A 10-year strategy of increased coordination & comprehensive investments in early child development

by Ajay Chaudry & Jane Waldfogel
February 17, 2017


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Author Affiliation

Chaudry, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service & Institute for Human Development and Social Change, New York University; Waldfogel, School of Social Work and Columbia Population Research Center, Columbia University. Corresponding author’s e-mail: [email protected]

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