<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>13</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IPA</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Effects of a Play-Based Preschool Learning Program in Rural Ghana</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">early childhood cognitive development</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ghana</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Health</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">play-based preschool</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">preschool</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">school rediness</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">socio-emotional development</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.poverty-action.org/printpdf/33336</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">New Haven, CT US</style></pub-location><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">As in many other developing countries, children under the age of five in rural Ghana often fail to reach their developmental potential. Researchers partnered with the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the organization Lively Minds to evaluate the impact of a low-cost, play-based learning program on early childhood cognitive development. Preliminary results suggest that the Lively Minds program is an effective and potentially scalable way to improve children’s’ cognitive and socio-emotional development, health, and school readiness.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>