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The Effects of Childcare on Women and Children: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Burkina Faso

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dc.contributor.authorAjayi, Kehinde F.
dc.contributor.authorDao, Aziz
dc.contributor.authorKoussoube, Estelle
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-01T19:21:22Z
dc.date.available2023-08-01T19:21:22Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-01
dc.description.abstractIn a randomized evaluation conducted in Burkina Faso, the authors examine whether the provision of affordable childcare services improves both early childhood development and women’s economic empowerment. The authors find robust improvement in child development indicators and suggestive evidence that women’s employment, financial outcomes, and psychosocial well-being improved with access to community based childcare centers. Providing affordable, quality childcare services is a cost-effective intervention that yields high social gains. The childcare centers were self-sufficient, essentially paying for themselves. There are also additional unaccounted social benefits from children’s improved development, which can reduce poverty and improve key socio-economic life outcomes. The findings showcase promising new evidence that the provision of childcare can positively impact both women and children. However, there is still more room for change to influence women’s decision-making agency and partners’ involvement in domestic tasks. The findings also demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of the intervention. The childcare centers were not only self-sufficient because they essentially paid for themselves, but also contributed to higher revenue for women who used the childcare centers and the women who were employed as caregivers at the sites.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099454207262315093/IDU0cf0fb0d00e6970497209a5e03a88b402a7c0
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40133
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40133
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectCHILDCARE
dc.subjectWOMEN
dc.subjectCHILDREN
dc.subjectECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
dc.subjectWOMEN AND SOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.titleThe Effects of Childcare on Women and Childrenen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Burkina Fasoen
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okr.crossref.titleThe Effects of Childcare on Women and Children: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Burkina Faso
okr.date.disclosure2023-08-01
okr.date.lastmodified2023-07-25T00:00:00Zen
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099454207262315093/IDU0cf0fb0d00e6970497209a5e03a88b402a7c0
okr.guid099454207262315093
okr.identifier.docmidIDU-cf0fb0d0-e697-4972-9a5e-3a88b402a7c0
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40133
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34123346
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34123346
okr.identifier.report184232
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.countryBurkina Faso
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.topicGender::Gender and Economics
okr.unitGender Impact Evaluation (AFEGI)
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