A Toolkit for Measuring Early Childhood Development in Low and Middle-Income Countries

Parenting interventions to promote early child development in the first three years of life: A global systematic review and meta-analysis

Jeong, J., Franchett, E. E., Ramos de Oliveira, C. V., Rehmani, K., & Yousafzai, A. K. (2021) · PLoS Medicine · doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003602 · Cited by 903 · see citing works

Household food insecurity and early childhood development: Systematic review and meta‐analysis

de Oliveira, K. H. D., de Almeida, G. M., Gubert, M. B., Moura, A. S., Spaniol, A. M., Hernandez, D. C., Pérez‐Escamilla, R., & Buccini, G. (2020) · Maternal and Child Nutrition · doi:10.1111/mcn.12967 · Cited by 124 · see citing works

Effect of water quality, sanitation, hand washing, and nutritional interventions on child development in rural Bangladesh (WASH Benefits Bangladesh): a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Tofail, F., Fernald, L. C. H., Das, K. K., Rahman, M. M., Ahmed, T., Jannat, K., UNICOMB, L. E., Arnold, B. F., Ashraf, S., WINCH, P. J., et al. (2018) · The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health · doi:10.1016/s2352-4642(18)30031-2 · Cited by 122 · see citing works

Diversity and representation in infant research: Barriers and bridges toward a globalized science of infant development

Singh, L., Cristià, A., Karasik, L. B., Rajendra, S. J., & Oakes, L. M. (2023) · Infancy · doi:10.1111/infa.12545 · Cited by 129 · see citing works

What implementation evidence matters: scaling‐up nurturing interventions that promote early childhood development

Britto, P. R., Singh, M., Dua, T., Kaur, R., & Yousafzai, A. K. (2018) · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1111/nyas.13720 · Cited by 113 · see citing works

Everyday language input and production in 1,001 children from six continents

Bergelson, E., Söderström, M., Schwarz, I., Rowland, C. F., Ramírez‐Esparza, N., Hamrick, L. R., Marklund, E., Kalashnikova, M., Guez, A., Casillas, M., et al. (2023) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2300671120 · Cited by 108 · see citing works

Enhancing young children’s language acquisition through parent–child book-sharing: A randomized trial in rural Kenya

Knauer, H. A., Jakiela, P., Ozier, O. W., Aboud, F. E., & Fernald, L. C. H. (2019) · Early Childhood Research Quarterly · doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2019.01.002 · Cited by 106 · see citing works

Effects of nutritional supplementation and home visiting on growth and development in young children in Madagascar: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Galasso, E., Weber, A. M., Stewart, C. P., Ratsifandrihamanana, L., & Fernald, L. C. H. (2019) · The Lancet Global Health · doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(19)30317-1 · Cited by 101 · see citing works

Rating early child development outcome measurement tools for routine health programme use

Boggs, D., Milner, K. M., Chandna, J., Black, M. M., Cavallera, V., Dua, T., Fink, G., Ashish, K. C., Grantham‐McGregor, S., Hamadani, J. D., et al. (2019) · Archives of Disease in Childhood · doi:10.1136/archdischild-2018-315431 · Cited by 88 · see citing works

Screening tools for early identification of children with developmental delay in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

Faruk, T., King, C. L., Muhit, M., Islam, M. K., Jahan, I., Baset, K. U., Badawi, N. A., & Khandaker, G. (2020) · BMJ Open · doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038182 · Cited by 89 · see citing works

Combining pre-school teacher training with parenting education: A cluster-randomized controlled trial

Özler, B., Fernald, L. C. H., Kariger, P. K., McConnell, C., Neuman, M. J., & Fraga, E. P. (2018) · Journal of Development Economics · doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.04.004 · Cited by 84 · see citing works

Comparative use of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires in low‐ and middle‐income countries

Small, J. W., Hix‐Small, H., Vargas-Barón, E., & Marks, K. P. (2018) · Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology · doi:10.1111/dmcn.13938 · Cited by 80 · see citing works

Effects of water quality, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions on child development in rural Kenya (WASH Benefits Kenya): a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Stewart, C. P., Kariger, P. K., Fernald, L. C. H., Pickering, A. J., Arnold, C. D., Arnold, B. F., Hubbard, A., Dentz, H. N., Lin, A., Meerkerk, T., et al. (2018) · The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health · doi:10.1016/s2352-4642(18)30025-7 · Cited by 80 · see citing works

