Unlocking potential: How social protection can improve disadvantaged children’s foundational cognitive skills
Presents new evidence from Young Lives longitudinal data showing how social protection can have a positive impact on children’s foundational cognitive skills.
Abstract
This policy brief examines how 2 different social protection programmes, in 2 very different country contexts, the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) in Ethiopia and JUNTOS programme in Peru, can mitigate the negative effects of early poverty and climate shocks to improve disadvantaged children’s foundational cognitive skills.
This is an output of the Young Lives at Work programme.
Citation
Ford K, Von Russdorf S and Ahlborn L. ‘Unlocking potential: How social protection can improve disadvantaged children’s foundational cognitive skills’ 2023