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Handbook of Early Childhood Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy

Edited by Pia Rebello Britto, Ph.D., Patrice L. Engle, Ph.D., and Charles M. Super, Ph.D.

Distinguished contributors assemble comprehensive and diverse chapters about early childhood development in primarily developing countries
Sheds light on the inequities and inequalities of early childhood in these countries
Suggests strategic actions to take to address poverty and economic and social exclusion in early childhood
Unites knowledge from science and program implementation to help governments and organizations plan effective programs and policies

Handbook of Early Childhood Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy

Edited by Pia Rebello Britto, Ph.D., Patrice L. Engle, Ph.D., and Charles M. Super, Ph.D.

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Early childhood development research offers solutions to several of the world's social and economic problems - solutions that can break the cycle of intergenerational poverty, improve the health, education, and wellbeing of the global population, and yield high rates of return on investment in the formative years of life. And yet over one-third of children worldwide under five years of age still fail to achieve their full developmental potential due to malnutrition, poverty, disease, neglect, and lack of learning opportunities.

Handbook of Early Childhood Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy calls for placing early childhood development at the top of the global policy agenda, enabling children to achieve their full developmental potential and to contribute to equitable economic and social progress worldwide. The volume presents evidence-based programs and policies for advancing the positive development of young children across the globe, focusing on developing countries. An international ensemble of scholars, policymakers, and practitioners present evidence from multiple disciplinary, sectorial, and analytical perspectives, emphasizing the importance of scientific findings in promoting child development and addressing programmatic challenges to quality, sustainability, measurement, finance, and capacity. Sponsored by the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), the premier international association of developmental scientists, and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), a leading organization for promoting children's wellbeing worldwide, this Handbook will be invaluable to policy advocates, program managers of national governments, international NGOs, and development agencies, as well as to scholars and students in the areas of child development and global policy.

Handbook of Early Childhood Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy

Edited by Pia Rebello Britto, Ph.D., Patrice L. Engle, Ph.D., and Charles M. Super, Ph.D.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors

SECTION 1: Introduction and Framework for ECD Policies
Chapter 1: Introduction to Volume. Early Child Development: Translating Research to Global Policy.
Pia Rebello Britto, Patrice L. Engle, and Charles M. Super
Chapter 2: COMMENTARY - The Powerful Reach of Early Childhood Development: A Science-Based Foundation for Sound Investment
Jack P. Shonkoff and Linda Richter
Chapter 3: Situational Analysis of Young Children in a Changing World
Patrice L. Engle, Nirmala Rao, and Oliver Petrovic
Chapter 4: Global Policy Landscape and Early Child Development
Pia Rebello Britto, Nurper Ulkuer, William P. Hodges, and Michael F. McCarthy

SECTION 2: Analytic and Disciplinary Perspectives
Chapter 5: The Nature and Impact of Risk and Protective Influences on Children's Development in Low Income Countries
Theodore D. Wachs and Atif Rahman
Chapter 6: Economic Perspectives on Some Important Dimensions of Early Childhood Development in Developing Countries
Jere R. Behrman and Sergio S. Urzua
Chapter 7: Culture and Early Childhood Development: Implications for Policy and Programs
Sara Harkness, Charles M. Super, Caroline Johnston Mavridis, Oumar Barry, and Marian Zeitlin
Chapter 8: Voices Less Heard: The Importance of Critical and "Indigenous" Perspectives
Alan Pence

SECTION 3: Programmatic Approaches to ECD
Chapter 9: The Role of the Health Sector in Early Childhood Development
Patrice L. Engle, Mary E. Young, and Giorgio Tamburlini
Chapter 10: Nutrition Based Approaches to Early Childhood Development
Aisha K. Yousafzai, Mohammad Y. Yakoob, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Chapter 11: Education Based Approaches to Early Childhood Development
Chloe O'Gara
Chapter 12: Preventing Violence against Young Children
Cassie Landers, Clarice Da Silva e Paula, and Theresa Kilbane
Chapter 13: Social Protection and Welfare Systems: Implications for Early Childhood Development
Lawrence Aber, Linda Biersteker, Andrew Dawes, and Laura Rawlings
Chapter 14: Community Based Approaches to ECD: A Matter of Degree
Jacqueline Hayden and Sithu Wai
Chapter 15: Parents and Communities: The Key to Understanding "Faith Based" Early Childhood Services and Programs
Kathy Bartlett, Paul Stephenson, and Louie Cadaing
Chapter 16: Early Education for All: Is there a Role for the Private Sector?
Martin Woodhead and Natalia Streuli
Chapter 17: Media and Early Childhood Development
Daphna Lemish and Barbara Kolucki

