Jamaica - Can disadvantaged kids ever catch up with better-off peers? (English)

The World Bank is focused on developing and supporting programs that help children reach their potential and live lives free of poverty. To help build a body of evidence of what works, the World Bank financed an evaluation of a program in Jamaica that targeted mothers of babies stunted due to malnutrition. The mothers received either support or guidance on how to encourage their babies' development through play and language, or nutritional supplements...

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Gertler,Paul J.;

Heckman,James J.;

Pinto,Rodrigo Ribeiro Antunes;

Zanolini, Arianna;

Vermeersch,Christel M. J.;

Walker, Susan;

Chang, Susan M.;

Grantham-Mcgregor,Sally;
Document Date
2013/05/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
77086
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Jamaica,
Region
Latin America And Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2015/09/20
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Jamaica - Can disadvantaged kids ever catch up with better-off peers?
Keywords
nutritional supplement

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Gertler,Paul J.; Heckman,James J.; Pinto,Rodrigo Ribeiro Antunes; Zanolini, Arianna; Vermeersch,Christel M. J.; Walker, Susan; Chang, Susan M.; Grantham-Mcgregor,Sally.

Jamaica - Can disadvantaged kids ever catch up with better-off peers? (English). From evidence to policy Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/853731468043177605

Jamaica - Can disadvantaged kids ever catch up with better-off peers? (English)

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