Augmenting State Capacity for Child Development: Experimental Evidence from India

This paper uses a randomized experiment to study the impact of augmenting staffing in India’s Integrated Child Development Services

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
9 October 2021
Country:
India
Document Type:
Working Paper
Theme:
Education
Authors:
Ganimian, A., Muralidharan, K., Walters, C.

Abstract

This paper uses a large-scale randomized experiment to study the impact of augmenting staffing in the world’s largest public early childhood program: India’s Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS).

This research is part of the Research on Improving Systems of Education programme.

Citation

Ganimian, A., Muralidharan, K. and Walters, C. 2021. Augmenting State Capacity for Child Development: Experimental Evidence from India. RISE Working Paper Series. 21/080. https://doi.org/10.35489/BSG-RISE-WP_2021/080

Augmenting State Capacity for Child Development: Experimental Evidence from India

Published 9 October 2021
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