children in the preschool years living in low-income countries. Using panel data on parenting, nutrition status, and early …Substantial work has demonstrated that early nutrition and home environments, including the degree to which children … receive cognitive stimulation and emotional support from parents, play a profound role in influencing early childhood …

Many low- and middle-income countries lag far behind high-income countries in educational access and student learning …

learning were concentrated among initially better-performing schools and students. At the same time, learning outcomes may have … decreased for schools and students that were lower performing at baseline. Finally, the study finds that incentivizing students …

Improving education outcomes by disseminating information to parents and thereby encouraging them to become more … alternative approaches to disseminating information about a school grants program in Indonesia on parents' knowledge about the … stakeholders or sending targeted text messages to parents did increase knowledge and participation. Facilitated meetings mostly …

will serve government stakeholders as well as individual students …

school does not guarantee that children learn. A large share of children in low-income countries learn little, and they …School enrollment has universally increased over the past 25 years in low-income countries. However, enrolling in … teacher effort, knowledge, and skills. Averaging across countries, the paper finds that students receive two hours and fifty …