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Child development in developing countries 1: Developmental potential in the first 5 years for children in developing countries

The Lancet (British edition), 2007-01, Vol.369 (9555), p.60 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright Elsevier Limited Jan 6-Jan 12, 2007 ;ISSN: 0140-6736 ;EISSN: 1474-547X ;DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60032-4 ;CODEN: LANCAO

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  • Title:
    Child development in developing countries 1: Developmental potential in the first 5 years for children in developing countries
  • Author: Grantham-McGregor, Sally ; Cheung, Yin Bun ; Cueto, Santiago ; Glewwe, Paul
  • Subjects: Animal cognition ; Brain ; Child development ; Children & youth ; Data analysis ; Developing countries ; Developmental disabilities ; LDCs ; Learning ; Poverty ; Risk factors
  • Is Part Of: The Lancet (British edition), 2007-01, Vol.369 (9555), p.60
  • Description: Many children younger than 5 years in developing countries are exposed to multiple risks, including poverty, malnutrition, poor health, and unstimulating home environments, which detrimentally affect their cognitive, motor, and social-emotional development. There are few national statistics on the development of young children in developing countries. We therefore identified two factors with available worldwide data-the prevalence of early childhood stunting and the number of people living in absolute poverty-to use as indicators of poor development. We show that both indicators are closely associated with poor cognitive and educational performance in children and use them to estimate that over 200 million children under 5 years are not fulfilling their developmental potential. Most of these children live in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. These disadvantaged children are likely to do poorly in school and subsequently have low incomes, high fertility, and provide poor care for their children, thus contributing to the intergenerational transmission of poverty. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
  • Publisher: London: Elsevier Limited
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0140-6736
    EISSN: 1474-547X
    DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60032-4
    CODEN: LANCAO
  • Source: ProQuest One Psychology
    ProQuest Central
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