Quality education for all children? What works in education in developing countries
Key Information
Authors
Krishnaratne, Shari; White, Howard; Carpenter, Ella
Year published
2013
Study type
Working paper
Countries in analysis
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Georgia
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Philippines
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Türkiye
- Uganda
Subnational
The study is subnational.
Participants
- Boys in school
- Girls in school
Population description
Assessed the impact of an intervention that included primary or secondary school outcomes (corresponding to Kindergarten - 12th grade in the U.S. context or approximately age 5-18) relevant to the main research question. Were conducted in a country classified as low- and middle -income nation by the World Bank at the time the intervention being studied was implemented. Included data on participants from 1990 and beyond. (pg 55)
Age range
5 - 18
Analysis type
Meta-analysis / Systematic review
Intervention Description
Reducing costs: conditional cash transfers, vouchers, school fees Increasing preparedness: early childhood development, school feeding, health interventions Providing information Supply-side interventions: new school and infrastructure, materials, additional teaching resources, school-based management
Approaches and Outcomes
- Conditional cash transfers (including non-cash goods) to individuals/households / Increased literacy
- Conditional cash transfers (including non-cash goods) to individuals/households / Increased numeracy
- Conditional cash transfers (including non-cash goods) to individuals/households / Increased progression to secondary school
- Conditional cash transfers (including non-cash goods) to individuals/households / Increased school enrolment (general)
- Conditional cash transfers (including non-cash goods) to individuals/households / Reduced absenteeism
- Construction/improvement of schools / Increased literacy
- Construction/improvement of schools / Increased numeracy
- Construction/improvement of schools / Increased progression to secondary school
- Construction/improvement of schools / Increased school enrolment (general)
- Construction/improvement of schools / Reduced absenteeism
- Developing/promoting new laws/policies / Increased school enrolment (general)
- Increased availability of learning materials / Increased literacy
- Increased availability of learning materials / Increased numeracy
- Increased availability of learning materials / Increased progression to secondary school
- Increased availability of learning materials / Increased school enrolment (general)
- Increased availability of learning materials / Reduced absenteeism
- Informational interventions (e.g. returns to education) / Increased literacy
- Informational interventions (e.g. returns to education) / Increased numeracy
- Informational interventions (e.g. returns to education) / Reduced absenteeism
- Scholarships/stipends for school fees / Increased numeracy
- Scholarships/stipends for school fees / Increased school enrolment (general)
- School feeding / Increased literacy
- School feeding / Increased numeracy
- School feeding / Increased progression to secondary school
- School feeding / Increased school enrolment (general)
- School feeding / Reduced absenteeism
- School management committees / Increased literacy
- School management committees / Increased numeracy
- School management committees / Increased progression to secondary school
- School management committees / Increased school enrolment (general)
- School management committees / Reduced absenteeism
- Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building / Increased literacy
- Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building / Increased numeracy
- Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building / Increased school enrolment (general)
- Teacher incentives / Increased test scores
- Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula) / Increased enrolment in primary school
- Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula) / Increased literacy
- Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula) / Increased numeracy
- Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula) / Increased school enrolment (general)
- Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula) / Reduced absenteeism
- Vouchers/grants / Increased literacy
- Vouchers/grants / Increased numeracy
- Vouchers/grants / Increased school enrolment (general)