Jena Hamadani, Fahmida Tofail, Syed Nazmul Huda, Dewan S Alam et al.
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine the timing and size of the cognitive deficit associated with poverty in the first 5 years of life and to examine the role of parental characteristics, pre- and postnatal growth, and stimulation in the home in Bangladeshi children. We hypothesized that the effect of p...
Alison Andrew, Orazio Attanasio, Britta Augsburg, Monimalika Day et al.
BACKGROUND: An estimated 63.4 million Indian children under 5 years are at risk of poor development. Home visits that use a structured curriculum to help caregivers enhance the quality of the home stimulation environment improve developmental outcomes. However, achieving effectiveness in poor urban ...
Oriana Bandiera, Vittorio Bassi, Robin Burgess, Imran Rasul et al.
One third of the 420 million young people in Africa are unemployed. Understanding how youth search for jobs and what a¤ects their ability to ...nd good jobs is of paramount importance. We do so using a ...eld experiment tracking young job seekers for six years in Uganda’s main cities. We examine how...
Maureen M. Black, Susan Walker, Orazio Attanasio, Marta Rubio‐Codina et al.
Throughout the world, there has been widespread recognition that children’s development is shaped by the cultural context and interactions that begin prenatally and extend throughout childhood.1,2 Children raised in stable and nurturing settings that provide adequate nutrition, responsive caregiving...