Early Learning Partnership (ELP) Systems Research is six million research program, funded by the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to deliver policy-relevant, quality research on early learning systems. Fieldwork concluded in 2021 in a set of four focus countries -Ethiopia, Liberia, Pakistan and Jamaica with additional global research and dissemination work ongoing. Within each country a diagnostic phase of research was conducted from 2017–2019 and then a second phase (2019–2021) focused on specific topics in agreement with the government. ELP Systems Research has had a significant impact on early learning program and policy decisions and helped increase government capacity in the focus countries. The research included a rigorous evaluation of a virtual parenting intervention, which is informing future programming by the Early Childhood Commission (ECC).
