<p>Dear Dr. Torres Rivera,</p><p>We are pleased to submit the research manuscript “Validation of the Malawi Developmental Assessment Tool for Children in the Dominican Republic” for consideration in the <em>Interamerican Journal of Psychology</em>. We believe that the manuscript contributes new knowledge to the literature on early childhood development in the context of poverty. We hope this manuscript will generate information that will contribute to discussions on the creations and adaptation of contextualized instruments to assess childhood development. This is an unpublished work that has not been submitted to any other journal.</p><p>Sincerely,</p><p>The authors</p>