Selected Publications
Neuman, M. J., & Powers, S. (2022). Political prioritization of early childhood education during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative analysis of low- and middle-income countries. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 60, 287–297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2022.01.006
Putcha, V., Bonsu, D., & Neuman, M. (2020). Strengthening and supporting the early childhood workforce: Working conditions (Early Childhood Workforce Initiative Landscape Analysis). Results for Development.
Neuman, M. J., & Okeng’o, L. (2019). Early childhood policies in low- and middle-income countries. Early Years: An International Research Journal, 39(3), 223–228. https://doi.org/10.1080/09575146.2019.1636571
Neuman, M., & Roland, M. (2018). Policy lessons for strengthening and supporting the early childhood workforce. Early Childhood Matters, 127, 59–64.
Putcha, V., Neuman, M., Zaplotynska, O., & Sofiy, N. (2018). Supporting the early childhood workforce at scale: Preschool education in Ukraine. Washington, DC: Results for Development.
Özler, B., Fernald, L. C. H., Kariger, P., McConnell, C., Neuman, M. J., & Fraga, E. (2018). Combining preschool teacher training with parenting education: A cluster-randomized controlled trial. Journal of Development Economics, 133, 448–467.
Neuman, M. J. (2017). Doing more with less: Innovations in early childhood development from low-resource contexts. In L. Miller, C. Cameron, & N. Barbour (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Early Childhood Policy (pp. 236–255). London: SAGE Publications.
Putcha, V., Upadhyay, A., Neuman, M., Choi, M., & Lombardi, J. (2016). Financing early childhood development: An analysis of international and domestic sources in low- and middle-income countries. Vol. I & II. Washington, DC: International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity.
Neuman, M. J., Josephson, K., & Chua, P. (2015). A review of the literature: Early childhood care and education personnel in low- and middle-income countries. Early Childhood Care and Education Working Paper Series, No. 4. Paris: UNESCO.
Neuman, M. J., & Hatipoglu, K. (2015). Global gains and growing pains: Pre-primary education around the world. Early Childhood Matters, 124, 43–50.
Sayre, R. K., Devercelli, A. E., Neuman, M. J., & Wodon, Q. (2015). Investing in early childhood development: Review of the World Bank’s recent experience. Washington, DC: The World Bank.
Neuman, M. J., McConnell, C., & Kholowa, F. (2014). From early childhood development policy to sustainability: The fragility of community-based childcare services in Malawi. International Journal of Early Childhood, 46(1), 81–99.
Pelletier, D., & Neuman, M. J. (2014). Advancing the nutrition and early childhood development agenda: Indicators and guidance. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1308(1), 232–244.
Neuman, M. J., & Devercelli, A. E. (2013). What matters most for early childhood development: A framework paper. Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) Working Paper, No. 5. Washington, DC: The World Bank.
Neuman, M. J., & Devercelli, A. E. (2012). Early childhood policy development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and opportunities. International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 6(2), 21–34.
Naudeau, S., Kataoka, N., Valerio, A., Neuman, M. J., & Elder, L. K. (2010). Investing in young children: An early childhood development guide to policy dialogue and project preparation. Washington, DC: The World Bank.
Oberhuemer, P., Schreyer, I., & Neuman, M. J. (2010). Professionals in early childhood education and care systems: European profiles and perspectives. Farmington Hills, MI: Barbara Budrich Publishers.
Kamerman, S. B., & Neuman, M. J. (2010). Early childhood care and education: The family, the market, and the state. In P. Peterson, E. Baker, & B. McGaw (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education (pp. 1–10). Maryland Heights, MO: Elsevier.
Neuman, M. J. (2009). The Politics of (de)centralisation: Early care and education in France and Sweden. In K. Scheiwe & H. Willekens (Eds.). Child Care and Preschool Development in Europe – Institutional Perspectives (pp. 157–179). Houndmills, England: Palgrave MacMillan.
Neuman, M. J. (2005). Global early care and education: Challenges, responses, and lessons. Phi Delta Kappan, 87(3), 188–192.
Neuman, M. J. (2005). Governance of early childhood education and care: Recent developments in OECD countries. Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 25(2), 127–139.
Bennett, J., & Neuman, M. J. (2004). Early childhood, major challenges: Review of early childhood education and care policies in OECD countries. Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 34(4), 423–433.
Kagan, S. L., & Neuman, M. J. (2003). Integrating early care and education. Educational Leadership, 60(7), 58–63.