Play during early childhood is key to stimulating children's physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development … the development of emotional and cognitive skills in children. The study also found a significant effect of 0.19 SD on the … Developmental Milestones Checklist for children of caregivers with the lowest level of parental investment at the baseline. Our …

child working memory - a key skill of executive functioning that plays a central role in children's development of cognitive … preschool enrolment decisions. Children were enrolled earlier and in higher quality preschools, the latter reflecting a shift in …

-income children. Our findings suggest that parental time investments are neutral to early skills gaps, while monetary investments are …

India's TVET system, by international standards, is at a very rudimentary level of development. TVET was a relatively … neglected subject in India's educational planning, at least until the beginning of 2007. However, this changed with the 11th … found to be not different than India's. Finally, the paper reviews briefly efforts of the government to expand TVET at …

development. We find significant impacts on cognitive development in children 0-60 months, with an average effect size of 0.13 SD …. We show differential impacts by type of transfer: 0-5-year-old children from families receiving the "health" transfer …, which targeted families with 0-5-year-old children only, benefited significantly from the program, whereas 0-5 year-olds in …

percent for those exposed at school-going ages. Educational gains are much more limited for indigenous children, though grades …

Peru. Children who were randomly chosen to receive laptops with high-speed internet access are compared with i) those who …

This paper documents disparities in cognitive development-as measured by a receptive vocabulary test-between children … school years) in four developing countries: Peru, Ethiopia, India, and Vietnam. Intercontinental evidence on the timing …