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Scaling Program Investments for Young Children Globally Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine, the National Research Council, and Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal, São Paulo (2015) / Chapter Skim
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7 Components of Scaling and Sustainability
Pages 41-44

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... One benefit mentioned was the targeting of resources toward people's interests, which has resulted in addressing specific social concerns, such as issues related to nutrition, education, and violence, but also has served as a mechanism to empower people. For example, participatory research enables communities to take part in the generation of information, which gives them better knowledge of issues and more effective routes of action.
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... The group named different types of indicators that could be used, including process indicators, such as measuring inputs and outputs; assessing management or operations of services; investment indicators, both financial and time-related, at national, local, and household levels; knowledge, attitude, and practice indicators; technical indicators; and indicators of coverage of service, particularly in vulnerable or marginalized populations. Several participants in the group also described initiatives implemented in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC)
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... METHODOLOGY FOR MEASURING PUBLIC INVESTMENTS IN YOUNG CHILDREN3 Javier Curcio explained that participants in the third concurrent session discussed methodologies for measuring investment in early childhood, using an example of an exercise being implemented in nine countries in Latin America.4 Curcio observed that the current system that connects problems of early childhood to state policies often does not incorporate analysis of the financial investments involved. This exercise complements analysis by considering the system with states' financial investments, and the methodology includes six variables: 1.
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... Another participant remarked that a group working in the Health Ministry is trying to study the methodology in order to examine all the investments in children's health. Lastly, a participant mused that while many variables are unique to country contexts, it could be possible to identify universal ones for comparison.
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