Lasting Impact of Early Life Interventions: Evidence from India's Integrated Child Development Services.
In the year 1975, the Indian government initiated the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), the largest national programme in the world targeting long-term nutrition and holistic development of children, to be implemented through the Anganwadi Centres (AWC). Combining differences across vill...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Development Studies Vol. 57; no. 1; pp. 106 - 139 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan2021
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