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Africa's future, Africa's challenge: Early childhood care and development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Garcia, Marito, 2008
(Directions in Development: Human Development 42700). Washington, DC: World Bank.

An inquiry into the state of early childhood education and care in Sub-Saharan Africa, including information on program development and evaluations, service delivery, public policy initiatives, and a presentation of challenges in the future of early childhood services in the region

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Discourses on quality care: The Investigating 'Quality' project and the Canadian experience
Pence, Alan R., September 2008
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 9(3), 241-255

A description of a global search for approaches to child care and early education to provide options for an approach that works in the multicultural society of British Columbia, Canada

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ECD and HIV/AIDS: The newest policy and programming challenge
Engle, Patrice L., 2008
In M. Garcia, A. Pence, & J. L. Evans (Eds.), Africa's future, Africa's challenge: Early childhood care and development in Sub-Saharan Africa (Directions in Development: Human Development 42700, pp. 285-315). Washington, DC: World Bank.

A discussion of obstacles to the provision of early childhood development (ECD) programs for children infected with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, including a description of current services and policies regarding HIV/AIDS and early childhood education

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ECD in Africa: A historical perspective
Prochner, Larry, 2008
In M. Garcia, A. Pence, & J. L. Evans (Eds.), Africa's future, Africa's challenge: Early childhood care and development in Sub-Saharan Africa (Directions in Development: Human Development 42700, pp. 117-133). Washington, DC: World Bank.

An examination of the history of early childhood development (ECD)-related programs in Africa, with a focus on formal programs in those parts of Africa colonized by Britain

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ECD policy development and implementation in Africa
Pence, Alan R., 2004
(Early Childhood and Family Policy Series No. 9). Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

A comprehensive description of early child care, education and policy development and implementation in African countries

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Introducing preprimary classes in Africa: Opportunities and challenges
Biersteker, Linda, 2008
In M. Garcia, A. Pence, & J. L. Evans (Eds.), Africa's future, Africa's challenge: Early childhood care and development in Sub-Saharan Africa (Directions in Development: Human Development 42700, pp. 227-248). Washington, DC: World Bank.

An account of the experiences of South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Lesotho during the implementation of early education and teacher training programs in their educational systems

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(Mis)Understanding ECD in Africa: The force of local and global motives
Nsamenang, A. Bame, 2008
In M. Garcia, A. Pence, & J. L. Evans (Eds.), Africa's future, Africa's challenge: Early childhood care and development in Sub-Saharan Africa (Directions in Development: Human Development 42700, pp. 135-149). Washington, DC: World Bank.

An exploration of the relevance of global perspectives on early childhood development (ECD) to the design and implementation of early learning programs in Africa

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Quality child care and community development: What is the connection?
Ball, Jessica, 2002
In M.V. Hayes & L.T. Foster (Eds.), Too small to see, too big to ignore: Child health and well-being in British Columbia (pp. 75-102). Canada: University of Victoria (B.C.), Western Geographical Press.

A study of the relationship between quality child care and community development in promoting the coordination and integration of services for children and their families in Canada

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Responding to the challenge of meeting the needs of children under 3 in Africa
Marfo, Kofi, 2008
In M. Garcia, A. Pence, & J. L. Evans (Eds.), Africa's future, Africa's challenge: Early childhood care and development in Sub-Saharan Africa (Directions in Development: Human Development 42700, pp. 201-225). Washington, DC: World Bank.

A presentation of a framework for the development and delivery of early education and care services for children aged birth through 3, with a focus on policy initiatives in South Africa, Gambia, and Kenya

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Strategic communication in early childhood development programs: The case of Uganda
Cabanero-Verzosa, Cecilia, 2008
In M. Garcia, A. Pence, & J. L. Evans (Eds.), Africa's future, Africa's challenge: Early childhood care and development in Sub-Saharan Africa (Directions in Development: Human Development 42700, pp. 331-351). Washington, DC: World Bank.

A discussion of the role of strategic communication in the development and implementation of early childhood programs in Uganda

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A tri-part approach to promoting ECD in Africa: ECD seminars, international conferences, and ECDVU
Pence, Alan R., 2008
In M. Garcia, A. Pence, & J. L. Evans (Eds.), Africa's future, Africa's challenge: Early childhood care and development in Sub-Saharan Africa (Directions in Development: Human Development 42700, pp. 487-501). Washington, DC: World Bank.

A proposal of strategies to improve the capacity of early childhood educators in the English and French-speaking regions of Africa through early childhood development (ECD) trainings, conferences, and the Early Childhood Development Virtual University (ECDVU), the training program used in Malawi and Eritrea

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Two sides of an eagle's feather: Co-constructing ECCD training curricula in university partnerships with Canadian First Nations communities
Pence, Alan R., 1999
In H. Penn (Ed.), Theory, policy and practice in early childhood services. Buckingham, United Kingdom: Open University Press

A description of the partnerships between First Nations’ Tribes and universities for the betterment of early childhood education and care in western Canada

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Working in conflict: Developing a dynamic model of quality
Penn, Helen, 1994
In In P. Moss & A.R. Pence (Eds.), Valuing quality in early childhood services: New approaches to defining quality (pp. 11-27). London: Paul Chapman Publishing

A description of the discussion of quality that took place during the creation of a new policy statement preceding a bureaucratic reorganization of early childhood services in Strathclyde, Scotland

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