Background Parents are the primary caregivers of young children. Responsive parent–child
relationships and parental support for learning during the earliest years of life are crucial for …

Summary The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide a historic opportunity to
implement interventions, at scale, to promote early childhood development. Although the …

Introduction Inadequate care during early childhood can lead to long-term deficits in skills.
Parenting programmes that encourage investment in young children are a promising tool for …

Background To strengthen the impact of cash transfers, these interventions have begun to
be packaged as cash-plus programmes, combining cash with additional transfers …

This study examines how parent socioeconomic status (SES) directly and indirectly predicts
children's school readiness through pathways of parental investment. Data come from direct …

OBJECTIVES: Poor early childhood development in low-and middle-income countries is a
major public health problem. Efficacy trials have shown the potential of early childhood …

Many poor children are underprepared for demanding primary school curricula. Research in
cognitive science suggests that school achievement could be improved by preschool …

Early childhood development is becoming the focus of policy worldwide. However, the
evidence on the effectiveness of scalable models is scant, particularly when it comes to …

We evaluate an intervention targeting early life nutrition and well-being for households in
extreme poverty in Northern Nigeria. The intervention leads to large and sustained …

Background Evidence from efficacy trials suggests that lipid-based nutrient supplementation
(LNS) and home visits can be effective approaches to preventing chronic malnutrition and …