Is Something Better Than Nothing? An Evaluation of Early Childhood Programs in Cambodia

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 864-876

  Rao, Nirmala ^a   Sun, Jin ^a   Pearson, Veronica ^a   Pearson, Emma ^b   Liu, Hongyun ^c   Constas, Mark A ^d   Engle, Patrice L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^e Cal Poly State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSERY SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD;

CAMBODIA; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS, NURSERY;

EID: 84860491482     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01746.x     Document Type: Article

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