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2 No Small Matter: The Importance of Investing in Young Children Globally
2 No Small Matter: The Importance of Investing in Young Children Globally
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Further, Costin emphasized the importance of program affordability; in many low-income countries, 1 This chapter summarizes information presented by Claudia Costin, Senior Director for Education at the World Bank Group.
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Finally, she described an e-learning course the World Bank has developed that provides information to policy makers on why investing in children matters and how to implement early interventions. Costin expressed concern about the sustainable financing of programs for children, particularly in low-resourced countries, noting that stop-andgo efforts are not beneficial to young children.
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Costin closed by underscoring the need for impact evaluation. She explained why institutions such as the World Bank invest in analytical work and impact evaluation versus investing directly into action, and emphasized that knowing what works serves as a guide for future
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The Minister of Education of Mozambique expanded the model to reach 80,000 children in its third year, and the World Bank is working to evaluate the scale-up (World Bank, 2014)
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New York: United Nations. World Bank.
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