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Do Behavioral Interventions Enhance the Effects of Cash on Early Childhood Development and Its Determinants? Evidence from a Cluster-Randomized Trial in Madagascar

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dc.contributor.authorDatta, Saugato
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Joshua
dc.contributor.authorMacLeod, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorRawlings, Laura B.
dc.contributor.authorVermehren, Andrea
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-12T13:20:59Z
dc.date.available2021-08-12T13:20:59Z
dc.date.issued2021-08
dc.description.abstractThis paper evaluates the effects of interventions based on behavioral science on measures of early childhood socio-cognitive development (and related household-level outcomes) for children from households receiving cash transfers in Madagascar, using a multi-arm cluster-randomized trial. Three behavioral interventions (a Mother Leaders group and associated activities, by itself or augmented with a self-affirmation or a plan-making nudge) are layered onto a child-focused cash transfer program targeting children from birth to age six years. Approximately 18 months into the implementation of these interventions and 20 months since baseline, the study finds evidence that households in the behaviorally enhanced arms undertake more desirable parenting behaviors, interact more with their children, prepare more (and more diverse) meals at home, and report lower food insecurity than households that received only cash. Children from households in several of the behaviorally enhanced arms also perform better than children from households in the cash-only arm on several measures of socio-cognitive development, including language learning and social skills.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/584931628529502179/Do-Behavioral-Interventions-Enhance-the-Effects-of-Cash-on-Early-Childhood-Development-and-Its-Determinants-Evidence-from-a-Cluster-Randomized-Trial-in-Madagascar
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9747
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/36111
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9747
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectCONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS
dc.subjectEARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectBEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIALS
dc.titleDo Behavioral Interventions Enhance the Effects of Cash on Early Childhood Development and Its Determinants? Evidence from a Cluster-Randomized Trial in Madagascaren
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okr.crossref.titleDo Behavioral Interventions Enhance the Effects of Cash on Early Childhood Development and its Determinants? Evidence from a Cluster-Randomized Trial in Madagascar
okr.date.disclosure2021-08-09
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/584931628529502179/Do-Behavioral-Interventions-Enhance-the-Effects-of-Cash-on-Early-Childhood-Development-and-Its-Determinants-Evidence-from-a-Cluster-Randomized-Trial-in-Madagascar
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.countryMadagascar
okr.topicEducation::Early Childhood Development
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Conditional Cash Transfers
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.unitSocial Protection and Jobs Global Practice
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