Evaluating the Costs of Scaling up Early Childhood Development Interventions: the World Bank Costing Model with Burkina Faso and the Gambia

This paper presents two case studies concerning the identification of early child development programs in Burkina Faso and Gambia. From the standpoint of an operational definition, case studies raises questions concerning: „ the expected level of coverage of the young population by the level of service planned from now through 2015;„ the proposed services and the way they are organized;„ unit costs and the translation of these costs into budgetary terms; „ financial sustainability.