G20 Initiative for Early Childhood Development. Correspondence.

At its September, 2018, meeting in Argentina, the Development Working Group of the G20 launched its Initiative for Early Childhood Development.1 The initiative affirms the importance of early childhood as the foundation for future health and wellbeing, benefiting both individuals and societies. The Working Group expressed concern that, despite evidence of high returns, investment in early childhood development remains insufficient, and the initiative calls for closer examination of national investments in early childhood development, consideration of better assignments, and increases in the resources that benefit families in vulnerable situations.