Data informing the Empowering Young Children in the Digital Age report and its supplementary outputs (online tables, country notes and case study compendium) were derived from two main sources, developed specifically for the Early Childhood Education and Care in a Digital World project carried out throughout 2021 and 2022:

The following tables are available in electronic form only:

Seeking to investigate ways in which early childhood education and care (ECEC) can respond to digitalisation, the Starting Strong VII policy review built on a variety of inputs, including a collection of case studies. Countries and jurisdictions participating in the policy review were invited to submit case studies of recent or ongoing policy initiatives regarding digitalisation and ECEC in 2022. The case studies were to focus on how these policy initiatives are put into practice in a particular national or subnational context to shed light on the success factors and challenges of policy implementation.

Starting Strong VII is a product of continued collaboration between the OECD Secretariat and the OECD Network on Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). Participants in the policy review made multiple contributions, including by providing responses to the policy survey, case studies, feedback on draft data collection instruments and draft chapters, and presentations at project meetings.