Evaluating a Community-Based Early Childhood Education and Development Program in Indonesia

Evaluating a Community-Based Early Childhood Education and Development Program in Indonesia

This paper presents the study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) with a supplementary matched control group. The aim of the trial is to evaluate a community-based early education and development program launched by the Government of Indonesia. The program was develope...

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Veröffentlicht in:Trials 2013-08
Hauptverfasser: Pradhan, Menno, Brinkman, Sally A, Beatty, Amanda, Maika, Amelia, Satriawan, Elan, de Ree, Joppe, Hasan, Amer
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Sprache:eng
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education
eearly child development
impact evaluation
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Zusammenfassung:This paper presents the study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) with a supplementary matched control group. The aim of the trial is to evaluate a community-based early education and development program launched by the Government of Indonesia. The program was developed in collaboration with the World Bank with a total budget of US$127.7 million, and targets an estimated 738,000 children aged 0 to 6 years living in approximately 6,000 poor communities. The aim of the program is to increase access to early childhood services with the secondary aim of improving school readiness.