Going to Scale: Early Childhood Programs in Latin America

This study by Emily Vargas-Baron of the Rise Institute (USA) describes how selected early childhood development programs of Latin America have achieved nationwide coverage and become sustainable. The research was conducted in 2008 upon the request of the World Bank as a background study for its book The Promise of Early Childhood Development in Latin America, published in 2009. The background study of 165 pages was entitled Going to Scale and Achieving Sustainability in Selected Early Childhood Programs of Latin America. By the request of World Bank personnel, it included abundant data and charts. The original study report can be obtained by contacting the author at:
vargasbaron@hotmail.com. This more concise version of the study provides brief program descriptions, outlines key findings, and offers some tentative recommendations.

Click here to read the report.