transfer policies to poor families significantly boost child outcomes. Mentoring, parenting, and attachment are essential … will better capture the active role of the emerging autonomous child in learning and responding to the actions of parents …

This chapter presents an integrated economic approach that organizes and interprets the evidence on child development …. It also discusses the indicators of child well-being that are used in international comparisons. Recent evidence on child … development is summarized, and policies to promote child well-being are discussed. The chapter concludes with some open questions …