United States, Oct. 1 -- The Early Childhood Development Innovation Fund, a groundbreaking initiative by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and other strategic partners, improved the quality of life of more than 700,000 children in Latin America and the Caribbean. In its eight years of implementation, during which it invested $10 million, it also benefited 300,000 parents and caregivers and 5,000 childcare centers in the region. The 23 projects it funded in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, and Uruguay explored new ways to boost attendance in early childhood education, improve the quality of interactions between children and caregivers, and address the situation of migrant childr...