In a recent consensus report on Advancing the Power of Economic Evidence to Inform Investments in Children, Youth, and Families, the National academies recognized the important role PEPR is playing to develop high-quality economic evidence and support its use. In the report, the Academies noted the opportunity to build on existing multi stakeholder partnerships such as the PEPR Network, the Jameel Poverty Action Lab and the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group. Further, the Academies offer specific recommendations that encourage emulating the success of the PEPR Network. For instance, the Academies recommends that 'Program developers, public and private funders, and po
National Academies Releases Consensus Report on the Use of Economic Evidence for Investing in Childr
In recent years, the U.S. federal government has invested approximately $463 billion annually in interventions that affect the overall health and well-being of children and youth, while state and local budgets have devoted almost double that amount. The potential returns on these investments may not only be substantial but also have long-lasting effects for individuals and succeeding generations of their families. Ideally, those tasked with making these investments would have available to them the evidence needed to determine the cost of all required resources to fully implement and sustain each intervention, the expected returns of the investment, to what extent these returns can be measure
