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No AccessDirections in Development - General1 Feb 2013Early Child Development in ChinaBreaking the Cycle of Poverty and Improving Future CompetitivenessAuthors/Editors: Kin Bing Wu, Mary Eming Young, Jianhua CaiKin Bing Wu, Mary Eming Young, Jianhua Caihttps://doi.org/10.1596/978-0-8213-9564-6SectionsAboutPDF (6.4 MB)Other FormatsePUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract: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 intergenerational transmission of poverty and improving productivity and social cohesion in the long run. This report studies how programs to improve prenatal care, raise the health status and nutritional standards of young children, improve the knowledge of mothers and primary caregivers about health, child care, and nurturing techniques, and expand the availability of preprimary education services across China can strengthen a child?s prospects for success later in life. Ensuring that children can grow and live to their full potential is essential to enable the country to improve its future competitiveness and overcome the challenges it faces from an aging population and the transition from a middle- to a high-income economy. Previous bookNext book FiguresReferencesRecommendedDetailsCited ByProfiles of Provision for Learning in Preschool Classrooms in Rural China: Associated Quality of Teacher-child Interactions and Teacher CharacteristicsEarly Education and Development, Vol.33, No.12 August 2020Population‐based approaches for monitoring the nurturing care environment for early childhood development: A scoping reviewMaternal & Child Nutrition, Vol.3894 November 2021From Quantity to Quality: Delivering a Home-Based Parenting Intervention Through China's Family Planning CadresThe Economic Journal, Vol.131, No.63514 September 2020Special Issue: The Impact of Two-Child Policy on Early Education and Development in ChinaEarly Education and Development, Vol.31, No.511 June 2020Portraits of Principals in Chinese Urban and Rural Schools: A Comparative AnalysisFrontiers of Education in China, Vol.14, No.317 October 2019Rural education across China's 40 years of reform: past successes and future challengesChina Agricultural Economic Review, Vol.10, No.1Early childhood education and care in China: history, current trends and challengesEarly Years, Vol.37, No.320 October 2016Trends in Government Expenditure in Early Childhood Education in China: Practices in Shanghai, Guizhou, and Ningshan26 January 2017Challenges to early childhood education in rural China: lessons from the Hebei provinceEarly Child Development and Care, Vol.186, No.520 July 2015An Empirical Study on the Relationship Between Logistics Performance and EducationBusiness, Management and Education, Vol.13, No.2An evaluation of China's Kindergarten quality rating system through the Chinese early childhood environment rating scale – the Zhejiang caseEarly Years, Vol.35, No.127 November 2014Comparing cultural differences in two quality measures in Chinese kindergartens: the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised and the Kindergarten Quality Rating SystemCompare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, Vol.45, No.11 November 2013Household Income and Preschool Attendance in ChinaChild Development, Vol.86, No.130 August 2014 View Published: July 2012ISBN: 978-0-8213-9564-6e-ISBN: 978-0-8213-9565-3 Copyright & Permissions Related TopicsHealth Nutrition and PopulationEducation KeywordsCAREGIVERSCHILD CARECHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMSCLASSROOMEARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENTENROLLMENTHUMAN DEVELOPMENTKINDERGARTENPREPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOL PDF DownloadLoading ...
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