SECTION 4: Measurement and Monitoring of Programs and Policies
Chapter 18: Assessing Early Child Development
Marc H. Bornstein and Jennifer E Lansford
Chapter 19: Monitoring Progress Towards the Fulfillment of Rights in Early Childhood Under the Convention on the Rights of the Child to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families
Clyde Hertzman, Ziba Vaghri, and Adem Arkadas
Chapter 20: Improving Policies and Programs for Educational Quality: An Example from the Use of Learning Assessments
Dan A. Wagner

SECTION 5: Building and Strengthening the ECD Programs
Chapter 21: National Agency Systems
Maha B. Homsi and Lara A. Hussein
Chapter 22: Capacity Building for Early Child Development
Sara L. Hommel
Chapter 23: Barriers to Service Provision: Lessons Learned from Donor-Supported Early Child Development (ECD) Projects
Mary E. Young
Chapter 24: Building and Strengthening National Systems for Early Childhood Development
Emily Vargas-Barón
Chapter 25: Effective Financing
Alexandria Valerio and Marito H. Garcia

SECTION 6: Conclusions
Chapter 26: Paradigm Shifts and New Directions in Research on Early Child Development Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Hirokazu Yoshikawa and Ana Maria Nieto
Chapter 27: Closing Commentary: Implications for Development
Deepa Grover
Chapter 28: Closing Commentary: Implications for Capacity
Aster Haregot
Chapter 29: Closing Commentary: The Future of ECD in the Global Development Agenda
Charles M. Super, Pia Rebello Britto, and Patrice L. Engle

Handbook of Early Childhood Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy

Edited by Pia Rebello Britto, Ph.D., Patrice L. Engle, Ph.D., and Charles M. Super, Ph.D.

Author Information

Pia Rebello Britto, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor at the Child Study Center at Yale University.
Patrice L. Engle, Ph.D., was Professor of Psychology and Child Development at California Polytechnic State University.
Charles M. Super, Ph.D., is Professor of Human and Family Studies at the University of Connecticut.

Contributors:

Lawrence Aber, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Applied Psychology and Public Policy
New York University, Steinhardt
New York, NY

Adem Arkadas-Thibert, M.A.
Child Rights Policy and Advocacy Officer
International Children's Center (ICC)
Bilkent University
Ankara, Turkey

Oumar Barry, Ph.D.
Senior Lector
University Cheikh Anta Diop
Dakar-Fann, Senegal

Kathy Bartlett, Ph.D.
Co-Director, Education
Aga Khan Foundation
Geneva, Switzerland

Jere R. Behrman, Ph.D.
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Economics and Sociology
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, MBBS, FRCP, FRCPCH, FCPS, Ph.D.
The Noordin Noormahomed Sheriff Professor & Founding Chair Division of Women and Child Health
Aga Khan University
Karachi, Pakistan

Linda Biersteker, M.A.
Research Director
Early Learning Resource Unit
Newlands, South Africa

Marc H. Bornstein, Ph.D.
Head, Child and Family Research
NICHD
Bethesda, MD

Pia Rebello Britto, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Louie Cadaing, MSc
Director, Spiritual Nurture of Children
World Vision International
Quezon City, Phillippines

Clarice da Silva e Paula, M.A.
Child Protection Specialist
UNICEF
New York, NY

Andy Dawes, MSc
Professor
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa and
University of Oxford
Oxford, UK

Patrice L. Engle, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA

Marito H. Garcia, Ph.D.
Lead Economist and
Program Leader for ECD in Africa
The World Bank
Washington, DC

Deepa Grover, D. Phil
Regional Adviser, Early Childhood Development
UNICEF, Regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
Geneva, Switzerland

Aster Haregot, M.Ed.
Education Advisor
Friends of FAWE
Nairobi, Kenya

Sara Harkness, Ph.D.
Professor of Human Development, Pediatrics, and Public Health, and
Director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Health and Human Development
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

