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008			140323b2006 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
082			_a371.21
100			_aArmecin, Graeme _9115393
245			_aEarly childhood development through an integrated program, [electronic resource] : evidence from the Philippines _cArmecin, Graeme
260			_aWashington, D. C. _bWorld Bank _c2006 _995694
300			_a35 p.
440			_aPolicy Research Working Paper, no. 3922 _9115394
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_a"More attention and resources have been devoted in recent years to early childhood development (ECD) in low- and middle-income countries. Rigorous studies on the effectiveness of ECD-related programs for improving children's development in various dimensions in the developing world are scant. The authors evaluate an important ECD initiative of the Philippine government using longitudinal data collected over three years on a cohort of 6,693 children age 0-4 years at baseline in two ""treatment"" regions and a ""control"" region that did not receive the intervention. The initiative includes a wide range of health, nutrition, early education, and social services programs. The authors estimate its impact by using ""intent-to-treat"" difference-in-difference propensity score matching estimators to control for a variety of observed characteristics measured at the municipality, barangay, household, and child level and unobserved fixed characteristics, with differential impacts by age of children and duration of exposure to the program. There has been a significant improvement in the cognitive, social, motor, and language development, and in short-term nutritional status of children who reside in ECD program areas compared to those in non-program areas, particularly for those under age four at the end of the evaluation period. The proportions of children below age four with worms and diarrhea also have been lowered significantly in program compared to non-program areas, but there are effects in the opposite direction for older children so the overall impact on these two indicators is mixed. ""--World Bank web site."
650			_aEarly childhood education
650			_aChild development
650			_aChild welfare
700			_aBehrman, Jere R. _934205
700			_aDuazo, Paulita _9115395
700			_aGhuman, Sharon _9115396
700			_aGultiano, Socorro _9115397
700			_aKing, Elizabeth M. _91116024
700			_aLee, Nannette _9115398
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