However, ECD is an area that I???m increasingly involved [1] in with my work [2]at The World Bank. [3] [3]Among others, Nobel Laureate Economist, James Heckman [4]and his colleagues have provided very convincing evidence of the benefits of early childhood interventions, including preschool education, on later individual and social outcomes (my colleague and fellow blogger, Jishnu Das [5]looked at