The Promise of Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

by Emiliana Vegas, Lucrecia Santibáñez, World Bank Group

Book Overview

Early childhood development outcomes play an important role throughout a person's life, affecting one's income-earning capacity and productivity, longevity, health, and cognitive ability. The deleterious effects of poor early childhood development outcomes can be long-lasting, affecting school attainment, employment, wages, criminality, and social integration of adults. The authors first take stock of early childhood development indicators in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821377590
• ISBN13: 9780821377598
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"