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Impact Evaluation of Parental Education Campaign on Child Development in Nepal

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  • Florence Arestoff

    (DIAL - Développement, institutions et analyses de long terme, LEDa - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Olivia Bertelli

    (DIAL - Développement, institutions et analyses de long terme, LEDa - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Elodie Djemaï

    (DIAL - Développement, institutions et analyses de long terme, LEDa - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • D. Ghimire
  • Uttam Sharma

Abstract

This study assesses the impacts of a parental education community training on childdevelopment in Nepal. Relying on a sample of approximately 1,000 households, we randomlyvary the access to the intervention. A few months after the end of the intervention, children inthe treatment group exhibit significantly higher scores on early childhood development indicators—both overall and across linguistic, motor, and cognitive domains. In turn, the interventionhas no sizable effects on anthropometric outcomes. Mechanism analysis reveals that the programimproves parental knowledge about child development and enhances the quality of parent-childinteractions.

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  • Florence Arestoff & Olivia Bertelli & Elodie Djemaï & D. Ghimire & Uttam Sharma, 2026. "Impact Evaluation of Parental Education Campaign on Child Development in Nepal," Working Papers hal-05482365, HAL.
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    • I26 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Returns to Education
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • O22 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Project Analysis
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East

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