World Bank Childcare Incentive Fund Overview of Country Grants

Kenya ECE Guide

One Sky Evaluation

Early Childhood Care and Development in Rural and Urban Settings in Kenya

Raising the Quality of Child Caregiving in Bangladesh

Investing in free universal childcare in sub-Saharan Africa: Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, and the United Republic of Tanzania

Investing in free universal childcare in South Africa, Turkey and Uruguay: A comparative analysis of costs, short-term employment effects and fiscal revenue

Support Programs for Home-Based Child Care: A Global Study

Cost-Effective Public Daycare in a Low-Income Economy Benefits Children and Mothers (Nicauragua)

Childcare in the COVID-19 Era: A Guide for Employers

Childcare in a Global Crisis The Impact of COVID-19 on work and family life

Direct Financial Support, Access to Male-Dominated Jobs, and Investing in Child Care Can Increase Women’s Participation in Post-COVID Workforce

This report by UN Women and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) highlights the need for greater investment in care infrastructure—essential services and facilities like childcare centers, elder care, healthcare, and public transport. It explores how public development banks (PDBs) can address gaps in care services and drive economic growth.

Financing Care Infrastructure

4 key trends on how COVID has impacted women in business

Direct Financial Support, Access to Male-Dominated Jobs, and Investing in Child Care Can Increase Women’s Participation in Post-COVID Workforce

Female Labor Force Participation Is Key To Our Economic Recovery

Women, Business, and the Law 2016: Getting to Equal

Women’s work: mothers, children and the global Childcare Crisis

Linking Family-Friendly Policies to Women’s Economic Empowerment

The Impact of Early Childhood Interventions on Mothers

Extending childcare services to workers in the informal economy: Policy lessons from country experiences

Labour and Human Rights Frameworks Promoting Childcare for all workers

Childcare Is a Business Issue

Tackling Childcare Pakistan: A market study on the benefits and challenges of employer-supported childcare

Tackling Childcare:The Business Case for Employer-Supported Childcare in Vietnam

Tackling Childcare: Employer-Supported Childcare in Cambodia

“Tackling Childcare: The Business Case for Employer-Supported Childcare (Case Study: Schön Klinik Healthcare, Germany)”

“Tackling Childcare: The Business Case for Employer-Supported Childcare (Case Study: Martur Automotive Component Manufacturing, Turkey)”

Tackling Childcare in Sri Lanka: The Business Case for Employer-Supported Childcare

The Business Case for Employer-Supported Childcare

IMF Gender Equality Data

Childcare Literature and Resources from the World Bank

Standards for healthy eating, physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in early childhood education and care settings: a toolkit

Costs and benefits of investing in transformative care policy packages: A macrosimulation study in 82 countries

Engaging Young Children Lessons from Research about Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care

Childcare in Humanitarian Crises

World Bank’s Childcare Incentive Fund

Cost-Effective Public Daycare in a Low-Income Economy Benefits Children and Mothers

Childcare and Working Families: New Opportunity or An evidence brief

UNICEF’s Family Friendly Policies Framework