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dc.titleThe Quality of Centros Infantiles del Buen Vivir in Ecuador
dc.contributor.authorAraujo, María Caridad
dc.contributor.authorLopez Boo, Florencia
dc.contributor.authorNovella, Rafael
dc.contributor.authorSchodt, Sara
dc.contributor.authorTomé, Romina
dc.contributor.orgunitSocial Protection and Health Division
dc.coverageEcuador
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2015-10-19T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2015-10-16T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis study analyzes data collected in 2012 from a sample of public child care centers in Ecuador. It aims to characterize different quality aspects of the services provided by these centers to children under 3 years of age. The main finding is that the child care services studied have a considerable margin for improvement in terms of structural and process aspects. The quality challenges faced by these centers are consistent with those of similarservices in different countries throughout the region, such as Peru, Colombia, and Brazil. The study also finds that while efforts undertaken in recent years in Ecuador to improve service quality are aimed in the right direction, continuous, long-term interventions will be required in order to make significant improvements in the quality indicators studied. The most complex changes¿but also the most necessary¿are related to aspects of process quality, particularly those connected to the training of child care staff and the skill-building necessary to offer experiences that maximize well-being and promote learning in all areas of child development.
dc.format.extent48;51
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.18235/0000184
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/The-Quality-of-Centros-Infantiles-del-Buen-Vivir-in-Ecuador.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/La-calidad-de-los-Centros-Infantiles-del-Buen-Vivir-en-Ecuador.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectSocial Policy and Protection
dc.subjectChild Development
dc.subjectDevelopment Bank
dc.subjectEarly Childhood Education
dc.subject.jelcodeJ13 - Fertility • Family Planning • Child Care • Children • Youth
dc.subject.jelcodeI38 - Government Policy • Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
dc.subject.jelcodeI30 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: General
dc.subject.jelcodeI25 - Education and Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeI20 - Education and Research Institutions: General
dc.subject.jelcodeI10 - Health: General
dc.subject.jelcodeI00 - Health, Education, and Welfare: General: General
dc.subject.keywordsSalas Cuna;Calidad;Desarrollo infantil;Guarderías;Ecuador;Centros Infantiles del Buen Vivir;Servicios de cuidado infantil
dc.typePolicy Briefs
idb.identifier.pubnumberPolicy Briefs
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