Africa's Future, Africa's Challenge : Early Childhood Care and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

This book seeks to achieve a balance, describing challenges that are being faced as well as developments that are underway. It seeks a balance in terms of the voices heard, including not just voices of the North commenting on the South, but voices from the South, and in concert with the North. It seeks to provide the voices of specialists and generalists, of those from international and local organizations, from academia and the field. It seeks a diversity of views and values. Such diversity and complexity are the reality of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) today. The major focus of this book is on SSA from the Sahel south. Approximately 130 million children between birth and age 6 live in SSA. Every year 27 million children are born, and every year 4.7 million children under age 5 die. Rates of birth and of child deaths are consistently higher in SSA than in any other part of the world; the under-5 mortality rate of 163 per 1,000 is twice that of the rest of the developing world and 30 times that of industrialized countries (UNICEF 2006). Of the children who are born, 65 percent will experience poverty, 14 million will be orphans affected by HIV/AIDS directly and within their families and one-third will experience exclusion because of their gender or ethnicity.

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Main Authors: Garcia, Marito, Pence, Alan, Evans, Judith L.
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank 2008
Subjects:AIDS EPIDEMIC, AIDS ORPHANS, BABY, BASIC NEEDS, BASIC SERVICES, BRAIN DEVELOPMENT, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAREGIVERS, CHILD CARE, CHILD CARE FACILITIES, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD NUTRITION, CHILD POVERTY, CHILD PROTECTION, CHILD SURVIVAL, CHILD WELFARE, CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES, CHILDREN IN CONFLICT, CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL, CHILDREN UNDER AGE, CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, CHURCHES, CLEAN WATER, COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT, CONDITIONS FOR CHILDREN, CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, CURRICULUM, DECISION MAKING, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN, DISPLACED CHILDREN, DISSEMINATION, DROPOUT, DROPOUT RATES, EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE, EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, EARLY CHILDHOOD ENVIRONMENT RATING SCALE, EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION, EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS, EARLY EDUCATION, EARLY LEARNING, ECCD, ECCE, ECD, ECD POLICIES, ECD PROGRAMS, ECERS, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, ENROLLMENT, ENROLLMENT RATE, EXTENDED FAMILY, FAMILY HEALTH, FAMILY LIFE, FAMILY MEMBERS, FAMILY STRUCTURE, FAMILY WELFARE, FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION, GENDER, GENDER EQUALITY, GER, GIRLS, GIRLS IN SCHOOL, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROSS ENROLLMENT, GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES, GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO, GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS, GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT, GROWTH MONITORING, HEALTH CARE, HEIGHT FOR AGE, HIV, HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURES, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXES, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENT, ILLNESS, IMMUNIZATION, INDEXES, INFANT, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, INFANT MORTALITY RATES, INFANTS, INSTRUCTION, INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL LAW, INTERVENTIONS, IODINE DEFICIENCY, KINDERGARTENS, LABOR FORCE, LEADERSHIP, LEARNING, LEGAL STATUS, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIFE SKILLS, LITERACY, LITERACY RATES, LIVE BIRTHS, LIVING STANDARDS, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MALARIA, MALNUTRITION, MEASLES, MENTAL DEVELOPMENT, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MORTALITY RATE, MOTHER, MOTHER-TO-CHILD, MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION, NATIONAL PLAN, NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION, NATIONAL POLICY, NATIONAL PRIORITY, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, NUMBER OF AIDS ORPHANS, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, NUMBER OF ORPHANS, NUTRITION, OLDER CHILDREN, ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY, ORPHAN, ORPHAN ESTIMATES, ORPHAN POPULATION, ORPHANHOOD, ORPHANS, PANDEMIC, PARENT SUPPORT PROGRAMS, PARENTING, PARITY, PARTICIPATION RATES, PLAN OF ACTION, POLICY CONCERN, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLIO, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, PRACTITIONERS, PREPRIMARY EDUCATION, PREPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT, PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS, PRESCHOOLS, PRIMARY COMPLETION, PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY