The twelve who survive: strengthening programmes of early childhood development in the Third World

Section One: Setting the Stage 1. Why Invest in Early Childhood Development? 2. Where We Are and How We Got There, Section Two: In Search of Conceptual Clarity 3. What Do They Mean and What Do We Know 4. Trends, Frameworks and Relationships: Collecting the Pieces 5. Programme Approaches and Guidelines, Section Three: A State of the Practice 6. Some Examples of What Can Be Done 7. Beyond Centres and Pre-Schools: Some Additional Examples of What Can Be Done, Section Four: Combining Programme Concerns 8. Integrating Programmes: An Elusive Goal 9. Relating Health and Nutrition to Social and Psychological Development 10. Relating Child Development to Schooling 11. Relating Child Care, Women's Work, and Child Development, Section Five: Involving People 12. Community Participation: Towards Patnership 13. Understanding Cultural Differences in Childrearing Practices and Patterns, Section Six: How Big and What Will It Cost 14. Going to Scale 15. Costs and Resource Mobilisation, Section Seven: Conclusions 16 Toward a Fair Start for The Twelve Who Survive.