The Guatemala Community Day Care Program: an example of effective urban programming
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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Rising rates of urbanization in Latin America, the growing importance of formal sector employment, distance from extended families who can help with childrearing, and the high percentages of female-headed households have increased the demand for nonrelative childcare by working mothers. With higher poverty rates among households headed by women, providing affordable and reliable childcare is crucial to women’s participation in the labor force, particularly in the formal sector where returns and benefits are higher. In 1991, the Hogares Comunitarios Program (HCP) was established in Guatemala City as a government-sponsored pilot program to alleviate poverty by providing working parents with low-cost, high-quality childcare. Community-based day care programs similar to this have been popular throughout Latin America but have rarely undergone a rigorous evaluation. This study by researchers at IFPRI was designed in collaboration with the Social Work Program of the Office of the First Lady of Guatemala and the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama/Pan America Health Organization (INCAP/PAHO), and included both operational and impact evaluations.
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gender, impact assessment