The Millennium Development Goals aim to create a safer, more prosperous, and more equitable world. If these goals were to be achieved, children¿s lives would be transformed. This book highlights the priorities and agendas of governments around the world, and focuses on the trends and issues which reveal the social and educational inequalities that persist across countries. This volume demonstrates that those who work in early years provision continue to experience a deep concern for the well-being of young children, transcending cultures, frontiers, and political and sectarian divides. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Early Years Education.