in height-for-age of young children exposed during their first years of life, compared with a control group of households … children and adult cooks in treated households relative to control households. The results advance understanding of the health …

stimulation to boost child development, particularly for children ages 0-3 years. The paper reviews the rationale for linking both …

rural areas of Indonesia on two cohorts of children. One cohort was children aged 4 at the start of the project and was … immediately eligible for project-provided services when they began operation in 2009. The other cohort was children aged 1 at the … across children from different backgrounds, the impact on child outcomes is larger for children from more disadvantaged …

There is considerable evidence that young children in many developing countries suffer from profound deficits in … development (ECD) outcomes are important markers of the welfare of children. In addition, the deleterious effects of poor outcomes … social integration of adults. This paper considers the theoretical case to be made for investments in early childhood …

be particularly harmful for children during their critical growth periods and have impacts on early childhood development … sample of around 7,500 children ages 3-5 years. Early childhood development is measured in four skills domains: literacy …, there is a clear dose-response relationship, where those children with exposure to higher concentrations of arsenic have …

finds that children born into consanguineous marriages have lower test scores, lower height-for-age, and a higher likelihood …

of family background on children?s education in villages, with a focus on the role of nonfarm occupations. The analysis … across farm-nonfarm occupations. Having nonfarm parents, in general, has positive effects, but children of low educated non …-farmer parents (with higher income) do not enjoy any advantages over the children of more educated farmer parents. Estimates of cross …

childhood development services, led to declines in child development among children from less disadvantaged households. The …. Comparisons of observationally similar children across experiments reveal that existing early childhood development centers …

childhood development have historically been a challenge in Morocco, with children facing unequal opportunities to develop … time, using several surveys conducted between 2003 and 2012. Large disparities exist in children's chances of healthy early …