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TA 4205: Early Childhood Development for the Poor - Viet Nam
Financed by Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund

Type: Study; Policy/ Strategy Formulation
Duration: 24 October 2003 – 31 March 2005
Executing Agency: Viet Nam Commission for Population, Family, and Children
Person Responsible: E. Bloom, Mekong Social Sectors Division
Amount: $ 450,000
Project Summary

The TA will support Viet Nam in developing a safe and healthy environment for children from poor and vulnerable households that will provide them with greater opportunity to reach their full human potential.

To achieve this goal, the TA has several objectives:

  • Understand the current status and availability of ECD programs, particularly in poor and remote areas.
  • Develop appropriate qualitative and quantitative survey instruments for the TA and for research and policy work in ECD.
  • Increase stakeholders’ awareness and support for ECD as key instrument to break the vicious circle of poverty.

The TA will focus on children between ages 0 and 6 and will include safe motherhood. The TA will cover supple-side, institutional, and demand-side issue.