UID:
edoccha_9959441222702883
Format:
1 online resource (333 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-00-302648-6
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1-003-02648-6
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1-000-05493-4
Content:
This Report is one of the first comprehensive studies on young children in India. It focuses on children under 6 years of age and presents key aspects of their well-being and development. With the highest number of neonatal, infant and under-5 deaths in the world, there is an urgent need to address issues that continue to affect the young child in India. This volume: Introduces two young child indices aggregating selected indicators to separately track child outcomes and child circumstances. Provides an account of the current situation of the young child in terms of physical and cognitive development, access to care, disadvantaged children and major issues that have led to the continued neglect of this age group. Explores the policy and legal framework, fiscal space and the role and obligations of key stakeholders, including the state, private sector, civil society, media and the family. Highlights key recommendations and action points that can help to improve the ecosystem for early childhood care and development. Drawing on specially commissioned technical background papers, supplemented by extensive field experience of Mobile Creches in childcare, this Report will be of interest to practitioners, policymakers and influencers, think tanks and researchers of public policy, development studies, human rights, sociology and social anthropology, as well as general readers. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781003026488, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. .
Note:
Includes index.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms -- Executive summary -- 1 The young child in India -- 1.1 Focus on the young child is long overdue -- 1.2 Policy and legal framework have not delivered consistent results -- 1.3 Sustainable development goals pose challenges but also opportunities for India -- 1.4 State is the primary duty bearer to ensure adequate care -- 1.5 A renewed policy focus on the young child is critical -- 2 Advancing physical well-being -- 2.1 Young child mortality -- 2.2 Sex selection and gender discrimination have major implications for the young child -- 2.3 Ill health among young children -- 2.4 Several factors determine child nutrition -- 2.5 Safe water deficit, open defecation and poor hygiene undermine child health -- 2.6 Key issues -- 2.7 Recommendations and action points -- 3 Promoting early childhood learning -- 3.1 Early learning matters -- 3.2 Early childhood education services are crucial for cognitive development -- 3.3 Innovations in ECCE have been notable, many with relevance for policy -- 3.4 Key issues -- 3.5 Recommendations and action points -- 4 Prioritising the disadvantaged child -- 4.1 Children face extreme vulnerability in many ways -- 4.2 Children born in poverty confront multiple deprivations growing up -- 4.3 Socially marginalised communities face specific challenges -- 4.4 Inadequate parental care impedes child development -- 4.5 Key issues -- 4.6 Recommendations and action points -- 5 Childcare and the childcare worker -- 5.1 Nurture and care during early childhood has been under-rated -- 5.2 Home-based childcare is crucial but increasingly challenging -- 5.3 Provision of childcare services is grossly inadequate -- 5.4 Good practices can provide policy pointers and lessons -- 5.5 Key issues.
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5.6 Recommendations and action points -- 6 Fiscal allocations and expenditure for child development -- 6.1 The fiscal experience highlights gaps in public spending -- 6.2 Trends indicate continuing under-allocation -- 6.3 Sub-national trends show variations in management capability and spending -- 6.4 International comparisons show India's potential untapped -- 6.5 Key issues -- 6.6 Recommendations and action points -- 7 The way forward -- 7.1 Key issues must be addressed -- 7.2 Towards a wholesome childhood for all: major recommendations -- Annexures -- Annexure 1: Services provided under the ICDS -- Annexure 2: Technical note -- Annexure 3: Sustainable development goals -- Annexure 4: Extracts from draft national education policy -- Annexure 5: List of laws, policies and programmes mentioned in the Report -- Annexure 6: Statistical tables -- Annexure 7: Technical background paper contributions -- Glossary of terms -- List of contributors -- Core team members -- List of participants in roundtable consultation -- Partners -- Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-367-46018-1
Language:
English
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