EDUCATION SYSTEM, PRIMARY GRADE, PRIMARY GRADES, PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT, PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION, PRIMARY SCHOOL PARTICIPATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, PRIMARY YEARS, PURCHASING POWER, RADIO, REPETITION RATES, RURAL CHILDREN, SANITATION, SANITATION FACILITIES, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOL CHILDREN, SCHOOL READINESS, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL SERVICES, SPECIAL EDUCATION, SPECIAL NEEDS, STATE UNIVERSITY, SURVIVAL RATE, TEACHER EDUCATION, TEACHERS, TETANUS, UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT, URBANIZATION, VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY, VULNERABILITY, VULNERABLE CHILDREN, WARS, WORKING MOTHERS, WORLD CONFERENCE, WORLD CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION, WORLD SUMMIT FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG CHILD, YOUNG CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUTH,
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topic AIDS EPIDEMIC
AIDS ORPHANS
BABY
BASIC NEEDS
BASIC SERVICES
BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAREGIVERS
CHILD CARE
CHILD CARE FACILITIES
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD NUTRITION
CHILD POVERTY
CHILD PROTECTION
CHILD SURVIVAL
CHILD WELFARE
CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES
CHILDREN IN CONFLICT
CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL
CHILDREN UNDER AGE
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
CHURCHES
CLEAN WATER
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
CONDITIONS FOR CHILDREN
CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
CURRICULUM
DECISION MAKING
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
DISPLACED CHILDREN
DISSEMINATION
DROPOUT
DROPOUT RATES
EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
EARLY CHILDHOOD ENVIRONMENT RATING SCALE
EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION
EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS
EARLY EDUCATION
EARLY LEARNING
ECCD
ECCE
ECD
ECD POLICIES
ECD PROGRAMS
ECERS
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT RATE
EXTENDED FAMILY
FAMILY HEALTH
FAMILY LIFE
FAMILY MEMBERS
FAMILY STRUCTURE
FAMILY WELFARE
FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
GENDER
GENDER EQUALITY
GER
GIRLS
GIRLS IN SCHOOL
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
GROWTH MONITORING
HEALTH CARE
HEIGHT FOR AGE
HIV
HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT
HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXES
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENT
ILLNESS
IMMUNIZATION
INDEXES
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
INFANT MORTALITY RATES
INFANTS
INSTRUCTION
INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL LAW
INTERVENTIONS
IODINE DEFICIENCY
KINDERGARTENS
LABOR FORCE
LEADERSHIP
LEARNING
LEGAL STATUS
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFE SKILLS
LITERACY
LITERACY RATES
LIVE BIRTHS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MALARIA
MALNUTRITION
MEASLES
MENTAL DEVELOPMENT
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MORTALITY RATE
MOTHER
MOTHER-TO-CHILD
MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION
NATIONAL PLAN
NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION
NATIONAL POLICY
NATIONAL PRIORITY
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUMBER OF AIDS ORPHANS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF ORPHANS
NUTRITION
OLDER CHILDREN
ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY
ORPHAN
ORPHAN ESTIMATES
ORPHAN POPULATION
ORPHANHOOD
ORPHANS
PANDEMIC
PARENT SUPPORT PROGRAMS
PARENTING
PARITY
PARTICIPATION RATES
PLAN OF ACTION
POLICY CONCERN
POLICY DEVELOPMENT
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLIO
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PRACTITIONERS
PREPRIMARY EDUCATION
PREPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS
PRESCHOOLS
PRIMARY COMPLETION
PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY EDUCATION SYSTEM
PRIMARY GRADE
PRIMARY GRADES
PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION
PRIMARY SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
PRIMARY YEARS
PURCHASING POWER
RADIO
REPETITION RATES
RURAL CHILDREN
SANITATION
SANITATION FACILITIES
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CHILDREN
SCHOOL READINESS
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SERVICES
SPECIAL EDUCATION
SPECIAL NEEDS
STATE UNIVERSITY
SURVIVAL RATE
TEACHER EDUCATION
TEACHERS
TETANUS
UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT
URBANIZATION
VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABLE CHILDREN
WARS
WORKING MOTHERS
WORLD CONFERENCE
WORLD CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION
WORLD SUMMIT FOR CHILDREN
YOUNG CHILD
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH
AIDS EPIDEMIC
AIDS ORPHANS
BABY
BASIC NEEDS
BASIC SERVICES
BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAREGIVERS
CHILD CARE
CHILD CARE FACILITIES
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD NUTRITION
