Children's experiences during early childhood are critical for their cognitive and
socioemotional development, two key dimensions of human capital. However, children from …

In the last two decades, the global community has made significant progress in saving the
lives of children< 5 y of age. However, these advances are failing to help all children to …

The Toolkit provides a practical,“how-to” guide for selection and adaptation of child
development measurements for use in low-and middle-income countries. Users can follow …

We estimate production functions for cognition and health for children aged 1–12 in India,
based on the Young Lives Survey. India has over 70 million children aged 0–5 who are at …

It has been of great concern for policymakers and government officials to increase the
economic trajectory of living standards. Tourism development over the years is outlined in …

A vast study has shown a mixed result on the implications of a natural resource on growth
and poverty. Theoretically, the Resource Curse Hypothesis stresses that natural resource …

Despite the successful transition into democracy in South Africa, poverty and inequality
levels remain consistently high for an upper-middle-income country. The pace of human …

In this paper, we study parental beliefs about the returns to parental investments made
during different periods of childhood. Using two independent samples, we document that …

The paper assesses the interconnections between FDI and human capital development in
Nigeria over the period 1981–2018. The analysis is carried out with the use of both non …

We explore how early-life shocks interact with subsequent human capital investments to
influence children's long-term outcomes. Using large-scale administrative data from …