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Early Childhood Well-Being in Africa
Dharam Ghai(presented by Frances Stewart)
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Structure of paper
• Importance of conditions in early childhood • Successful and unsuccessful countries in Africa
ion child wellbeing• Correlates of success and failure• Policy conclusion
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Why early childhood conditions are so important
• Poor conditions can lead to mortality• Can impair lifelong cognitive abilities• Poor physique• Poor social interactions• Depression, violence, crime…• Lower life long earnings
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Rates of return to investment in human capital at different ages
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Measurement issues
• Huge data problems: often lacking and often inaccurate
• Indicators of early childhood wellbeing (ECWI)– Child mortality (under 5)– Proportion of underweight children– Gross pre-school enrolment rate– Presents a combined index of child mortality and
underweight• Big range: under five mortality from <50 to >195;• Underweight from 11% to 34%
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Under 5 mortality Underweight
Seychelles Seychelles
Mauritius Swaziland
Cape Verde Gabon
Namibia Sao Tome
Botswana Equ. Guinea
Comoros Botswana
S.Africa S.Africa
Eritrea Ghana
Gabon Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Cape Verde
Best performers
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Under 5 mortality Underweight
Chad Niger
Angola Burundi
DRC Sudan
Guinea Bissau Madagascar
Mali Burkina Faso
Nigeria Ethiopia
CAR Eritrea
Niger Chad
Equat Guinea Mauritania
Burundi Djibouti
Worst performers
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Possible causes• Overall development, measured by GDP per
capita;• Poverty rates• Share of GDP allocated to public expenditure
on health• Pre-schooling rates• Education of women• Fertility rates and contraceptive rates• Governance
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Conclusions• Weak association with GDP per capita; better
with poverty.• Weak association with health expenditure.• Positive association with female education;
fertility rates; pre-school education.• Strong association with governance indicators
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Other influences
• Culture• Violent conflicts – mostly do badly, apart from Uganda
and Liberia• Mineral curse – conflicts with regions;
mismanagement; Dutch disease – eg Nigeria; but can do well, eg Botswana; Gabon.
• Aid and remittances:positive. • Regional disparities (Nigeria)• HIV/AIDS. Yet Southern Africa still performs well on
ECWI
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Policy
• One of the most promising approaches to eliminating such deprivations and creating equal opportunities for all children is the universal provision of kindergarten centres offering unified packages of services in a safe and secure environment comprising nutrition, health and education; and a meeting and learning place for parents, community leaders and government and civil society agencies to promote knowledge and discussion of policies and practices conducive to child well-being