CHILD POVERTY
CHILD PROTECTION
CHILD SURVIVAL
CHILD WELFARE
CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES
CHILDREN IN CONFLICT
CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL
CHILDREN UNDER AGE
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
CHURCHES
CLEAN WATER
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
CONDITIONS FOR CHILDREN
CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
CURRICULUM
DECISION MAKING
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
DISPLACED CHILDREN
DISSEMINATION
DROPOUT
DROPOUT RATES
EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
EARLY CHILDHOOD ENVIRONMENT RATING SCALE
EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION
EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS
EARLY EDUCATION
EARLY LEARNING
ECCD
ECCE
ECD
ECD POLICIES
ECD PROGRAMS
ECERS
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT RATE
EXTENDED FAMILY
FAMILY HEALTH
FAMILY LIFE
FAMILY MEMBERS
FAMILY STRUCTURE
FAMILY WELFARE
FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
GENDER
GENDER EQUALITY
GER
GIRLS
GIRLS IN SCHOOL
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
GROWTH MONITORING
HEALTH CARE
HEIGHT FOR AGE
HIV
HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT
HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXES
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENT
ILLNESS
IMMUNIZATION
INDEXES
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
INFANT MORTALITY RATES
INFANTS
INSTRUCTION
INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL LAW
INTERVENTIONS
IODINE DEFICIENCY
KINDERGARTENS
LABOR FORCE
LEADERSHIP
LEARNING
LEGAL STATUS
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFE SKILLS
LITERACY
LITERACY RATES
LIVE BIRTHS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MALARIA
MALNUTRITION
MEASLES
MENTAL DEVELOPMENT
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MORTALITY RATE
MOTHER
MOTHER-TO-CHILD
MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION
NATIONAL PLAN
NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION
NATIONAL POLICY
NATIONAL PRIORITY
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUMBER OF AIDS ORPHANS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF ORPHANS
NUTRITION
OLDER CHILDREN
ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY
ORPHAN
ORPHAN ESTIMATES
ORPHAN POPULATION
ORPHANHOOD
ORPHANS
PANDEMIC
PARENT SUPPORT PROGRAMS
PARENTING
PARITY
PARTICIPATION RATES
PLAN OF ACTION
POLICY CONCERN
POLICY DEVELOPMENT
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLIO
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PRACTITIONERS
PREPRIMARY EDUCATION
PREPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS
PRESCHOOLS
PRIMARY COMPLETION
PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY EDUCATION SYSTEM
PRIMARY GRADE
PRIMARY GRADES
PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION
PRIMARY SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
PRIMARY YEARS
PURCHASING POWER
RADIO
REPETITION RATES
RURAL CHILDREN
SANITATION
SANITATION FACILITIES
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CHILDREN
SCHOOL READINESS
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SERVICES
SPECIAL EDUCATION
SPECIAL NEEDS
STATE UNIVERSITY
SURVIVAL RATE
TEACHER EDUCATION
TEACHERS
TETANUS
UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT
URBANIZATION
VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABLE CHILDREN
WARS
WORKING MOTHERS
WORLD CONFERENCE
WORLD CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION
WORLD SUMMIT FOR CHILDREN
YOUNG CHILD
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH
spellingShingle AIDS EPIDEMIC
AIDS ORPHANS
BABY
BASIC NEEDS
BASIC SERVICES
BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAREGIVERS
CHILD CARE
CHILD CARE FACILITIES
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD NUTRITION
CHILD POVERTY
CHILD PROTECTION
CHILD SURVIVAL
CHILD WELFARE
CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES
CHILDREN IN CONFLICT
CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL
CHILDREN UNDER AGE
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
CHURCHES
CLEAN WATER
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
CONDITIONS FOR CHILDREN
CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
CURRICULUM
DECISION MAKING
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
DISPLACED CHILDREN
DISSEMINATION
DROPOUT
DROPOUT RATES
EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
EARLY CHILDHOOD ENVIRONMENT RATING SCALE
EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION
EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS
EARLY EDUCATION
EARLY LEARNING
ECCD
ECCE
ECD
ECD POLICIES
ECD PROGRAMS
ECERS
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT RATE
EXTENDED FAMILY
FAMILY HEALTH
FAMILY LIFE
FAMILY MEMBERS
FAMILY STRUCTURE
FAMILY WELFARE
FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
GENDER
GENDER EQUALITY
GER
GIRLS
GIRLS IN SCHOOL
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
GROWTH MONITORING
HEALTH CARE
HEIGHT FOR AGE
HIV
HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT
HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXES
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENT
ILLNESS
IMMUNIZATION
INDEXES
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
INFANT MORTALITY RATES
INFANTS
INSTRUCTION
INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL LAW
INTERVENTIONS
IODINE DEFICIENCY
KINDERGARTENS
LABOR FORCE
LEADERSHIP
LEARNING
LEGAL STATUS
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFE SKILLS
LITERACY
LITERACY RATES
LIVE BIRTHS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MALARIA
MALNUTRITION
MEASLES
MENTAL DEVELOPMENT
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MORTALITY RATE
MOTHER
MOTHER-TO-CHILD
MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION
NATIONAL PLAN
NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION
NATIONAL POLICY
NATIONAL PRIORITY
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUMBER OF AIDS ORPHANS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF ORPHANS
NUTRITION
OLDER CHILDREN
ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY
ORPHAN
ORPHAN ESTIMATES
ORPHAN POPULATION
ORPHANHOOD
ORPHANS
PANDEMIC
PARENT SUPPORT PROGRAMS
PARENTING
PARITY
PARTICIPATION RATES
PLAN OF ACTION
POLICY CONCERN
POLICY DEVELOPMENT
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLIO
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PRACTITIONERS
PREPRIMARY EDUCATION
PREPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS
PRESCHOOLS
PRIMARY COMPLETION
PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY EDUCATION SYSTEM
PRIMARY GRADE
PRIMARY GRADES
PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION
PRIMARY SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
PRIMARY YEARS
PURCHASING POWER
RADIO
REPETITION RATES
RURAL CHILDREN
SANITATION
SANITATION FACILITIES
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CHILDREN
SCHOOL READINESS
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SERVICES
SPECIAL EDUCATION
SPECIAL NEEDS
STATE UNIVERSITY
SURVIVAL RATE
TEACHER EDUCATION
TEACHERS
TETANUS
UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT
URBANIZATION
VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABLE CHILDREN
WARS
WORKING MOTHERS
WORLD CONFERENCE
WORLD CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION
WORLD SUMMIT FOR CHILDREN
YOUNG CHILD
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH
AIDS EPIDEMIC
AIDS ORPHANS
BABY
BASIC NEEDS
BASIC SERVICES
BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAREGIVERS
CHILD CARE
CHILD CARE FACILITIES
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD NUTRITION
CHILD POVERTY
CHILD PROTECTION
CHILD SURVIVAL
CHILD WELFARE
CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES
CHILDREN IN CONFLICT
CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL
CHILDREN UNDER AGE
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
CHURCHES
CLEAN WATER
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
CONDITIONS FOR CHILDREN
CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
CURRICULUM
DECISION MAKING
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
DISPLACED CHILDREN
DISSEMINATION
DROPOUT
DROPOUT RATES
EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
EARLY CHILDHOOD ENVIRONMENT RATING SCALE
EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION
EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS
EARLY EDUCATION
EARLY LEARNING
ECCD
ECCE
ECD
ECD POLICIES
ECD PROGRAMS
ECERS
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT RATE
EXTENDED FAMILY
FAMILY HEALTH
FAMILY LIFE
FAMILY MEMBERS
FAMILY STRUCTURE
FAMILY WELFARE
FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
GENDER
GENDER EQUALITY
GER
GIRLS
GIRLS IN SCHOOL
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
GROWTH MONITORING
HEALTH CARE
HEIGHT FOR AGE
HIV
HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT
HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXES
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENT
ILLNESS
IMMUNIZATION
INDEXES
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
INFANT MORTALITY RATES
INFANTS
INSTRUCTION
INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL LAW
INTERVENTIONS
IODINE DEFICIENCY
KINDERGARTENS
LABOR FORCE
LEADERSHIP
LEARNING
LEGAL STATUS
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFE SKILLS
LITERACY
LITERACY RATES
LIVE BIRTHS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MALARIA
MALNUTRITION
MEASLES
MENTAL DEVELOPMENT
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MORTALITY RATE
MOTHER
MOTHER-TO-CHILD
MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION
NATIONAL PLAN
NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION
NATIONAL POLICY
NATIONAL PRIORITY
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUMBER OF AIDS ORPHANS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF ORPHANS
NUTRITION
OLDER CHILDREN
ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY
ORPHAN
ORPHAN ESTIMATES
ORPHAN POPULATION
ORPHANHOOD
ORPHANS
PANDEMIC
PARENT SUPPORT PROGRAMS
PARENTING
PARITY
PARTICIPATION RATES
PLAN OF ACTION
POLICY CONCERN
POLICY DEVELOPMENT
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLIO
