Faculty Publications

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.

CID Faculty Research Insights

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The cost of not investing in the next 1000 days: implications for policy and practice

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…

The development and validity of the Early Learning Tool for children 0–3-year-old in rural Pakistan

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,…

Co-occurrence of and factors associated with health risk behaviors among adolescents: a multi-center study in sub-Saharan Africa, China, and India

Wafaie W. Fawzi

Background: Despite lifelong and detrimental effects, the co-occurrence of health risk behaviors (HRBs) during adolescence remains understudied in low- and middle-income countries…

Community-based interventions targeting multiple forms of malnutrition among adolescents in low-income and middle-income countries: protocol for a scoping review

Wafaie W. Fawzi

Vol. 14, Issue 3

Background: Adolescent malnutrition is a significant public health challenge in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), with long-term consequences for health and…

The Association Between Breastfeeding and Growth Among Infants with Moderately Low Birth Weight: A Prospective Cohort Study

Christopher Sudfeld

Objective: To assess the association between breastfeeding competency, as determined by Latch, Audible swallowing, Type of nipple, Comfort, and Hold (LATCH) and Preterm Infant…

A meta-analytic review of the implementation characteristics in parenting interventions to promote early child development

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…

Linear growth beyond 24 months and child neurodevelopment in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Christopher Sudfeld

Aim: To synthesize available evidence on the association between change in linear growth (height for age z score, HAZ) beyond the first two years of life with later child…

Investing in school systems: conceptualising returns on investment across the health, education and social protection sectors

Stéphane Verguet

Vol. 8, Issue 12

Public policies often aim to improve welfare, economic injustice and reduce inequality, particularly in the social protection, labour, health and education sectors. While these…

Investing in school systems: conceptualising returns on investment across the health, education and social protection sectors

Stéphane Verguet

Vol. 8, Issue 12, Pages e012545

Public policies often aim to improve welfare, economic injustice and reduce inequality, particularly in the social protection, labour, health and education sectors. While these…

Universal free school meals: the future of school meal programmes?

Stéphane Verguet

Vol. 402

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