Impact Evaluation of Parental Education Campaign on Child Development in Nepal

Florence Arestoff, Olivia Bertelli, Elodie Djemaï, D. Ghimire and Uttam Sharma
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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

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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.

Keywords: Early Childhood Development; Impact evaluation; Randomized Control Trial; Nepal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-01-28
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