No Small Matter: The Impact of Poverty, Shocks, and Human Capita

Description: Book DetailsTitle: No Small Matter: The Impact of Poverty, Shocks, and Human Capita Item Condition:used item in a very good conditionAuthor:Not Specified ISBN 10:0821386778Publisher:World Bank Publications ISBN 13:9780821386774Published On:2011-02-24 SKU:7719-9780821386774Binding:Paperback Language: EnglishEdition: List Price:-Description Education is often seen as a fundamental means to improve economic prospects for individuals from low income settings. However, even with increased emphasis on basic education for all, many individuals fail to achieve basic skills to succeed in life. The book presents evidence that one core reason is that by the time a child is old enough to attend school, there is already a wide disparity in cognitive skills and in emotional and behavioral development among children from households of different socioeconomic backgrounds. Low levels of cognitive development in early childhood strongly correlate with low socio-economic status (as measured by wealth and parental education) as well as malnutrition. These disadvantages are often exacerbated by economic crises. Fortunately, however, as documented in this volume, there are programs that have proven effective in promoting a child's development through caregiver-child interaction and stimulation, and with well designed preschool programs. While preschool programs currently cover a modest share of low income children, expansion of such services to at risk populations is a cost-effective means of improving overall educational achievement. Thus, focused preschool programs can serve as a key investment in a strategy to reduce the transmission of poverty from poor parents to their children. At AwesomeBooks we believe that good quality and speed of service is what pleases our customers and according to this we have a product guarantee on all our books. All used books sold by AwesomeBooks:Will be clean, not soiled or stained.All pages will be present and undamaged.Books will be free of page markings.Some pages may be slightly dog-eared through previous use.The spine may show some creasing through previous use.Ultimately we would never send any book we would not pick up and read ourselves. All new books sold by AwesomeBooks:Will be completely new and unfolded.Wrapped carefully to prevent damage or curling of book edges.100% money back guarantee If you are not satisfied for any reason, simply drop us an email and we will give you a 100% refund upon returning the item. If you are not happy then neither are we. If your order has not be reached you within a maximum of 21 days please contact us and we will respond immediately to help. Return Policy At AwesomeBooks, we believe our customers should feel free to order any of our products in the knowledge that they can return anything back within 30 days of purchasing an item for any reason. We will not make it awkward, if you want to return something then all you have to do is ask! Simply drop us an email to the address given on your order confirmation email or login to your paypal account used for payment and send us an email from there. For defects or problems caused before receipt of an item we will of course provide full instructions on how to return the item to us. For other issues (perhaps you did not like a product or it did not live up to expectations), we are happy to refund all costs but require the buyer to pay the return postage cost. Once you drop us an email requesting a return, we will let you know the precise return method quickly and conveniently.

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