Kizazi Kijacho: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Parenting and Unconditional Cash Transfers in Tanzania
Thrive - Working Paper | 31 December 2023
This report gives a comprehensive overview of the background, objectives, study design, planned activities and baseline findings of the Kizazi Kijacho Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) in the Dodoma region of Tanzania.
The RCT aims to test the relative effectiveness of three different packages of Early Childhood Development (ECD) interventions during children’s ‘first 1000 days’, that is, from conception until age two. The set of interventions that will be evaluated include (i) a parenting programme delivered by Community Health Workers who are supported by an innovative digital app; (ii) An Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) programme; and (iii) a programme combining the parenting and the UCT interventions.
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Thrive
Authors
Ingvild Almås, Bet Caeyers, Charlotte Ringdal, Ester Elisaria, Honorati Masanja, Orazio Attanasio, Ezeriki Emetonjor, Costas Meghir, Pallavi Prabhakar, Pamela Jervis, Theresa S Betancourt, Marc Bornstein, Naike Chawachi, Elfrida Kumalija, Roland Van de Ven, Gloria Kahamba, Grace Mapunda, Eden Mathew, Amani Mbonde, Neema Ringo and Kassim Sheghembe, Sosthenes Alex, Artee Gungah, Agape Ishabakaki, Kenneth Kinyambo, Bence Kocsis, Marie Mallet, Respichius D. Mitti, Alice Sumbatala
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