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Financing Investments in Young Children Globally-Workshop in Brief
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... Pia Rebello Britto, Chief of Early Childhood Development at UNICEF, and Lorraine Sherr, Professor of Psychology and Head of the Health Psychology Unit at University College London, argued that now is the time to invest in early childhood development. They recommended that stakeholders develop an investment portfolio for early child development through collaborations of the public sector, private organizations, and civil society.
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... She urged participants to think about how governments should provide funding for cross-cutting issues such as nutrition and social protection when funding streams remain separate. Adding to the discussion about the importance of providing cross-sector services to young children, Amarjeet Sinha, Principal Secretary, Department of Social Welfare, Government of Bihar, called for a common institutional and governance platform for human development.
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... Sherri Le Mottee, Program Leader of Ilifa Labantwana, shared her experience with private investors and governments coming together to deliver a package of services to communities in need in South Africa. This innovative donor collaboration involves three partners who come together to develop a strategy for early childhood development and form partnerships in civil society and government.
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... Taha E Taha Bloomberg School of Public Health, Jody Heymann Johns Hopkins University Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles Pamala Trivedi Office of the Assistant Secretary for Venita Kaul Planning and Evaluation School of Education Studies and Center for Early Childhood Education Susan Walker and Development, Ambedkar Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University Delhi The University of the West Indies Sarah Klaus Sara Watson Early Childhood Program, London, Ready Nation Open Society Foundations Quentin Wodon Vesna Kutlesic Human Development Network, World Office of Global Health, National Bank Institute of Child Health and Human Development Hirokazu Yoshikawa New York University Albert Lee JC School of Public Health & Primary Care and Centre for Health and Education and Health Promotion, The Chinese University of Hong Kong IOM Staff Kimber Bogard Michael Maguire Forum Director and Director, Board Intern on Children, Youth, and Families Patrick Kelley Sarah Tracey Director, Board on Global Health Research Associate Charlee Alexander Consultant Research Assistant Jocelyn Widmer Amanda Pascavis University of Florida Senior Program Assistant Copyright 2014 by the National Academy of Sciences.


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