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PRACTITIONERS
PREPRIMARY EDUCATION
PREPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS
PRESCHOOLS
PRIMARY COMPLETION
PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY EDUCATION SYSTEM
PRIMARY GRADE
PRIMARY GRADES
PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION
PRIMARY SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
PRIMARY YEARS
PURCHASING POWER
RADIO
REPETITION RATES
RURAL CHILDREN
SANITATION
SANITATION FACILITIES
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CHILDREN
SCHOOL READINESS
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SERVICES
SPECIAL EDUCATION
SPECIAL NEEDS
STATE UNIVERSITY
SURVIVAL RATE
TEACHER EDUCATION
TEACHERS
TETANUS
UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT
URBANIZATION
VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABLE CHILDREN
WARS
WORKING MOTHERS
WORLD CONFERENCE
WORLD CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION
WORLD SUMMIT FOR CHILDREN
YOUNG CHILD
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH
Garcia, Marito
Pence, Alan
Evans, Judith L.
Africa's Future, Africa's Challenge : Early Childhood Care and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
description This book seeks to achieve a balance, describing challenges that are being faced as well as developments that are underway. It seeks a balance in terms of the voices heard, including not just voices of the North commenting on the South, but voices from the South, and in concert with the North. It seeks to provide the voices of specialists and generalists, of those from international and local organizations, from academia and the field. It seeks a diversity of views and values. Such diversity and complexity are the reality of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) today. The major focus of this book is on SSA from the Sahel south. Approximately 130 million children between birth and age 6 live in SSA. Every year 27 million children are born, and every year 4.7 million children under age 5 die. Rates of birth and of child deaths are consistently higher in SSA than in any other part of the world; the under-5 mortality rate of 163 per 1,000 is twice that of the rest of the developing world and 30 times that of industrialized countries (UNICEF 2006). Of the children who are born, 65 percent will experience poverty, 14 million will be orphans affected by HIV/AIDS directly and within their families and one-third will experience exclusion because of their gender or ethnicity.
topic_facet AIDS EPIDEMIC
AIDS ORPHANS
BABY
BASIC NEEDS
BASIC SERVICES
BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAREGIVERS
CHILD CARE
CHILD CARE FACILITIES
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD NUTRITION
CHILD POVERTY
CHILD PROTECTION
CHILD SURVIVAL
CHILD WELFARE
CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES
CHILDREN IN CONFLICT
CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL
CHILDREN UNDER AGE
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
CHURCHES
CLEAN WATER
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
CONDITIONS FOR CHILDREN
CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
CURRICULUM
DECISION MAKING
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
DISPLACED CHILDREN
DISSEMINATION
DROPOUT
DROPOUT RATES
EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
EARLY CHILDHOOD ENVIRONMENT RATING SCALE
EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION
EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS
EARLY EDUCATION
EARLY LEARNING
ECCD
ECCE
ECD
ECD POLICIES
ECD PROGRAMS
ECERS
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT RATE
EXTENDED FAMILY
FAMILY HEALTH
FAMILY LIFE
FAMILY MEMBERS
FAMILY STRUCTURE
FAMILY WELFARE
FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
GENDER
GENDER EQUALITY
GER
GIRLS
GIRLS IN SCHOOL
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT
GROWTH MONITORING
HEALTH CARE
HEIGHT FOR AGE
HIV
HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT
HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXES
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENT
ILLNESS
IMMUNIZATION
INDEXES
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
INFANT MORTALITY RATES
INFANTS
INSTRUCTION
INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL LAW
INTERVENTIONS
IODINE DEFICIENCY
KINDERGARTENS
LABOR FORCE
LEADERSHIP
LEARNING
LEGAL STATUS
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LIFE SKILLS
LITERACY
LITERACY RATES
LIVE BIRTHS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MALARIA
MALNUTRITION
MEASLES
MENTAL DEVELOPMENT
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
MORTALITY RATE
MOTHER
MOTHER-TO-CHILD
MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION
NATIONAL PLAN
NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION
NATIONAL POLICY
NATIONAL PRIORITY
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUMBER OF AIDS ORPHANS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF ORPHANS
NUTRITION
OLDER CHILDREN
ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY
ORPHAN
ORPHAN ESTIMATES
