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The Harvard Center for International Development is home to faculty affiliates from each school at Harvard University, working across sectors in developing nations around the world.

Faculty research is published in a wide range of academic and policy venues and can be found through the feed and filters below. Select faculty research papers are highlighted in our Faculty Research Insights series on our blog, CID Voices.

CID working papers published by Harvard faculty, graduate students, and research fellows prior to 2024 can be found here

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Aisha Khizar Yousafzai
A strong body of evidence has underscored the cross-cultural importance of nurturing parent-child relationships for promoting early child development outcomes. However, most…
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Aisha Khizar Yousafzai
Vol. 19, Issue 12, Pages e0311486
In Liberia, children are exposed to multiple forms of adversity which can negatively impact their health and development. Research is needed to examine the feasibility and…
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Christopher Sudfeld, Aisha Khizar Yousafzai
Background: In low-income and middle-income countries, an estimated 181·9 million (74·6%) preschool-aged children do not receive adequate nurturing care in health, nutrition,…
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Margaret McConnell, Aisha Khizar Yousafzai
Vol. 65, Issue 9, Pages 1237-1239
Following the first 1000 days of life that span from conception to two years of age, the next 1000 days of a child's life from 2–5 years of age offer a window of opportunity to…
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Aisha Khizar Yousafzai
Vol. 404, Issue 10467
Building on the evidence from the first paper in this Series highlighting the fundamental importance of healthy and nurturing environments for children's growth and development in…
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Aisha Khizar Yousafzai
Background: Research has demonstrated the critical role that early learning experiences play in shaping children’s cognitive, social, and emotional development. Nevertheless,…
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Aisha Khizar Yousafzai
Vol. 39, Issue 4, Pages 344-354
Partnership between early childhood development interventions and primary health care services can help catalyse health care uptake by socially vulnerable families. This study…
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Aisha Khizar Yousafzai
Vol. 1533, Issue 1, Pages 99-144
This review summarizes the implementation characteristics of parenting interventions to promote early child development (ECD) outcomes from birth to 3 years. We included 134…
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Aisha Khizar Yousafzai
Vol. 65, Issue 5, Pages 694-709
Background: Multicomponent interventions are needed to address the various co-occurring risks that compromise early child nutrition and development. We compared the independent…
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Aisha Khizar Yousafzai
Vol. 152, Issue 4
Objectives: The majority of the evidence about the effectiveness of early parenting and nutrition interventions pertains to 1 targeted index child in a given household. We…