In Tanzania’s Dodoma region, EGPAF partnered on Kizazi Kijacho — meaning “Next Generation” in Swahili — a large-scale randomized controlled trial testing whether parenting support, cash transfers, or both could improve early childhood development outcomes across more than 3,100 families.
The findings have direct implications for how governments design scalable, affordable ECD programs. Parenting support drove meaningful gains in children’s socio-emotional development. Cash transfers improved nutrition and physical growth. Together, they produced the strongest results — and the evidence now points a clear path toward what works, and what it costs to get there.
