The Impact of Early Childhood Development Interventions on Children’s Health in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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Keywords
Early Childhood Development (ECD); Systematic Review; Meta-analysis; Health; Lower-and-Middle Income Countries (LMIC);All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2022-11-07 (Health Economics)
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