. ISBN: 92-9178-061-8. Also exists in French

Policy Studies Project

Working Group on Early Childhood Development Policy Project: A Synthesis Report
by Kate Torkington.

Working Group on Early Childhood Development, 2001.
Also exists in French.

Review of Namibia’s Early Childhood Development Policy and its Implementation
by Auriol Ashby, Dhyani Berger, Adelheid Butkus-Ndazapo, Judy Matjila.
Working Group on Early Childhood Development, 2001.
Also exists in French.

A Case Study on ECD Policy Development in Ghana
by J.K.A. Boakye, M. Adamu-Issah, Stella Etse.
WGECD, 2001
(Electronic version available in French only)

A Case Study on Early Childhood Development in Mauritius
by V. Bassant et M. Moti.
WGECD, 2000
(Electronic version available in French only)

 

WGECD Meeting Reports

Asmara Early Childhood Development Conference Documents: Declaration and synthesis statements
2nd International Conference on ECD - Asmara, Eritrea (2002)

Launching meeting of the ADEA Working Group on Early Childhood Development