This paper provides a framework for estimating the economic benefits of early child development (ECD) programs and applies it to preliminary data from the Integrated Child Development Project (PIDI) in Bolivia. After an introduction, section 2 gives examples of benefit-cost analysis of programs that address the needs of very young children. The examples are used to motivate the approach taken in this paper. This approach is a direct application of...
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1998/01/01
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Working Paper
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18992
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1
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2010/07/01
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Main report
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rates of return to education
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Van Der Gaag,Jacques; Jee-Pang Tan.
The benefits of early child development programs : an economic analysis (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report (English). Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/842971468742197088