We identify earnings impacts of exposure to an infant health intervention in Sweden, using
individual-linked administrative data to trace potential mechanisms. Leveraging quasi …

The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated school closures and movement restrictions that
disrupted holistic development and adaptive coping in learners worldwide. Adaptive coping …

The Indian government's centerpiece initiative, the Integrated Child Development Scheme
(ICDS) project, aims to improve the overall growth, wellness, and nutrition of children under …

Child malnutrition is remarkably high in India. The problem of food insecurity is also
extremely alarming in the country. From a policy perspective, a question of paramount …

Background Changes in climatic conditions have increased the variability in rainfall patterns
worldwide. A negative rainfall shock faced by children in the initial 1000 days of life and the …

Investing in early childhood development is paramount to building development resilience.
Children born to poor parents are less likely to be well nourished, finish school, earn less …

Early childhood Development (ECD) refers to the suite of interventions–provided to a child
from conception until the transition into school, which nurtures and enables the child to thrive …

Exposure to extreme shocks in early life is found to have a lasting impact in adulthood.
Exploiting the variation in exposure measured by age and intensity of an earthquake, we …

An imbalance in the dietary intake by persons or children is considered as malnutrition.
Malnutrition is prevalent in Indian society, especially among the section of children with the …

The present paper attempted to develop an investment perspective for the child
development on the lines of human capital, human development and child rights …