The Guatemala Community Day Care Program: an example of effective urban programming

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dc.creatorRuel, Marie T.
dc.creatorQuisumbing, Agnes R.
dc.creatorHallman, Kelly
dc.creatorde la Briere, Benedicte
dc.creatorCoj de Salazar, Nora
dc.date2006
dc.date2024-11-21T09:50:30Z
dc.date2024-11-21T09:50:30Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:13:30Z
dc.descriptionRising 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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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/160328
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/98176
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceRuel, Marie T.; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Hallman, Kelly; de la Briere, Benedicte; Coj de Salazar, Nora. The Guatemala Community Day Care Program: an example of effective urban programming. Research Report Abstract. 144. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160328
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectimpact assessment
dc.titleThe Guatemala Community Day Care Program: an example of effective urban programming
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