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	Preface Acknowledgements Tab 1 Getting Started Checklist What does early childhood care and development mean? Why invest in early childhood care and development? What approaches can be taken to early childhood development? What principles should guide project design? What sources of information should be consulted? Tab 2 Diagnosing the Situation: Setting a Project Goal and Purposes Checklist Purposes What process should be followed? What sequence of steps should be followed? What information should be sought? Relating information gathering to the Logical Framework Tab 3 Choosing the Appropriate Model and Handling Key Operational Issues Checklist Who should the main beneficiaries and participants be? What general model—or mix of models—should be chosen? How should administrative and executing institutions be selected? How should child development practitioners be selected? How should training be organized? How should supervision be defined and organized? How should standards be set for the service to be delivered? How can project components be brought together? Relating choices to the Logical Framework Tab 4 Attending to Major Cross-Cutting Issues Checklist Equity—reaching the unreached Quality—is the best the enemy of the good? Going to scale—by expansion or by association? Participation—fostering real involvement Integrate—in ideas and in action Tab 5 Estimating Costs and Effects Calculating the costs and potential benefits of early childhood development Estimating the costs of an early childhood development program Using cost analysis Financing early childhood development projects Bridging the gap between program needs and available budgets Tab 6 Monitoring, Evaluation, and the Logframe Examples of completed logical frameworks Evaluation and the Logical Framework Tab 7 Directory Regional institutions National agencies, international organizations, and nongovernmental organizations UNICEF country offices Tab 8 References Information available through the Internet A sampling of useful references in print References