Enhancing Human Capital in Children : A Case Study on Scaling
This paper provides new insights on the science of scaling. The authors study an educational mentoring program with a home visit component implemented at scale in Mexico, under different modalities (original and enhanced training for mentors) and d...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/655971620064204715/Enhancing-Human-Capital-in-Children-A-Case-Study-on-Scaling http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37950 |
| Summary: | This paper provides new insights on
the science of scaling. The authors study an educational
mentoring program with a home visit component implemented at
scale in Mexico, under different modalities (original and
enhanced training for mentors) and different situations
(field experiment and policy implementation). While the
program was ineffective when implemented by the government
in its original modality, the enhanced modality boosts
children’s outcomes, both in the field experiment and during
the government implementation. Higher-quality home visits
encourage parent/child and parent/community interactions,
which in turn are found to promote the scalability of the
program. The work provides new knowledge on the socially
determined nature of scaling educational programs. |
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