Thrive scientific conference 2025
Thrive, on behalf of Oxford Policy Management (OPM) and the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), is hosting an international interdisciplinary conference on the topic of scaling early childhood development (ECD) programmes and policies in low-and middle -income (LMIC) countries.
Thrive is a multi-country research programme funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and by New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFAT) that aims to support countries in turning what we know about positive ECD into practical, scalable programmes. IFS is an independent research institute in the UK which aims to analyse and inform economic and social policy decisions internationally.
FAIR/NHH is one of Thrive’s partner organisations.
Organising Committee
Conference Chair
Sonya Krutikova (University of Manchester and Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK)
Committee members
- Ingvild Almås (IIES/Stockholm University, Sweden and FAIR/Norwegian School of Economics, Norway)
- Jophus Anamuah-Mensah (University of Education, Winneba, Ghana)
- Bet H. Caeyers (Chr. Michelsen Institute and FAIR/Norwegian School of Economics, Norway)
- Imran Rasul (University College London and Institute for Fiscal Studies, UK)
- Susan Walker (University of West Indies, Jamaica)