ORPHAN POPULATION
ORPHANHOOD
ORPHANS
PANDEMIC
PARENT SUPPORT PROGRAMS
PARENTING
PARITY
PARTICIPATION RATES
PLAN OF ACTION
POLICY CONCERN
POLICY DEVELOPMENT
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLIO
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PRACTITIONERS
PREPRIMARY EDUCATION
PREPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS
PRESCHOOLS
PRIMARY COMPLETION
PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY EDUCATION SYSTEM
PRIMARY GRADE
PRIMARY GRADES
PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION
PRIMARY SCHOOL PARTICIPATION
PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
PRIMARY YEARS
PURCHASING POWER
RADIO
REPETITION RATES
RURAL CHILDREN
SANITATION
SANITATION FACILITIES
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CHILDREN
SCHOOL READINESS
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SERVICES
SPECIAL EDUCATION
SPECIAL NEEDS
STATE UNIVERSITY
SURVIVAL RATE
TEACHER EDUCATION
TEACHERS
TETANUS
UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT
URBANIZATION
VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABLE CHILDREN
WARS
WORKING MOTHERS
WORLD CONFERENCE
WORLD CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION
WORLD SUMMIT FOR CHILDREN
YOUNG CHILD
YOUNG CHILDREN
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH
author Garcia, Marito
Pence, Alan
Evans, Judith L.
author_facet Garcia, Marito
Pence, Alan
Evans, Judith L.
author_sort Garcia, Marito
title Africa's Future, Africa's Challenge : Early Childhood Care and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short Africa's Future, Africa's Challenge : Early Childhood Care and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full Africa's Future, Africa's Challenge : Early Childhood Care and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr Africa's Future, Africa's Challenge : Early Childhood Care and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed Africa's Future, Africa's Challenge : Early Childhood Care and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort africa's future, africa's challenge : early childhood care and development in sub-saharan africa
publisher Washington, DC : World Bank
publishDate 2008
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9054499/africas-future-africas-challenge-early-childhood-care-development-sub-saharan-africa
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spelling dig-okr-1098663652024-08-08T16:46:27Z Africa's Future, Africa's Challenge : Early Childhood Care and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa L’Avenir de l’Afrique, Le Défi de l’Afrique : Soins et développement de la petite enfance en Afrique subsaharienne L'Avenir de l'afrique, le defi de l'Afrique : soins et developpement de la petite enfance en Afrique Sub Saharienne L'Avenir de l'afrique, le defi de l'Afrique : soins et developpement de la petite enfance en Afrique Sub Saharienne Garcia, Marito Pence, Alan Evans, Judith L. AIDS EPIDEMIC AIDS ORPHANS BABY BASIC NEEDS BASIC SERVICES BRAIN DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY BUILDING CAREGIVERS CHILD CARE CHILD CARE FACILITIES CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILD POVERTY CHILD PROTECTION CHILD SURVIVAL CHILD WELFARE CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES CHILDREN IN CONFLICT CHILDREN IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN UNDER AGE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES CHURCHES CLEAN WATER COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS FOR CHILDREN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD CURRICULUM DECISION MAKING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISPLACED CHILDREN DISSEMINATION DROPOUT DROPOUT RATES EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT POLICIES EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EARLY CHILDHOOD ENVIRONMENT RATING SCALE EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS EARLY EDUCATION EARLY LEARNING ECCD ECCE ECD ECD POLICIES ECD PROGRAMS ECERS EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATE EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY LIFE FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY STRUCTURE FAMILY WELFARE FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GER GIRLS GIRLS IN SCHOOL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT GROWTH MONITORING HEALTH CARE HEIGHT FOR AGE HIV HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXES HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENT ILLNESS IMMUNIZATION INDEXES INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFANTS INSTRUCTION INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERVENTIONS IODINE DEFICIENCY KINDERGARTENS LABOR FORCE LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEGAL STATUS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE SKILLS LITERACY LITERACY RATES LIVE BIRTHS LIVING STANDARDS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MALARIA MALNUTRITION MEASLES MENTAL DEVELOPMENT MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MORTALITY RATE MOTHER MOTHER-TO-CHILD MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION NATIONAL PLAN NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION NATIONAL POLICY NATIONAL PRIORITY NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUMBER OF AIDS ORPHANS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF ORPHANS NUTRITION OLDER CHILDREN ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY ORPHAN ORPHAN ESTIMATES ORPHAN POPULATION ORPHANHOOD ORPHANS PANDEMIC PARENT SUPPORT PROGRAMS PARENTING PARITY PARTICIPATION RATES PLAN OF ACTION POLICY CONCERN POLICY DEVELOPMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLIO POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRACTITIONERS PREPRIMARY EDUCATION PREPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS PRESCHOOLS PRIMARY COMPLETION PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY EDUCATION SYSTEM PRIMARY GRADE PRIMARY GRADES PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION PRIMARY SCHOOL PARTICIPATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE PRIMARY YEARS PURCHASING POWER RADIO REPETITION RATES RURAL CHILDREN SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL READINESS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SERVICES SPECIAL EDUCATION SPECIAL NEEDS STATE UNIVERSITY SURVIVAL RATE TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHERS TETANUS UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT URBANIZATION VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE CHILDREN WARS WORKING MOTHERS WORLD CONFERENCE WORLD CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION WORLD SUMMIT FOR CHILDREN YOUNG CHILD YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH This book seeks to achieve a balance, describing challenges that are being faced as well as developments that are underway. It seeks a balance in terms of the voices heard, including not just voices of the North commenting on the South, but voices from the South, and in concert with the North. It seeks to provide the voices of specialists and generalists, of those from international and local organizations, from academia and the field. It seeks a diversity of views and values. Such diversity and complexity are the reality of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) today. The major focus of this book is on SSA from the Sahel south. Approximately 130 million children between birth and age 6 live in SSA. Every year 27 million children are born, and every year 4.7 million children under age 5 die. Rates of birth and of child deaths are consistently higher in SSA than in any other part of the world; the under-5 mortality rate of 163 per 1,000 is twice that of the rest of the developing world and 30 times that of industrialized countries (UNICEF 2006). Of the children who are born, 65 percent will experience poverty, 14 million will be orphans affected by HIV/AIDS directly and within their families and one-third will experience exclusion because of their gender or ethnicity. On lit beaucoup de choses sur l’Afrique, souvent peu encourageantes. Au quotidien, le monde entend parler des maladies, du désespoir et de la mort. Une telle litanie de souffrances n’est pas sans fondement, mais il y a aussi des histoires d’espoir, des promesses et du potentiel. Elles aussi représentent une part très importante de l’histoire complexe de l’Afrique subsaharienne (ASS) dans les premières années du XXIème siècle. Tout comme il existe de multiples histoires, il faut donc des perspectives multiples pour comprendre, prévoir, et planifier un avenir prometteur pour les enfants africains. Ce livre vise à atteindre un équilibre en décrivant les défis qui se posent aussi bien que les développements en cours. Il cherche un équilibre des voix qui s’élèvent, il ne retient pas seulement les voix du Nord commentant sur le Sud, mais aussi les voix venant du Sud, et celles qui parlent de concert avec le Nord. Il cherche une diversité d’opinions et de valeurs. Le livre est divisé en six sections. La section 1, « Contextes », ouvre le débat avec un aperçu de la situation des jeunes enfants en Afrique subsaharienne . La section 2, « Perspectives sociohistoriques », offre trois perspectives sur le développement du DPE en Afrique. La section 3, « Le développement de politiques », fait le point sur des études de cas qui ont eu lieu en 2000–01. La section 4, « Les programmes », aborde une série d’approches qui offrent assistance aux jeunes enfants et à leurs familles. La section 5, « Évaluations et recherche », offre une gamme d’approches récentes pour mieux comprendre l’impact des programmes. La section 6 résume le « Défis et voies à suivre ». 2012-05-24T17:54:10Z 2012-05-24T17:54:10Z 2008 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9054499/africas-future-africas-challenge-early-childhood-care-development-sub-saharan-africa 978-0-8213-6886-2 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6365 English en_US Directions in development;human development,Africa regional educational publications CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank application/pdf text/plain application/pdf application/pdf text/plain Washington, DC : World Bank