Tuesday, April 18th , 2017

Investing in Human Capital

and Early Childhood

Development

Photo Credit: RESULTS UK

Investing in Human Capital and Early Childhood Development

• Hannah Bowen, Director, ACTION Secretariat

• Meera Shekar, Lead Health & Nutrition Specialist, World Bank

• Amanda Devercelli, ECD Global Lead, World Bank

• Dissan Boureima Gnoumou, Parliamentarian, Deputy Coordinator of the

Network of Parliamentarians on Nutritional Security, Parliament of Burkina

Faso

• Pam Damoff, Parliamentarian, Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on the

Status of Women, Parliament of Canada

Photo Credit: RESULTS Canada

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World Bank

• Meera Shekar, Lead Health & Nutrition Specialist

• Amanda Devercelli, ECD Global Lead

INVESTING IN THE EARLY YEARS

Meera Shekar

Global Lead, Nutrition

1,000 DAYS

GOODNUTRITION

NURTUREDAND

PROTECTEDEARLY STIMULATION ANDLEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

MAKE SURE CHILDREN REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL

#EARLYYEARS

FOURTHINDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

8

156 MILLIONCHILDREN < 5 ARE STUNTED WORLDWIDE

>30% 20-30%

BUT SERIOUS CHALLENGES REMAIN FOR CHILDREN

9

THE FIRST 1,000 DAYS

LAY A LIFELONG FOUNDATION

CHILD WITH STUNTED BRAIN

DEVELOPMENTHEALTHY, CARED FOR CHILD

Only half of 3-6 year olds have access to PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION

ON AVERAGE

ECONOMICALLY ADVANTAGED

CHILDREN KNOW

1,100 WORDSECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN KNOW

500 WORDS

WORD GAP BY AGE 3

12

A MASSIVE

LEARNING CRISIS

IN NEARLY EVERY

COUNTRY

MAKE SURE CHILDREN REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL

#EARLYYEARS

1,000 DAYS

GOODNUTRITION

NURTUREDAND

PROTECTEDEARLY STIMULATION ANDLEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

REDUCE CHILDHOODUNDERNUTRITION

#InvestInNutritionhttp://tinyurl.com/investmentframeworknutrition

PROMOTEEARLY STIMULATION AND LEARNING

PROTECTVULNERABLE CHILDREN

SAFETY NETS

AND RESPONSE

TO SHOCKS

WOMEN’S

EDUCATION

AND

EMPOWERMENT

QUALITY

REPRODUCTIVE

AND HEALTH

SERVICES

QUALITY, DIVERSE

AND AFFORDABLE

FOOD

WATER AND

SANITATION

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2. $25 million (2007-2014)

Domestic and donor support for nutrition has continued beyond project completion

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Creation of the “Unit for the Fight Against Malnutrition” (CLM) under Prime Minister

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2.2% 7.7%

#EARLYYEARS

#InvestInNutritionhttp://tinyurl.com/investmentframeworknutrition

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Burkina Faso

• Dissan Boureima Gnoumou, Deputy

Coordinator of the Network of

Parliamentarians on Nutritional

Security, Parliament of Burkina Faso

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Canada

• Pam Damoff, Vice-Chair of the Standing

Committee on the Status of

Women, Parliament of Canada

Discussion and Audience

Questions

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Recommendations

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2nd Meeting of the

Leading Group on ECD

and Nutrition

Wednesday April 19th

9:00 am to 4:30 pm

World Bank HQ – Room MC 9-100

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