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Download full textAkkok, Fusun – 1999
Many countries throughout the world have developed programs to encourage parents to become more involved in their children's schools and education. In Turkey, the importance of parent involvement has been recognized only recently. The parental involvement program initiated in TED Ankara College in Ankara is Turkey's first Kindergarten and primary…
Descriptors: College Programs, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Elementary Schools
Myers, Robert G. – 1992
This paper presents a general rationale for investing in early childhood development (ECD) in Latin America that derives from scientific evidence about the importance of the early years in the formation of intelligence, personality, and social behavior. This rationale argues that the economic returns of ECD programs can be quite high (through…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Child Health, Child Welfare
Direct linkDayton-Johnson, Jeff – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2004
Natural disasters (droughts, earthquakes, epidemics, floods, wind storms) damage wellbeing, both in their immediate and long-term aftermath, and because the insecurity of exposure to disasters is in itself harmful to risk-averse people. As such, mitigating and coping with the risk of natural disasters is a pressing issue for economic development.…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Natural Disasters, Seismology, Foreign Countries
