Benchmarks for Early Childhood Services in OECD Countries

John Bennett

Innocenti Working Papers

Abstract: The Innocenti Report Card 8 presents ten benchmarks for early childhood services. It represents a bold first step towards the ultimate goal of improving the lives of young children by enabling international comparisons to be made in the early childhood field, thereby encouraging countries to learn from each other’s experiences. The current paper provides some critical reflections on the challenges involved in establishing the principle of standard-setting in the early childhood field and suggests factors that should command our attention as the principle - as is hoped - becomes established and the process of standard-setting matures.

Keywords: child care; child care services; early childhood; early childhood development; early childhood education; right to care and protection; right to child care services; right to education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I29 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 105
Date: 2008
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