The early years : child well-being and the role of public policy

• Main Authors: Berlinski, Samuel, Schady, Norbert Rüdiger, Inter-American Development Bank
• Format: eBook Book Publication
• Language: English
• Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan 2015; Springer Nature
• Edition: 1
• Series: SpringerLink
• Subjects: Adolescence; Breastfeeding; Business; Business and Management; Central / national / federal government; Central / national / federal government policies; Child Development; Child welfare; Childcare; Childhood; Childhood and Youth; childhood studies; Children > Government policy; Children > Services for; Children and Youth; Children, Youth and Family Policy; Conditional Cash Transfers; Cost-Benefit; Daycare; Development economics; Development economics and emerging economies; Development studies; Development/Economic Development; Development/Sustainable Development; Early Childhood Development; Early childhood education; Early schooling; Economic development; Economics; Economics, Finance, Business and Management; Education; Environmental aspects; Family policy; Health; Industrial management; Infant Mortality; Interdisciplinary studies; International economic relations; International Economics; Jugendhilfe; Jugendpolitik; Kinderschutz; Language; Latin America and the Caribbean; Latin America and the Caribbean; Child Development; Early Childhood Development; Public Policy; Breastfeeding; Parenting; Daycare; Childcare; Pre-primary schooling; Early schooling; Cost-Benefit; Public Expenditure; Social Expenditure; Education; Health; Social Protection; Conditional Cash Transfers; Infant Mortality; Stunting; Language; Socio-Emotional Development; Cognitive Development; Institutional Architecture; Monitoring; Program Evaluation.; Management; Management and management techniques; Management science; Mittelamerika; Nonfiction; Parenting; Politics; Politics and government; Pre-primary schooling; Public Expenditure; Public Policy; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Science (General); Social Expenditure; Social groups; Social policy; Social Protection; Social services and welfare, criminology; Social welfare and social services; Society and Social Sciences; Sociology; Sociology and anthropology; Sociology: family and relationships; Stunting; Südamerika; Welfare economics
• ISBN: 1137536489; 9781137536488; 1137536497; 9781137536495; 9781137536471; 1137536470
• DOI: 10.1057/9781137536495

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO license. The Early Years analyzes the development of Latin American and Caribbean children and makes a compelling case for government intervention in what is instinctively a family affair. Spending on effective programs for young children is an investment that, if done well, will have very high returns, while failure to implement such programs will lower the returns on the hefty investments being made in primary, secondary, and higher education. Policies for young children belong at the core of a country's development agenda, alongside policies to develop infrastructure and strengthen institutions. However, if the services provided (or funded) by governments are to benefit children, they must be substantially better than what is currently being delivered in the region. This book offers suggestions for improving public policy in this critical area. ; Addresses Baby Boomer generation concerns about shaping the next generation of leaders and provides policy suggestions to do so