The World Bank's view of early childhood

Childhood

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 118-132

  Penn, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood; Early childhood development; World Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037767460     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568202009001239     Document Type: Review

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