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From Access to Achievement: The Primary School-Age Impacts of an At-Scale Preschool Construction Program in Highly Deprived Communities

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dc.contributor.authorBassi, Marina
dc.contributor.authorBesbas, Bruno
dc.contributor.authorDinarte-Diaz, Lelys
dc.contributor.authorRavindran, Saravana
dc.contributor.authorReynoso, Ana
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-24T21:33:27Z
dc.date.available2024-06-24T21:33:27Z
dc.date.issued2024-06-24
dc.description.abstractUsing a randomized control trial, this paper studies an at-scale preschool construction program that serves poor communities in rural Mozambique. In addition to the construction of preschools, the program hired local instructors and provided parenting education sessions. The findings show that the program had high take-up rates, significantly increasing access to preschool education. Compared to a small base of 2 percent of children in control communities enrolled in preschool, the intervention increased preschool enrollment rates in treated communities by 73 percentage points. The program also had significant positive effects on enrollment in and progression through primary school, with an increase of 6 percentage points in enrollment in first grade at age 6, and a 0.16 standard deviation impact on an index of cognitive and social-emotional skills. Using machine learning tools, the paper estimates substantial heterogeneity by child development skills at baseline. Moreover, the program caused parents in treated communities to invest more time in supporting their primary school-aged children.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099344206242420709/IDU13d57b03915e4414d3b1ab2c18ca725db1920
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10814
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41770
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPublic Research Working Paper; 10814
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectEARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectPUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
dc.subjectMOZAMBIQUE
dc.subjectQUALITY EDUCATION
dc.subjectSDG 4
dc.subjectDECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectSDG 8
dc.titleFrom Access to Achievementen
dc.title.subtitleThe Primary School-Age Impacts of an At-Scale Preschool Construction Program in Highly Deprived Communitiesen
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okr.crossref.titleFrom Access to Achievement: The Primary School-Age Impacts of an At-Scale Preschool Construction Program in Highly Deprived Communities
okr.date.disclosure2024-06-24
okr.date.lastmodified2024-06-24T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10814
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10814
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34348104
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.countryMozambique
okr.sectorEarly Childhood Education
okr.themeNutrition and Food Security,Human Development and Gender,Nutrition,Skills Development,Labor Market Policy and Programs
okr.topicEducation::Access & Equity in Basic Education
okr.topicEducation::Early Childhood Development
okr.topicEducation::Education For All
okr.topicSocial Development::Children and Youth
okr.unitEducation AFR 1 (HAEE1)
okr.unitDECRG: Human Development (DECHD)
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