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

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Augmenting State Capacity for Child Development: Experimental Evidence from India

Published 9 October 2021