By Norbert Schady. A conference on “Investing in early Childhood: A Global Perspective on the Interplay between Family and Interventions”…
By Aimee Verdisco. If anyone ever doubted the power of comparison to move policy, consider these results from standardized tests applied to…
Working women in Latin America have just three months of maternity leave, which is less than the 14 week minimum established by the ILO’s Maternity…
By Patricia Jara. Significant advances in research and evaluation have exponentially expanded our understanding of child development. Using this…
We recently had the privilege of hosting a meeting of renowned international experts in early childcare service quality at the IDB’s office in…
By Ana Pérez Expósito. “Each month that a baby breastfeeds reduces his risk of obesity by 4%.” That was the conclusion of the presentation on…
Recently, several countries in the region – Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Peru, among others – are working on broad, cross-cutting early childhood…
By Monica Rubio. Over the past year, I’ve been following a process going on in Colombia to design and implement a comprehensive early childhood…
By María Fernanda Merino. March 24 is an important date for early childhood development in Peru. That’s the day when Cuna Más, an innovative program…
The first time I watched this video, which was produced by our friends at the Instituto de Investigación Nutricional (Nutrition Research Institute)…
By Ciro Avitabile Orazio Attanasio is an economist who has spent the past few years researching topics related to early childhood development (ECD).…
Santiago is 2 years old. His mother is a street vendor and can’t take care of him. That’s why she takes him to daycare every morning at 8:00 am, and…
