Global thinkers analyse critical research related to children.

Early Childhood Development

no. 1/2011


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The debate

Why hasn't the world embraced ECD?
A debate with Nobel Laureate Prof. J. Heckman, the Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet, Dr. R. Horton, and the Chief of UNICEF's ECD Unit, Dr. N. Ulkuer.

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Commentary

Research Watch's monthly analysis on the latest research in a selected theme.
This issue: Early Childhood Development (ECD)

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Provides an original and compelling overview of
soon-to-be released research.

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© UNICEF/NYHQ2006-1368/Pirozzi - South Africa, 2006 - Moradi Dlamini, 21, smiles as she holds her daughter at the Harriet Shehzi Paediatric AIDS Clinic in the city of Soweto.

 

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© UNICEF/UKRA01253/Pirozzi - Ukraine, 2005 - Andriy, under 2, playing at the Bila Tserkva Baby Home where 60 other children from 0 to 2 (mostly abandoned) live. Bila Tserkva town is located 70 km away from Kyiv, the capital.

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© UNICEF/NYHQ2005-1407/Nesbitt - Malawi, 2005 - Pre-school children smile at the UNICEF-supported Consol Homes Orphan Care in the village of Namitete, near Lilongwe, the capital. Consul Homes is a community-based care centre that supports orphans and other vulnerable children, many of whom are affected by HIV/AIDS.

 

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© UNICEF/NYHQ2005-2389/Khemka - India, 2005 - Ramlesh Kanwar, an anganwadi (community health) worker plays with Shivani, while a small boy plays behind them, at an anganwadi centre in Tonk District in Rajasthan State. Shivani was underweight when she started coming to the centre six months ago, but is now at a healthy weight.