Save the Children UK Launches the Child Development Index

12 December 2008
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African Development Bank (Abidjan)
press release

This is the first-ever global index comparing countries' performance on child well-being. It uses child-specific indicators in health, education and nutrition to rank countries in every region of the world. It is a vital tool for policy-making and development analysis worldwide. Until now, no mechanism existed to measure child well-being across the world. The index has revealed some surprising findings.

"The Child Development Index fills a gap in policy-making. For the first time we can assess development across countries not only on the basis of economic growth or dollar-a-day poverty, but in terms of how children are faring ... This Index will make Governments aware of their country's progress and help them to address it."--Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank.

Read the report and find out how your country is doing in terms of child wellbeing: www.savethechildren.org.uk/childindex

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