Assessing Child Development: A Critical Review and the Sustainable Child Development Index (SCDI)
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Assessing Child Development: A Critical Review and the Sustainable Child Development Index (SCDI)
Children are an important stakeholder group for sustainable development, as they represent the interface between current and future generations. A comprehensive assessment of child development (CD) in the context of sustainable development is still missing. In this paper, as a first step, a literature review is conducted to identify relevant aspects and gaps related to the assessment of CD. The...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sustainability
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2071-1050
DOI: 10.3390/su7054973