Spend early on children, says OECD
Governments should invest more money on children in the first six years of their lives to reduce social inequality and help all children, especially the most vulnerable, have happier lives, according to the OECD’s first ever report on child well-being in its 30 member countries.
“Doing better for children” shows that average public spending by OECD countries up to age 6 accounts for only a quarter of all child spending. But investing relatively more in these “Dora the Explorer” years of early childhood than during the teenage “Facebook” years would be a good long-term investment, improving child health, education and well-being, according to the report.
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