Early Childhood Development (ECD) Investing in the early years is one of the smartest things a country can do. Early childhood experiences have a profound impact on brain development – affecting learning, health, behavior, and ultimately, lifetime opportunities. Building Human Capital Where It Matters: Homes, Neighborhoods, and Workplaces
The status of Early Childhood Development (ECD) in Tunisia Tunisia has achieved near universal prenatal and delivery care, but not all children receive regula r prenatal care.
The Anchor Items for the Measurement of Early Childhood Development (AIM-ECD) are designed to help countries in diverse settings assess and improve early childhood. AIM-ECD includes two free tools of early childhood development that measure early literacy, early numeracy, executive functioning, and social-emotional development of children between the ages of 4 and 6: Caregiver Report (CR ...
The economic update proposes three high-level recommendations and four investment priorities for ECD to the Government of Uganda. Recommendation 1. Commit to a pathway of increased, pro-equity public expenditure on ECD and harness development partner and private-sector contributions. Recommendation 2.
The status of Early Childhood Development (ECD) in the Arab Republic of Egypt Despite progress in maternal health, a quarter of births (26%) did not receive prenatal care and a fifth (21%) of birth deliveries were not attended by a skilled attendant.
ECD Measurement To see a full list of related work please see the AIM-ECD and Teach ECE pages. Publications Validity Evidence for an ECE Classroom Observation Tool [PDF] (): explores reliability and validity evidence as measured by an ECE classroom observation tool across five low- and middle-income countries.
The Early Childhood Development Project is working to improve the quality of and expand equitable access to early childhood development (ECD) services in Sri Lanka. Since 2016, the project has benefitted more than 1.35 million children between 3 and 5 years of age.