Thrive: Evidence for Scaling Childhood Development

Thrive is a multi-country research programme that aims to support countries to turn what we know about positive early childhood development into practical, scalable, low-cost programmes, able to transform societies over multiple generations. Working closely with policymakers and other stakeholders, Thrive aims to build an understanding of early childhood development service delivery models and how they can be provided cost-effectively and at scale, and how these systems can innovate, improve, and better serve children and communities in low- and middle-income countries.

The programme is funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and by  New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT).  It is managed by Oxford Policy Management in collaboration with the Institute for Fiscal Studies.