development (ECD)in the first 1,000 days of life lays the foundation for a lifetime of positive outcomes in health, education … immune system. The brain grows faster during this period than any other time. Children missing appropriate health and … nutrition, education, and nurturing care supports in these critical years may encounter long-term difficulties in learning and …

Better Education Results - Early Childhood Development (SABER-ECD) collects, analyzes, and disseminates comprehensive … in a country affects young children's development. This assessment can be used to identify how countries address the same … policy challenges related to ECD, with the ultimate goal of designing effective policies for young children and their …

Tajikistan has the highest birth rate, of 29 births per 1,000, in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region and children … building its human capital and empowering its workforce of the future. Globally, investing in children to build human capital … that much more can be done to support children in achieving their potential. This report is intended to support policy …

Tajikistan has the highest birth rate, of 29 births per 1,000, in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region and children … building its human capital and empowering its workforce of the future. Globally, investing in children to build human capital … that much more can be done to support children in achieving their potential. This report is intended to support policy …

We investigate short and long-term effects of early childhood education using variation created by a policy experiment … in British Columbia, Canada. Our findings imply being in kindergarten longer increases the probability of repeating the …. Estimates suggest that more time in kindergarten may have a detrimental effect on future outcomes. …

Early Childhood Education to Nurture Children's Potential, by Magdalena Bendini, Amanda E. Devercelli, Elaine Ding, Melissa …-based, cost-effective, and actionable strategies for delivering quality early childhood education (ECE) at scale in low- and …, and education researchers have amassed evidence to inform ECE program design. Yet much of this evidence has not been …

heterogeneous agents in which altruistic parents make schooling decisions for their children. In the presence of fixed and variable … costs for different levels of schooling, we show that reducing household costs of primary education has the largest positive … impact on growth and poverty reduction in the short run. Moreover, an increase in higher education spending increases long …