Neurodevelopmental delay: Case definition & guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation of immunization safety data

Villagomez, A. N., Muñoz, F. M., Peterson, R. L., Colbert, A. M., Gladstone, M., MacDonald, B., Wilson, R., Fairlie, L., Gerner, G. J., Patterson, J. K., et al. (2019) · Vaccine · doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.05.027 · Cited by 80 · see citing works

Early Stimulation and Nutrition: The Impacts of a Scalable Intervention

Attanasio, O. P., Baker‐Henningham, H., Bernal, R., Meghir, C., Pineda, D., & Rubio‐Codina, M. (2022) · Journal of the European Economic Association · doi:10.1093/jeea/jvac005 · Cited by 60 · see citing works

A unified approach to demographic data collection for research with young children across diverse cultures.

Singh, L., Barokova, M. D., Baumgartner, H. A., Lopera‐Perez, D. C., Omane, P. O., Sheskin, M., Yuen, F. L., Wu, Y., Alcock, K., Altmann, E. C., et al. (2023) · Developmental Psychology · doi:10.1037/dev0001623 · Cited by 60 · see citing works

Home learning environments and children’s language and literacy skills: A meta-analytic review of studies conducted in low- and middle-income countries.

Nag, S., Vagh, S. B., Dulay, K. M., Snowling, M. J., Donolato, E., & Melby‐Lervåg, M. (2024) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/bul0000417 · Cited by 72 · see citing works

Appropriate Use of Linear Growth Measures to Assess Impact of Interventions on Child Development and Catch-Up Growth

Frongillo, E. A., Leroy, J. L., & Lapping, K. (2018) · Advances in Nutrition · doi:10.1093/advances/nmy093 · Cited by 49 · see citing works

fNIRS for Tracking Brain Development in the Context of Global Health Projects

Blasi, A., Lloyd‐Fox, S., Katus, L., & Elwell, C. E. (2019) · Photonics · doi:10.3390/photonics6030089 · Cited by 51 · see citing works

Effect of probiotic supplementation on cognitive function in children and adolescents: a systematic review of randomised trials

Rianda, D., Agustina, R., Setiawan, E. A., & Manikam, N. R. M. (2019) · Beneficial Microbes · doi:10.3920/bm2019.0068 · Cited by 48 · see citing works

Family play, reading, and other stimulation and early childhood development in five low‐and‐middle‐income countries

Cuartas, J. A., McCoy, D. C., Sánchez-Ariza, J., Behrman, J. R., Cappa, C., Donati, G., Heymann, J. S., Lu, C., Raikes, A., Rao, N., et al. (2023) · Developmental Science · doi:10.1111/desc.13404 · Cited by 56 · see citing works

Protocol for validation of the Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) for children under 3 years of age in seven countries

Cavallera, V., Lancaster, G., Gladstone, M., Black, M. M., McCray, G., Nizar, A., Ahmed, S., Dutta, A., Anago, R. K. E., Brentani, A., et al. (2023) · BMJ Open · doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062562 · Cited by 41 · see citing works

Measuring the implementation of early childhood development programs

Aboud, F. E., & Prado, E. L. (2018) · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1111/nyas.13642 · Cited by 41 · see citing works

The D-score: a metric for interpreting the early development of infants and toddlers across global settings

Weber, A. M., Rubio‐Codina, M., Walker, S. P., et al. (2019) · BMJ Global Health · doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001724 · Cited by 40 · see citing works

Predictive validity in middle childhood of short tests of early childhood development used in large scale studies compared to the Bayley-III, the Family Care Indicators, height-for-age, and stunting: A longitudinal study in Bogota, Colombia

Rubio‐Codina, M., & Grantham‐McGregor, S. (2020) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0231317 · Cited by 39 · see citing works

Early Stimulation and Nutrition: The Impacts of a Scalable Intervention

Attanasio, O. P., Baker‐Henningham, H., Bernal, R., Meghir, C., Pineda, D., & Rubio‐Codina, M. (2018) · National Bureau of Economic Research · doi:10.3386/w25059 · Cited by 38 · see citing works

