, and parenting quality in a developing country. They use a sample of over 3,000 predominantly poor pre-school age children … for older than younger children, and there is greater dispersion in scores among older children. They find that household … socioeconomic characteristics, in particular wealth and parental education, are "protective"-children from wealthier households with …

surviving children. Studies have found substantial variability across countries in the negative impacts of orphanhood on child …

Children need a safe, nurturing, healthy, and stimulating environment to thrive and reach their full potential. But … millions of children living in poverty don't receive enough stimulation or good nutrition in their first years of life, and … addressed in programs promoting young children's development, which also typically focus on mothers, with little attention on …

"Educated parents tend to have educated children. But is intergenerational transmission of human capital more nature … parents and the type of relationship that links the children to their 'adoptive 'families. The results of the analysis suggest …, more nurture, or both? De Walque uses household survey data from Rwanda that contains a large proportion of children living …

be realized from investing in pre-primary education ranging from promoting children s school readiness to equalizing …

Providing at least basic education to all children especially those coming from poor or disadvantaged families is an … the measures that will secure access to quality education for all children above all to those who are under higher risk of … basic children's right- access to education; chapter five and six sets paths for making chosen policy options sustainable …

in Mongolian kindergartens, along with early development outcomes among children enrolled in these kindergartens, to …-based ECE interventions that could improve school preparedness among children in rural areas not enrolled in preschools. Another …

: passport costs and legal restrictions on emigration. New data collected on passport costs in 127 countries reveals enormous …

The Country Opinion Survey in Albania assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in … Albania perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral …/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Albania on 1) their views regarding the general environment …