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Fostering Early Childhood Development in Low-Resource Communities: Evidence from a Scalable Parenting Intervention in Tanzania
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- Link for online Zoom Meeting: https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/99497344747 For those who would like join from outside of University of Essex, please register by sending your names to iserseminars@essex.ac.uk
- Presented by
- Dr. Margaret Leighton (University of St. Andrews)
This paper reports preliminary evidence on the effectiveness of a scalable early child development programme being piloted in rural Tanzania. The core of the intervention is a caregiver training course led by local facilitators, targeting caregiver-child interactions and teaching about home-based stimulation activities for young children. After two years of implementation, the intervention has led to meaningful improvements in the development of 3-year olds. Detailed data on caregivers provides some insights into the mechanisms through which the intervention is having an effect.