Wednesday, May 23, 2007
[IWS] IADB: 200 MILLION CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENTAL POTENTIAL--Strategies to avoid loss of [23 May 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Research Department
Seminar Papers:
Strategies to avoid the loss of developmental potential in more than 200 million children in the developing world [23 May 2007]
http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=S-866
or
http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubS-866.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
Event Title: Conferences
Seminar Title:
PAHO/IDB Workshop: On Health, Human Development Potential and the Quality of Life: Towards Biological-Based Index of Human Development Potential for Assessing the Quality of Life
Published:
May 2007
Language:
English
This paper is the third in the Child Development Series. The first paper showed that more than 200 million children
under 5 years of age in developing countries do not reach their developmental potential. The second paper identified
four well-documented risks: stunting, iodine deficiency, iron deficiency anaemia, and inadequate cognitive stimulation,
plus four potential risks based on epidemiological evidence: maternal depression, violence exposure, environmental
contamination, and malaria. This paper assesses strategies to promote child development and to prevent or ameliorate
the loss of developmental potential. The most effective early child development programmes provide direct learning
experiences to children and families, are targeted toward younger and disadvantaged children, are of longer duration,
high quality, and high intensity, and are integrated with family support, health, nutrition, or educational systems and
services. Despite convincing evidence, programme coverage is low. To achieve the Millennium Development Goals of
reducing poverty and ensuring primary school completion for both girls and boys, governments and civil society
should consider expanding high quality, cost-effective early child development programmes.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Research Department
Seminar Papers:
Strategies to avoid the loss of developmental potential in more than 200 million children in the developing world [23 May 2007]
http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=S-866
or
http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubS-866.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
Event Title: Conferences
Seminar Title:
PAHO/IDB Workshop: On Health, Human Development Potential and the Quality of Life: Towards Biological-Based Index of Human Development Potential for Assessing the Quality of Life
Published:
May 2007
Language:
English
This paper is the third in the Child Development Series. The first paper showed that more than 200 million children
under 5 years of age in developing countries do not reach their developmental potential. The second paper identified
four well-documented risks: stunting, iodine deficiency, iron deficiency anaemia, and inadequate cognitive stimulation,
plus four potential risks based on epidemiological evidence: maternal depression, violence exposure, environmental
contamination, and malaria. This paper assesses strategies to promote child development and to prevent or ameliorate
the loss of developmental potential. The most effective early child development programmes provide direct learning
experiences to children and families, are targeted toward younger and disadvantaged children, are of longer duration,
high quality, and high intensity, and are integrated with family support, health, nutrition, or educational systems and
services. Despite convincing evidence, programme coverage is low. To achieve the Millennium Development Goals of
reducing poverty and ensuring primary school completion for both girls and boys, governments and civil society
should consider expanding high quality, cost-effective early child development programmes.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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