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Early Stimulation and Nutrition: The Impacts of a Scalable Intervention

Published:2022-01-28 Issue:4 Volume:20 Page:1395-1432
ISSN:1542-4766
Container-title:Journal of the European Economic Association
language:en
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Author:

Attanasio Orazio¹,Baker-Henningham Helen²,Bernal Raquel³,Meghir Costas⁴,Pineda Diana⁵,Rubio-Codina Marta⁶

Affiliation:

1. Yale, USA; IFS, UK; and FAIR at NHH , Norway

2. Bangor University, UK; and University of the West Indies , Jamaica

3. CEDE, Universidad de los Andes , Colombia

4. Yale, USA; JPal, USA; and IFS , UK

5. Fundación Éxito , Colombia

6. Inter-American Development Bank , USA

Abstract

Abstract 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.

Funder

Grand Challenges Canada

Fundación Éxito

European Research Council

National Institutes of Health

Cowles Foundation

Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University

Jacobs Foundation

Universidad de los Andes

University College London

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)