children's development at risk and threatening national progress. A notable achievement for Indonesia is that primary school …Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous country, with more than 238 million people living in an archipelago … poverty, and made continued progress towards many of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). For example, Indonesia has …

two decades, the Government of Indonesia (GoI) has scaled up its commitment to early childhood education and development … (ECED) through various educational reforms, policies, programs, and financial investments. With the expansion of Indonesia … Indonesia's ECED services. The World Bank is providing the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (MoECRT …

- and middle-income nations. This study estimates the effects of such an expansion on progression in primary school in rural …

- and middle-income nations. This study estimates the effects of such an expansion on progression in primary school in rural …

school in rural communities of Guatemala. Combining administrative and population census data in a difference …

This paper examines the longer-term impact of a project that expanded access to playgroup services in rural Indonesia … higher test scores during the early grades of primary school, relative to the older cohort. To unpack why the two cohorts …

-funded project in rural Indonesia. Analysis of quantitative and qualitative data shows that 86 percent of the centers continued to …