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Cash + Info = Smarter Kids? A Nepal Study Shocks Experts
In Nepal's poorest villages, a radical experiment tested two things: giving mothers parenting info, or info plus $7 cash. The result? Only the cash group boosted kids' brain development. But here's the twist: boys got smarter, girls didn't. And the cash secretly helped older siblings grow stronger, while the target toddlers' height barely changed. This video breaks down the NBER study by Michael Levere, Gayatri Acharya, and Prashant Bharadwaj, showing why short-term cash handouts with education can rewire childhood development, and what it means for fighting poverty worldwide.
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