State of the young child in India
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...
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London ; New York, New York :
Taylor & Francis
2020
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434475006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
- 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.
