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Escaping the poverty trap : investing in children in Latin America / edited by Ricardo Morán ; special contributions by Amartya K. Sen and Gro Harlem Brundtland.

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Escaping the poverty trap : investing in children in Latin America / edited by Ricardo Morán ; special contributions by Amartya K. Sen and Gro Harlem Brundtland.
Publication
Washington, DC : Published by the Inter-American Development Bank : Distributed by The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Moran, Ricardo
  • Moran, Ricardo.
  • Sen, Amartya, 1933-
  • Brundtland, Gro Harlem
  • Inter-American Development Bank
Description
xiv, 122 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
"The authors find that quality childcare and complementary services not only provide a healthy environment for children, but also open up opportunities for their parents to earn a better living. The book outlines principles to guide the design of early childhood care and development programs, including the need to empower parents, address children's unmet development needs, adjust to local socioeconomic contexts, intervene preventively, make programs financially sustainable, and focus resources on households most likley to see improvement."--Jacket
Alternative Title
Investing in children in Latin America
Subject
  • Poor children > Latin America
  • Poverty > Latin America
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-122).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: Early childhood investment and the intergenerational transmission of poverty / Ricardo Morán -- Part One: Intergenerational transmission of poverty: summary -- Family background and intergenerational poverty in Latin America / Ricardo Morán, Tarsicio Castañeda, and Enrique Aldaz-Carroll -- Part Two: Investing in early childhood: summary -- The role of early childhood investment in development / Amartya K. Sen -- Bringing in new actors / Gro Harlem Brundtland -- The impact of early childhood intervention on economic growth and equity / Miguel Urrutia -- How to invest in early childhood care and development / Robert G. Myers -- Investing in children : the role of the State in unequal societies / Nancy Birdsall.
ISBN
1931003564
LCCN
^^^03111122^
OCLC
  • 53474900
  • SCSB-10981123
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library