Jacqueline Hayden, Ph.D.
Professor
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia

Clyde Hertzman, M.D., MSc, FRCPC
Director, Human Early Learning Partnership
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada

William P. Hodges, M.A.
Postgraduate Associate and Fellow at the Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Sara L. Hommel, M.A.
Senior Technical Specialist, Department of Education and Child Development
Save the Children
Washington, DC

Maha B. Homsi, M.A.
Early Childhood & Protection Specialist
UNICEF
Amman, Jordan

Lara A. Hussein, M.A.
Chief of Child Protection
UNICEF
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Theresa Kilbane, MSc
Senior Advisor, Child Protection
UNICEF
New York, NY

Barbara Kolucki, M.A.
Consultant: Children, Communication and Inclusive Practices
UNICEF
North Abington Twp., PA

Cassie Landers, Ed.D., MPh
Assistant Professor
Columbia University
New York, NY

Jennifer E. Lansford, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Duke University
Durham, NC

Dafna Lemish, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL

Caroline Johnston Mavridis, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

Michael Frank McCarthy, B.A.
M.A. Candidate
University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT

Ana Maria Nieto, M.A.
Doctoral Student
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, MA

Chloe O'Gara, Ed.D.
Program Officer
Hewlett Foundation
Menlo Park, CA

Alan Pence, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Victoria
Victoria, BC, Canada

Oliver Petrovic, MPh
Early Childhood Development Programme Specialist
UNICEF
New York, NY

Atif Rahman, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, UK

Nirmala Rao, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China

Laura Rawlings, M.A.
Lead Social Protection Specialist
The World Bank
Washington, DC

Linda Richter, L.M.
Professor
Human Sciences Research Council
Durban, South Africa and
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa

Lonnie Sherrod, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Society for Research in Child Development
Ann Arbor, MI

Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D.
Julius B. Richmond FAMRI Professor of Child Health and Development,
Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Graduate School of Education and
Director, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
Cambridge, MA and
Professor of Pediatrics,
Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston
Boston, MA

Paul Stephenson, MSc
Senior Director, Child Development and Rights Technical Cluster
World Vision International
Federal Way, WA

Natalia Streuli, Ph.D.
Young Lives Qualitative Researcher
Grupo de Análisis para el Desarollo (GRADE), Lima, Peru

Charles M. Super, Ph.D.
Professor of Human Development and Pediatrics and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Health and Human Development
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

Giorgio Tamburlini, Ph.D.
Senior Scientific Advisor
Institute for Child Health Burlo Garofolo Trieste
Trieste, Italy

Nurper Ulkuer, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor for ECD
UNICEF
Ankara, Turkey

Sergio S. Urzua, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Maryland
College Park, MD

Ziba Vaghri, B.N., MSc, Ph.D.
Director of the International Research and Initiatives Program of HELP
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Alexandria Valerio, Ph.D.
Senior Economist
The World Bank
Washington, DC
Emily Vargas-Barón, Ph.D.
Director
The RISE Institute
Washington, DC

Theodore D. Wachs, Ph.D.
Professor
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN

Daniel A. Wagner, Ph.D.
UNESCO Chair and Professor of Education
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Sithu Wai, M.A.
Doctoral Candidate
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia

Martin Woodhead, Ph.D.
Professor
The Open University
Milton Keynes, UK

Mohammad Y. Yakoob, MBBS, MSc
Research Assistant
Aga Khan University
Karachi, Pakistan

Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Ph.D.
Walter H. Gale Professor of Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, MA

Mary E. Young, M.D., DrPh
Pediatrician, Public Health Specialist
Center on the Developing Child
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Aisha K. Yousafzai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Aga Khan University
Karachi, Pakistan

Marian Zeitlin, Ph.D.
Senior Visiting Fellow
Cornell University, Institute for African Development
New York, NY

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Edited by Pia Rebello Britto, Ph.D., Patrice L. Engle, Ph.D., and Charles M. Super, Ph.D.

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Handbook of Early Childhood Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy

Edited by Pia Rebello Britto, Ph.D., Patrice L. Engle, Ph.D., and Charles M. Super, Ph.D.

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Handbook of Early Childhood Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy

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