WBL: Legal Framework, Childcare, The law establishes quality standards for the provision of center-based childcare services

The indicator assesses whether the law establishes the following quality standards for the provision of center-based childcare services (public or private): (1) caregiver-to-child ratio or maximum group size; (2) a minimum level of specialized education or training for educators; (3) mandatory periodic inspection of childcare centers by authorized bodies or mandatory periodic reporting by childcare centers to authorized bodies. Partial score of 0.33 is assigned to each of the three underlying components realized. The total indicator score is the sum of component scores, capped at 1. For details, please refer to the WBL Methodology Handbook (link: https://wbl.worldbank.org/content/dam/sites/w