New Young Lives research on foundational cognitive skills provides ground-breaking evidence that children from households benefitting from Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) have better long-term memory and implicit learning skills than children from similar households that do not receive PSNP support. 

Our latest blog, published today, sets out why these findings are very important for policy-makers, shedding new light on the specific pathways by which social protection can help to improve children’s cognitive development, with potential long-term benefits for educational outcomes and employability.