Download Early Child Development in China: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty and Improving Future Competitiveness (Directions in Development)

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Release: 2012-07-23
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0821395645
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

Early Child Development in China pdf
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In China, despite the introduction of economic reforms that have lifted millions out of poverty, the income gap between rural and urban areas remains wide. There is a growing realization in policy circles that economic growth alone cannot reduce absolute poverty and inequality, and that investment in human development is needed to sustain growth and improve social cohesion. Prepared as a collaborative study between the World Bank and China’s National Population and Family Planning Commission, Early Child Development in China: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty and Improving Future Competitiveness analyzes the challenges facing the country in the care, development, and education for children from birth to six years of age, and details the long-term social benefits and high economic returns that targeted early child development interventions for disadvantaged children can provide. Investments in early child development are one of the most cost effective strategies for breaking the intergene Download Early Child Development in China for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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