TY - BOOK ID - 11263359 TI - Africa's future, Africa's challenge : early childhood care and development in Sub-Saharan Africa AU - Garcia, Marito AU - Pence, Alan R. AU - Evans, Judith L. PY - 2008 SN - 0821370545 0821368869 9786611217709 1281217700 0821368877 PB - Washington, DC : World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Child care. KW - Electronic books. KW - Child care KW - Early childhood education KW - Child development KW - Child KW - Preventive Health Services KW - Community Health Services KW - Public Policy KW - Legislation as Topic KW - Health Care Economics and Organizations KW - Social Welfare KW - Health Services KW - Age Groups KW - Sociology KW - Health Care KW - Social Control Policies KW - Social Control, Formal KW - Social Sciences KW - Policy KW - Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services KW - Persons KW - Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena KW - Named Groups KW - Child, Preschool KW - Early Intervention (Education) KW - Health Planning KW - Child Welfare KW - Child Health Services KW - Health Policy KW - Social Welfare & Social Work KW - Child & Youth Development KW - Child study KW - Children KW - Development, Child KW - Care of children KW - Childcare KW - Development KW - Care KW - Care and hygiene KW - Developmental biology KW - Developmental psychobiology KW - Child rearing KW - Education UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11263359 AB - Africa's Future, Africa's Challenge compiles the latest data and viewpoints on the state of Sub-Saharan Africa's children. Topics covered include the rationale for investing in young children, policy trends in early childhood development (ECD), historical perspectives of ECD in Sub-Saharan Africa including indigenous approaches, new threats from HIV/AIDS, and the importance of fathers in children's lives. The book also addresses policy development and ECD implementation issues; presents the ECD programming experience in several countries, highlighting best practices and challenges; and evaluat ER -