Monitoring tools for child development: an opportunity for action

Goldfeld, S. R., & Yousafzai, A. K. (2018) · The Lancet Global Health · doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(18)30040-8 · Cited by 37 · see citing works

Counting outcomes, coverage and quality for early child development programmes

Milner, K. M., Bhopal, S., Black, M. M., Dua, T., Gladstone, M., Hamadani, J. D., Hughes, R. C., Kohli-Lynch, M., Manji, K. P., Hardy, V. P., et al. (2019) · Archives of Disease in Childhood · doi:10.1136/archdischild-2018-315430 · Cited by 34 · see citing works

Maternal mental health modifies the association of food insecurity and early child development

Pedroso, J., Buccini, G., Venâncio, S. I., Pérez‐Escamilla, R., & Gubert, M. B. (2020) · Maternal and Child Nutrition · doi:10.1111/mcn.12997 · Cited by 34 · see citing works

Parenting Programs for Underserved Populations in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Issues of Scientific Integrity and Social Justice

Baumann, A. A., Mejía, A., Lachman, J. M., Parra‐Cardona, J. R., López‐Zerón, G., Buenabad, N. G. A., Contreras, E. V., & Rodríguez, M. M. D. (2018) · Global Social Welfare · doi:10.1007/s40609-018-0121-0 · Cited by 34 · see citing works

Center-based care for infants and toddlers: The aeioTU randomized trial

Nores, M., Bernal, R., & Barnett, W. S. (2019) · Economics of Education Review · doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2019.05.004 · Cited by 33 · see citing works

Identifying and Minimizing Errors in the Measurement of Early Childhood Development: Lessons Learned from the Cognitive Testing of the ECDI2030

Cappa, C., Petrowski, N., Castro, E. F., Geisen, E., LeBaron, P. A., Allen‐Leigh, B., Place, J. M., & Scanlon, P. (2021) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph182212181 · Cited by 31 · see citing works

Resisting Neoliberalism: Professionalisation of Early Childhood Education and Care

Moloney, M. (2019) · International Journal of Elementary Education · doi:10.11648/j.ijeedu.20190801.11 · Cited by 31 · see citing works

The stability of the Bayley scales in early childhood and its relationship with future intellectual abilities in a low to middle income country

Kvestad, I., Hysing, M., Ranjitkar, S., Shrestha, M., Ulak, M., Chandyo, R. K., & Strand, T. A. (2022) · Early Human Development · doi:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2022.105610 · Cited by 31 · see citing works

Is Investment in Preprimary Education Too Low? Lessons from (Quasi) Experimental Evidence across Countries

Holla, A., Bendini, M., Dinarte, L., & Trako, I. (2021) · World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks · doi:10.1596/1813-9450-9723 · Cited by 31 · see citing works

Evolution of the wealth gap in child development and mediating pathways: Evidence from a longitudinal study in Bogota, Colombia

Rubio‐Codina, M., & Grantham‐McGregor, S. (2019) · Developmental Science · doi:10.1111/desc.12810 · Cited by 32 · see citing works

Measuring early childhood development in multiple contexts: the internal factor structure and reliability of the early Human Capability Index in seven low and middle income countries

Sincovich, A., Gregory, T. A., Zanon, C., Santos, D. D. D., Lynch, J. W., & Brinkman, S. A. (2019) · BMC Pediatrics · doi:10.1186/s12887-019-1852-5 · Cited by 28 · see citing works

Examination of school readiness constructs in Tanzania: Psychometric evaluation of the MELQO scales

Raikes, A., Koziol, N. A., Janus, M., Platas, L. M., Weatherholt, T. N., Smeby, A., & Sayre, R. K. (2019) · Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2019.02.003 · Cited by 27 · see citing works

Maternal pesticide exposure and child neuro-development among smallholder tomato farmers in the southern corridor of Tanzania

Chilipweli, P. M., Ngowi, A. V., & Manji, K. P. (2021) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/s12889-020-10097-6 · Cited by 24 · see citing works

Multilingual assessment of early child development: Analyses from repeated observations of children in Kenya

Knauer, H. A., Kariger, P. K., Jakiela, P., Ozier, O. W., & Fernald, L. C. H. (2019) · Developmental Science · doi:10.1111/desc.12875 · Cited by 27 · see citing works

Factors associated with early childhood development in municipalities of Ceará, Brazil: a hierarchical model of contexts, environments, and nurturing care domains in a cross-sectional study

Venâncio, S. I., Teixeira, J. A., de Bortoli, M. C., & Bernal, R. T. I. (2021) · The Lancet Regional Health - Americas · doi:10.1016/j.lana.2021.100139 · Cited by 37 · see citing works

“Survey of Wellbeing of Young Children (SWYC)”: how does it fit for screening developmental delay in Brazilian children aged 4 to 58 months?

