Early Childhood Education and Care - Country Notes

Country Notes are reports that highlight interesting policy initiatives or innovative programmes, evaluating the impact, coherence and effectiveness of different policy approaches in the participating countries. They are written by the OECD expert teams after an intensive on-site review of early childhood policies and services in each country.

First Round of Reviews 1998-2000

Second Round of Reviews 2003-2004


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