Access eHCI Resources for Child Development

Access eHCI resources to explore practical case studies, reports, and research on early childhood development. Whether you’re a parent, teacher, or healthcare worker, these resources offer clear insights into how children grow in different cultures. Download easy-to-understand reports and papers to help guide decisions and support children’s development.

Case Studies

• Brazil
• China

Academic Papers

• Measuring early child development in low and middle income countries: Investigating the validity of the early Human Capability Index
• Measuring early childhood development in multiple contexts: the internal factor structure and reliability of the early Human Capability Index in seven low and middle income countries
• Measuring early childhood development with The Early Human Capability Index (eHCI): a reliability and validity study in China
• Siblings and Early Childhood Development: Evidence from a Population-Based Cohort in Preschoolers from Shanghai
• Assessing the Inequality of Early Child Development in China – A Population-Based Study
• Overcoming challenges in measuring early childhood development across cultures

Reports

• The-Status-of-Early-Childhood-Health-and-Development-in-Kiribati_Thrive-Report.pdf – June 2025
• Early Childhood Development in Tonga: Baseline Results from the Tongan Early Human Capability Index
• How are Tongan Children Developing? Results from the Second National Census and Policy Recommendations for Better Child Development in Tonga
• Early Childhood Development in Samoa: Baseline Results from the Samoan Early Human Capability Index
• The Status of Early Childhood Health and Development in Kiribati: Results from a Population Wide Census
• How are Tuvalu’s children developing Evidence-based policy recommendations for better early childhood development of Tuvaluan children (English)
• Early childhood development project to build Tajikistan’s human capital (ECDP)
• Monitoring Children’s Development at Scale in Yunnan Province Using the Early Human Capability Index – a Psychometric Analysis : Early Childhood Education Quality Deep Dive in Yunnan, China (English)
• Implementing and Evaluating Interventions to Improve School Readiness and Early Literacy. World Bank
• Pedagogy versus School Readiness: The Impact of a Randomized Reading Instruction Intervention and Community-Based Playgroup Intervention on Early Grade Reading Outcomes in Tonga. WPS7944.  World Bank
• The Status of Early Childhood Health and Development in Northern Lao PDF 
• Lao People’s Democratic Republic – Early Childhood Education Project: snapshot one – project background and baseline data demographics (English)
• Lao People’s Democratic Republic – Early Childhood Education Project: snapshot two – child health and nutrition (English)
• Lao PDR early childhood education project: snapshot three – child development (English)
• Lao PDR early childhood education project: snapshot four – services and facilities (English)

Conference Presentations

Early Human Capability Index: Mapping the Learning Gap Within and Between Countries

Concept Notes

Measuring Child Development and Early Learning [PDF]