Moreira, R. S., Magalhães, L. D. C., Siqueira, C. M., & Alves, C. R. L. (2018) · Research in Developmental Disabilities · doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2018.05.003 · Cited by 24 · see citing works

Contextual variation in young children’s acquisition of social-emotional skills

McCoy, D. C., Cuartas, J. A., Waldman, M. R., & Fink, G. (2019) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0223056 · Cited by 23 · see citing works

State of the science on implementation research in early child development and future directions

Aboud, F. E., Yousafzai, A. K., & Nores, M. (2018) · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1111/nyas.13722 · Cited by 24 · see citing works

Early child stimulation, linear growth and neurodevelopment in low birth weight infants

Upadhyay, R. P., Taneja, S., Strand, T. A., Sommerfelt, H., Hysing, M., Mazumder, S., Bhandari, N., Martines, J., Dua, T., Kariger, P. K., et al. (2022) · BMC Pediatrics · doi:10.1186/s12887-022-03579-6 · Cited by 23 · see citing works

Gestational Age, Birth Weight, and Neurocognitive Development in Adolescents in Tanzania

Perumal, N., Manji, K. P., Darling, A. M., Kisenge, R. R., Kvestad, I., Hysing, M., Bellinger, D. C., Urassa, W. K., Strand, T. A., Duggan, C., et al. (2021) · The Journal of Pediatrics · doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.04.036 · Cited by 23 · see citing works

Greater attention to socioeconomic status in developmental research can improve the external validity, generalizability, and replicability of developmental science

Singh, L., & Rajendra, S. J. (2024) · Developmental Science · doi:10.1111/desc.13521 · Cited by 23 · see citing works

A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Cognitive Development in Children Aged 3–5 Years Living in 12 Low- and Middle-Income CountriesPreprint

Odo, D. B., Yang, I. A., Dey, S., Hammer, M. S., van Donkelaar, A., Martin, R. V., Dong, G., Yang, B., Hystad, P., & Knibbs, L. D. (2022) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120916 · Cited by 23 · see citing works

Association of vitamin D nutrition with neuro-developmental outcome of infants of slums in Bangladesh

Tofail, F., Islam, M. M., Mahfuz, M., Alam, M. A., Aktar, S., Haque, R., Hossain, M. I., Mondal, D., Petri, W. A., & Ahmed, T. (2019) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0221805 · Cited by 18 · see citing works

A Glass Half Full and Half Empty: The State of the Science in Early Childhood Prevention and Intervention Research

Fisher, P. A., Barker, T. V., & Blaisdell, K. N. (2020) · Annual Review of Developmental Psychology · doi:10.1146/annurev-devpsych-121318-084958 · Cited by 20 · see citing works

The current landscape and future of tablet-based cognitive assessments for children in low-resourced settings

McHenry, M. S., Mukherjee, D., Bhavnani, S., Kirolos, A., Piper, J. D., Crespo-Llado, M. M., & Gladstone, M. (2023) · PLOS Digital Health · doi:10.1371/journal.pdig.0000196 · Cited by 22 · see citing works

Adaptation and Application of the Measuring Early Learning Quality and Outcomes (MELQO) Framework to Early Childhood Education Settings in Colombia

Ponguta, L. A., Maldonado‐Carreño, C., Kagan, S. L., et al. (2019) · Zeitschrift für Psychologie · doi:10.1027/2151-2604/a000361 · Cited by 20 · see citing works

Everyday language input and production in 1001 children from 6 continentsPreprint

Bergelson, E., Söderström, M., Schwarz, I., Rowland, C. F., Ramírez‐Esparza, N., Hamrick, L. R., Marklund, E., Kalashnikova, M., Guez, A., Casillas, M., et al. (2022) · doi:10.31234/osf.io/fjr5q · Cited by 16 · see citing works

