Against a backdrop of renewed international commitment to early childhood development
(ECD) as an important part of Education for All, the Association for the Development of …

ECD policies are influenced by the contexts in which they develop. Those contexts include
historical, cultural, social, economic and diverse conceptual dimensions operating at …

Uganda is one of the many African countries that still has majority of her people living in
poverty. Although the share of Ugandans living in poverty decreased from 56.4 to 24.5 …

In recent years, increasing priority has been placed on the development of national
intersectoral early childhood development (ECD) policies in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper …

In this review article, the context of young children in South Africa in 2012 is described and
the main challenges affecting children and the early childhood development sector (ECD) in …

Early childhood, from birth through school entry, was largely invisible worldwide as a policy
concern for much of the twentieth century. Children, in the eyes of most countries …

In April 1994, South Africa held its historic first democratic election. The African National
Congress overwhelmingly triumphed and Nelson Mandela became the first president of a …

Early childhood development (ECD) is universally recognised for its concern with the most
important foundation years of life, focussing on the holistic development of the young child's …

Government sectors responsible for early childhood development (ECD) often have
competing priorities and obligations which manifest through fragmentation, silo conflicts, and …

This case study forms part of a larger research report, written by the Centre for Early
Childhood Development, with the support of the Programme to Support Pro-Poor Policy …