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Shabnam Sinha; Sangeeta Dey; Tapaswini Sahu; Sandipan Paul; Tanusree Talukdar – World Bank, 2022
The first six to eight years of a child's life, known as early childhood, have been globally acknowledged to be the most critical years for life-long development of children, when the pace of development is extremely rapid. Early experiences at home, in communities, and at other care settings play a crucial role in brain architecture development…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Development, School Readiness
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Karunaratne, Garvin – Community Development Journal, 1976
The community development program, initiated in 1952, failed, in the author's opinion, because no sustained attempt was made to involve the people in the development process. Discussed are: program objectives, implementation, administrative structure, an evaluation of 15 program aspects, a community development strategy, and the failure of the…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Involvement, Failure
Black, Maggie – 1990
The case histories of water and sanitation schemes described in this volume can best be understood by identifying the moments at which critical hurdles were encountered and surmounted. The first case study, which concerns Bangladesh, discusses promising prospects that existed amid the pollution and the technical and managerial expansion of the…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Health Programs
Carron, G., Ed.; Bordia, A., Ed. – 1985
The following papers were produced by participants and resource persons on specific issues of planning, management and implementation of literacy and post-literacy strategies: "People's Participation and Mobilization: Characteristics of the Literacy Campaigns in China" (Yanwei); "Strategies for Mobilization and Participation of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement