Light for the World, ECDAN, IDDC, and GCE, with the support of Open Society Foundations, launched this report in November 2020.
Millions of children under the age of five in low- and middle-income countries are at high risk of not achieving their full potential. Multiple factors influence this risk, including health, nutrition, security and safety, responsive caregiving, early learning opportunities, and access to safe water, sanitation and other basic services. High-quality and timely early childhood interventions (ECI) as well as equitable and inclusive early childhood development (ECD) can help mitigate this risk and smooth the pathway for the most marginalised children to access their rights.
These reports are part of an extensive research project made possible with generous funding by the Early Childhood Programme of the Open Society Foundations.
It provides an overview and new findings on the state of inclusive early childhood development (ECD) in sub-Saharan Africa, the region with the highest proportion of children at risk of not meeting their developmental milestones.
The research focused on 4 countries in sub-Saharan Africa: Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
10 donors were analysed in terms of their investment in early childhood development: Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, United States; European Union, Global Partnership for Education, World Bank, UNICEF.
Download the Global Reports and the Country Case Studies at the following links:
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Leave No Child Behind_Global Report
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Leave No Child Behind_Country Case Study Burkina Faso
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Leave No Child Behind_Country Case Study Burkina Faso
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Leave No Child Behind_Country Case Study Mozambique
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Leave No Child Behind_Country Case Study Mozambique
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Leave No Child Behind_Country Case Study Zambia
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Leave No Child Behind_Country Case Study Zimbabwe