Measuring early childhood development: considerations and evidence regarding the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments

McCoy, D. C., Seiden, J., Waldman, M. R., & Fink, G. (2021) · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1111/nyas.14598 · Cited by 19 · see citing works

The predictive validity of Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development-III at 2 years for later general abilities: Findings from a rural, disadvantaged cohort in Pakistan

Rasheed, M. A., Kvestad, I., Shaheen, F., Memon, U., & Strand, T. A. (2023) · PLOS Global Public Health · doi:10.1371/journal.pgph.0001485 · Cited by 19 · see citing works

The Measuring Early Learning Quality & Outcomes initiative: purpose, process and results

Raikes, A., Sayre, R. K., Davis, D. L., et al. (2019) · Early Years Journal of International Research and Development · doi:10.1080/09575146.2019.1669142 · Cited by 19 · see citing works

Measuring Early Childhood Development Among 4–6 Year Olds: The Identification of Psychometrically Robust Items Across Diverse Contexts

Pushparatnam, A., Luna-Bazaldúa, D., Holla, A., et al. (2021) · Frontiers in Public Health · doi:10.3389/fpubh.2021.569448 · Cited by 19 · see citing works

Household food insecurity and early childhood development in Brazil: an analysis of children under 2 years of age

de Oliveira, K. H. D., Buccini, G., Hernandez, D. C., Pérez‐Escamilla, R., & Gubert, M. B. (2021) · Public Health Nutrition · doi:10.1017/s1368980021002305 · Cited by 17 · see citing works

The effect of spanking on early social-emotional skills

Cuartas, J. A. (2021) · Child Development · doi:10.1111/cdev.13646 · Cited by 17 · see citing works

Reliability and Validity of an Adapted and Translated Version of the Mullen Scales of Early Learning (AT‐MSEL) in Rural Guatemala

Colbert, A. M., Lamb, M. M., Asturias, E. J., Muñoz, F. M., Bauer, D., Arroyave, P., Hernández, S., Martínez‐Ceballos, M. A., Paniagua-Ávila, A., Olson, D., et al. (2020) · Child Care Health and Development · doi:10.1111/cch.12748 · Cited by 16 · see citing works

Psychometric properties and clinical utility of the executive function inventory for children and adolescents: a large multistage populational study including children with ADHD

Arruda, M. A., Arruda, R., & Anunciação, L. (2020) · Applied Neuropsychology Child · doi:10.1080/21622965.2020.1726353 · Cited by 17 · see citing works

Sex differences in age of diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder: Preliminary evidence from Uganda

Bonney, E., Abbo, C., Ogara, C., Villalobos, M., & Elison, J. T. (2021) · Autism Research · doi:10.1002/aur.2645 · Cited by 18 · see citing works

Measuring Being “Developmentally on Track”: Comparing Direct Assessment and Caregiver Report of Early Childhood Development in Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar

Rao, N., Chan, S. W. Y., Su, Y., Richards, B., Cappa, C., Castro, E., & Petrowski, N. (2021) · Early Education and Development · doi:10.1080/10409289.2021.1928446 · Cited by 15 · see citing works

Survey of Well-Being of Young Children (SWYC): Preliminary Norms for Screening for Developmental Delay in Brazilian Children Younger than 65 Months

Guimarães, M. A. P., Magalhães, L. D. C., Moreira, R. S., Bessa, F. R., & Alves, C. R. L. (2022) · Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics · doi:10.1097/dbp.0000000000001133 · Cited by 16 · see citing works

Family foster care and children’s outcomes in China: Evidence from a scoping review

Xu, Y., Man, X., Zhang, L., & DeForge, B. R. (2019) · Children and Youth Services Review · doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104658 · Cited by 16 · see citing works

Strengths and difficulties in children with specific learning disabilities

Ayar, G., Yalçın, S. S., Artan, Ö. T., Güneş, H. T., & Çöp, E. (2021) · Child Care Health and Development · doi:10.1111/cch.12903 · Cited by 15 · see citing works

Big Sisters

Jakiela, P., Ozier, O. W., Fernald, L. C. H., & Knauer, H. A. (2020) · World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks · doi:10.1596/1813-9450-9454 · Cited by 15 · see citing works

