Poverty alleviation and integrated service delivery: Literacy, early child development and health

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 405-418

  Nordtveit, Bjorn Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Community health care; Early child development (ECD); Early childhood care and development; Family literacy; Intergeneration; Millenniums Development Goals (MDG); Non formal education (NFE)

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; LEARNING; LITERACY; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 42649102015     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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