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This report presents the main findings of the project “Improving early childhood development in rural Ghana through scalable low-cost community-run play schemes''. The project is run in collaboration between The Institute for Fiscal Studies (UK), Lively Minds (UK, Ghana) and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA, Ghana), and is funded by the Jacobs Foundation and Global Innovation Fund (GIF). ESRC funding is also gratefully acknowledged.
Authors
Orazio Attanasio


Deputy Research Director
Sonya Krutikova is a Professor of Economics at Manchester University and IFS Deputy Research Director.

Research Associate Yale University, Stockholm University and FAIR/Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
Bet is a Research Associate of the IFS who is an Adjunct Associate Professor at FAIR/Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).

Peter Leighton

Lina Cardona Sosa

Salifu Amadu

Mubarik Yakubu
Report details
- DOI
- 10.1920/re.ifs.2024.0434
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Amadu, S et al. (2020). Improving Early Childhood Development in Rural Ghana Through Scalable Community-Run Play Schemes: Programme Impact Evaluation Report. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/improving-early-childhood-development-rural-ghana-through-scalable-community-run-play (accessed: 24 April 2025).
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