Child Development
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Mismeasuring learning: Beware of psychometric test scores
High-frequency data from a large early childhood intervention in China indicates that skills develop through the emergence of qualitatively new abilities and stochastic fluctuations, rather than as higher levels of a fixed trait, challenging the prac...
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Leveraging existing infrastructure to scale early childhood development interventions
A cost-effective at-scale early childhood development intervention integrated into existing public service infrastructure led to positive impacts on child development in Bangladesh
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Improving early child development outcomes in low-income settings
Improving early child development outcomes in low-income settings requires affordable, sustainable, and easily scalable solutions. The “First Steps” programme in Rwanda has substantial positive effects on child development and offers a blueprint for ...
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The impact of publicly provided daycare: Evidence from Brazil
Publicly provided daycare in Rio de Janeiro had benefits for both child development and the labour market outcomes of caregivers.
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Preschool quality and child development: Evidence from Colombia
Interventions that only provide material resources to preschools may fail to achieve any benefits, and have unintended negative consequences, if teachers have insufficient training
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Complementing cash with information to reduce malnutrition: Evidence from Nepal
A combination of information and cash transfers is effective in changing maternal behavioural practices, which could bring down malnutrition