- Given the importance of early childhood development for future
- private and social outcomes (see Rationale for early childhood
- interventions), many governments and organizations implement
- programs specifically intended to support this stage of
- development. To learn more about programs that focus on early
- childhood, see Features of early childhood development
- interventions. Information about the relative success of early
- childhood development interventions can be found in How
- effective are early childhood development interventions in
- low- and middle-income countries?.