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developmental gaps in the early years of a child's life do not narrow by themselves over time, are likely to be particularly severe … different times of a child's development. For example, interventions to promote infant and child health and to reduce … malnutrition are most effective in the 1,000-day window from pregnancy to a child's second birthday, and programs that enhance both …
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developmental gaps in the early years of a child's life do not narrow by themselves over time, are likely to be particularly severe … different times of a child's development. For example, interventions to promote infant and child health and to reduce … malnutrition are most effective in the 1,000-day window from pregnancy to a child's second birthday, and programs that enhance both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644564
Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, notes that we stand at a critical threshold for global health and development. Too many women and children are still dying because they lack access to quality health care, especially in the least developed countries. He talks about shifting focus...
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child poverty. We estimate that in 2017, 17.5 percent of children in the world (or 356 million) younger than 18 years lived …
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Reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health : an overview / Robert Black, Marleen Temmerman, and Neff Walker … the febrile child / Julie M. Herlihy, Valerie D'acremont, Deborah C. Hay Burgess, and Davidson H. Hamer -- Diarrheal … and young child growth / Jai K. Das, Rehana A. Salam, Aamer Imdad, and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta -- Very early childhood …
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This guide was prepared by the Early Learning Partnership (ELP) team at the World Bank as a resource for policy makers and development professionals interested in improving access to high-quality Early Childhood Development (ECD) services. It brings together a selection of approaches to ECD that...
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A large literature documents the positive influence of a city's skill structure on its rate of economic growth. By contrast, the effect of a city's age structure on its economic growth has been a hitherto largely neglected area of research. This paper hypothesizes that cities with more...
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