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

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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; SECTION 1 Contexts; Table 1.1 Selected National Health and Education Indicators in Sub-Saharan Africa; Figure 1.1 Higher National Income Does Not Always Translate into Better Conditions for Children; Figure 1.2 Countries with Better Human Development Indexes Tend to Have Stronger Child Welfare Indexes; Figure 1.3 More Children Suffer from Severe Deprivation in Sub-Saharan Africa than in Any Region except South Asia (2000)

Figure 1.4 The Proportion of Children in Sub-Saharan Africa Suffering from Severe Shelter and Water Deprivation Is the Highest in the World (2000)Figure 1.5 Prevalence of Stunting among Children Under 5 in Sub-Saharan Africa (2005); Figure 1.6 Sub-Saharan Africa Is the Only Region in the World Where the Number of Orphans is Growing; Figure 1.7 The Number of AIDS Orphans in Sub-Saharan Africa Skyrocketed between 1990 and 2003 and Is Projected to Continue to Do So; Figure 1.8 The Association Is Positive between Preprimary Enrollment and Primary Completion Rates

Table 1.2 Gross Enrollment Rates in Preschools Grew in Sub-Saharan Africa, but the Rates Are Far Below the Rest of the WorldTable 1.3 Higher Preprimary Gross Enrollment Rates Are Associated with Lower Repetition Rates; Table 3.1 Status of Millennium Development Goals by Region; Table 3.2 Preschool, Primary Education, and Proportion of Children Underweight by World Region Country-Weighted Averages); Table 3.3 Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) in Standard Preschool, Proportion of Children Under 5 That Are Underweight, and Under-5 and Infant Mortality in Sub-Saharan African Countries (1999)

Table 3.4 Evolution in Preschool GER by Region (1990-99) and Projection of the Trend (to 2015)Table 3.5 The Prospects for Achieving Various Target Levels of Preschool Coverage in 133 Developing Countries, Given Current Trends (by 2015); Figure 3.1 Grade Repetition Rate in Primary Education and Preschool Coverage; Figure 3.2 Survival Rate to Primary Grade 5 and Preschool Coverage; Figure 3.3 Proportion of Underweight Children Under 5 and Preschool Coverage; Figure 3.4 The Hypothesized Relationship between Preschool, Learning Repetition, and Survival to Primary Grade 5

Figure 3.5 The Effect of Preschool on Repetition Rates (R2) and Survival (Using Bivariate Data Analysis)Figure 3.6 Direct and Indirect Effect of Preschool upon Repetition and Survival in Primary Education in 24 SSA Countries; Table 3.6 Simulation of the Grade Repetition Rate and Survival Rate to Grade 5, according to Preschool Coverage in 24 SSA Countries; Figure 4.1 The Relationship between Life Expectancy and Proportion of the Population at Low Literacy Levels in Developed Countries; Figure 4.2 Socioeconomic Gradients for Literacy Scores; Table 4.1 Literacy Rates, Ages 16-65, 1994-98

Table 5.1 Annual Costs of Programs to Mitigate the Household Impacts of AIDS in Kagera,Tanzania

The state of young children in sub-Saharan Africa / Marito Garcia, Gillian Virata, and Erika DunkelbergPositioning ECD nationally : trends in selected African countries / Agnes Akosua Aidoo -- Early childhood care and education in sub-Saharan Africa : what would it take to meet the millennium development goals? / Adriana Jaramillo and Alain Mingat -- Brain development and ECD : a case for investment / Mary Eming Young and Fraser Mustard -- New threats to early childhood development : children affected by HIV/AIDS / Jodie Fonseca ... [et al.] -- ECD in Africa : a historical perspective / Larry Prochner and Margaret Kabiru -- (Mis)understanding ECD in Africa : the force of local and global motives / A. Bame Nsamenang -- Fathering : the role of men in raising children in Africa-- holding up the other half of the sky / Linda M. Richter and Robert Morrell -- ECD policy : a comparative analysis in Ghana, Mauritius, and Namibia / J.K.A. Boakye ... [et al.] -- Participatory ECD policy planning in Francophone West Africa / Emily Vargas-Barón -- Responding to the challenge of meeting the needs of children under 3 in Africa / Kofi Marfo ... [et al.] -- Introducing preprimary classes in Africa : opportunities and challenges / Linda Biersteker ... [et al.] -- Inclusive education : a Mauritian response to the inherent rights of the child / Gilberte Chung Kim Chung and Cyril Dalais -- Parenting challenges for the changing African family / Judith L. Evans, Chalizamudzi Elizabeth Matola and Jolly P.T. Nyeko -- ECD and HIV/AIDS : the newest programming and policy challenge / Patrice L. Engle and Erika Dunkelberg with Shireen Issa -- Supporting young children in conflict and postconflict situations : child protection and psychosocial well-being in Angola / Michael Wessells and Carlinda Monteiro -- Strategic communication in early childhood development programs : the case of Uganda / Cecilia Cabañero-Verzosa and Nawsheen Elaheebocus -- The synergy of nutrition and ECD interventions in sub-Saharan Africa / Harold Alderman and Patrice L. Engle -- The impact of ECD programs on maternal employment and older children's school attendance in Kenya / Michael M. Lokshin, Elena Glinskaya and Marito Garcia -- Madrasa early childhood development program : making a difference / Peter Mwaura and Bishara T. Mohamed -- Linking policy discourse to everyday life in Kenya : impacts of neoliberal policies on early education and childrearing / Elizabeth Swadener ... [et al.] -- Community-based approaches that work in eastern and southern Africa / Jane E. Lucas ... [et al.] -- Can early childhood programs be financially sustainable in Africa? / Adriana Jaramillo and Alain Mingat -- A tri-part approach to promoting ECD capacity in Africa : ECD seminars, international conferences, and ECDVU / Alan Pence with Abeba Habtom and Francis R.W. Chalamada.

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