Assessing the performance of the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments (CREDI) in rural India

Alderman, H., Friedman, J. A., Ganga, P., Kak, M., & Rubio‐Codina, M. (2020) · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1111/nyas.14543 · Cited by 14 · see citing works

Longitudinal evidence on the predictive validity of the International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA)

Pisani, L., Seiden, J., & Wolf, S. (2021) · Educational Assessment Evaluation and Accountability · doi:10.1007/s11092-021-09374-8 · Cited by 14 · see citing works

Developmental play-based assessment in early childhood education: a systematic review

Montoya-Fernández, C., Losada-Puente, L., Barreto, I. M. G., & Madrona, P. G. (2024) · European Early Childhood Education Research Journal · doi:10.1080/1350293x.2024.2311100 · Cited by 20 · see citing works

Receptive language skills among young children in rural Guatemala: The relationship between the Test de Vocabulario en Imagenes Peabody and a translated and adapted version of the Mullen Scales of Early Learning

Connery, A. K., Colbert, A. M., Lamb, M. M., Hernández, S., Martínez‐Ceballos, M. A., Bauer, D., Arroyave, P., Sahly, H. M. E., Paniagua-Ávila, A., Calvimontes, M., et al. (2019) · Child Care Health and Development · doi:10.1111/cch.12702 · Cited by 14 · see citing works

Caregiver rating of early childhood development: Reliability and validity of the ASQ-3 in rural Guatemala

Colbert, A. M., Connery, A. K., Lamb, M. M., et al. (2021) · Early Human Development · doi:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2021.105453 · Cited by 13 · see citing works

Transcultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA) in Brazilian pre-school children

Shavitt, I., Scattolin, M. A. D. A., Rossi, A. S. U., Mercadante, M. P., Gamez, L., Resegue, R., Pisani, L., & do Rosário, M. C. (2022) · International Journal of Educational Research Open · doi:10.1016/j.ijedro.2022.100138 · Cited by 14 · see citing works

Assessing the play and learning environments of children under two years in peri-urban Lima, Peru: a formative research study

Rothstein, J. D., Buckland, A. J., Gagnier, K. M., Ochoa, M., Allen-Valley, A., Jivapong, B., Cabrera, L. Z., Leontsini, E., & Fisher, K. R. (2021) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/s12889-020-10119-3 · Cited by 16 · see citing works

Diversity and Representation in Infant Research: Barriers and bridges towards a globalized science of infant developmentPreprint

Singh, L., Cristià, A., Karasik, L. B., Rajendra, S. J., & Oakes, L. M. (2021) · doi:10.31234/osf.io/hgukc · Cited by 12 · see citing works

A Unified Approach to Demographic Data Collection for Research with Young Children Across Diverse CulturesPreprint

Singh, L., Barokova, M. D., Baumgartner, H. A., Lopera‐Perez, D. C., Omane, P. O., Sheskin, M., Yuen, F., Wu, Y., Alcock, K., Altmann, E. C., et al. (2022) · doi:10.31234/osf.io/agt3d · Cited by 13 · see citing works

Priority setting in early childhood development: an analytical framework for economic evaluation of interventions

Verguet, S., Bolongaita, S., Morgan, A., Perumal, N., Sudfeld, C. R., Yousafzai, A. K., & Fink, G. (2022) · BMJ Global Health · doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008926 · Cited by 11 · see citing works

Urban–rural differences in the relationship between stunting, preschool attendance, home learning support, and school readiness: A study in Côte d'Ivoire

Brou, A. M., Djaléga, F. A., Tokpa, V., Seri, E. C. G., Anoua, A. L. F., & Robinson, J. A. (2023) · Frontiers in Public Health · doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.1035488 · Cited by 14 · see citing works

The Changing Dimensions of Child Development

Attanasio, O. P., Bernal, R., Giannola, M., & Nores, M. (2020) · National Bureau of Economic Research · doi:10.3386/w27812 · Cited by 11 · see citing works

Parenting Promotes Social Mobility Within and Across Generations

García, J. L., & Heckman, J. J. (2022) · National Bureau of Economic Research · doi:10.3386/w30610 · Cited by 12 · see citing works

Anthropometric proxies for child neurodevelopment in low-resource settings: length- or height-for-age, head circumference or both?

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