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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 infants in developing countries. In this paper, we describe and evaluate with a cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial an intervention designed to improve the quality of child stimulation within the context of an existing parenting program in Colombia, known as FAMI. The intervention improved children’s development by 0.16 of a standard deviation (SD) and children’s nutritional status, as reflected in a reduction of 5.8 percentage points of children whose height-for-age is below -1 SD.
Authors
CPP Co-Director
Orazio is an International Research Fellow at the IFS, a Professor at Yale and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Universidad de los Andes
Research Fellow Yale University
Costas is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Professor of Economics at Yale University and a Visiting Professor at University College London.
Research Associate
Marta is a Research Associate, working at the Centre for Evaluation of Development Policies at IFS and at the Inter-American Development.
Fundacion Exitohttps://www.fundacionexito.org/equipo-de-trabajo/area-de-inversion-social-y/diana-pineda
Bangor University
Journal article details
- DOI
- 10.1093/jeea/jvac005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- ISSN
- 1542-4766
- Issue
- Volume 20, Issue 4, January 2022, pages 1395-1432
Suggested citation
Attanasio, O et al. (2022). 'Early stimulation and nutrition: The impacts of a scalable intervention' 20(4/2022), pp.1395–1432.
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