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100			_aLevere, Michael _9120261
245		4	_aThe Role of Information and Cash Transfers on Early-Childhood Development: Short- and Long-Run Evidence from Nepal
260			_bEconomic Development and Cultural Change
260			_c2024
300			_a1267-1293
520			_aWhile substantial progress has been made in combating malnutrition at a global level, chronic maternal and child malnutrition remain a serious problem in many parts of the developing world. In this paper, using a randomized controlled trial design in Nepal, we evaluate a program that provided information on best practices regarding infant health and cash to families in extremely poor areas with pregnant mothers and/or children below the age of 2. We find significant and sizable impacts of the information plus cash intervention on maternal knowledge and behavior in the short run. We also find suggestive evidence of improvements in child development for the information plus cash intervention relative to groups that received information only. In a long-run, 2-year follow-up survey, we find that the information plus cash group retained significantly higher knowledge and implementation of best practices regarding early-childhood health. However, there appear to be no sustained impacts on child development or anthropometrics in the follow-up.
650			_a Child Malnutrition _9113529
650			_a Chronic Maternal _9120262
650			_a Early-Childhood Health _9120263
650			_aEarly-Childhood Development _9120264
700			_a Acharya, Gayatri _9120265
700			_a Bharadwaj, Prashant _9120266
856			_uhttps://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/723203
999			_c133675 _d133675