The promise of randomized controlled trials is that evidence gathered through the evaluation
of a specific program helps us—possibly after several rounds of fine-tuning and multiple …

We present results from a large-scale randomized experiment across 350 schools in
Tanzania that studied the impact of providing schools with (i) unconditional grants,(ii) …

We present results from a large-scale experimental evaluation of an ambitious attempt to
improve management quality in Indian schools (implemented in 1,774 randomly-selected …

Despite the rapid growth in enrollment rates across the developing world, there are major
concerns about the quality of education that children receive. Across numerous developing …

Skepticism about the quality of health systems and their consequent underuse are thought to
contribute to high rates of mortality in the developing world. The perceived quality of health …

We estimate short-term, partial equilibrium impacts of a public-private partnership (PPP)
program on low-cost private secondary schools in Uganda. The PPP program is part of a …

Charter school funding is typically set by formulas that provide the same amount for students
regardless of advantage or need. I present evidence that this policy skews the distribution of …

This paper seeks to evaluate the access to Public Private Partnership (PPP) schools by
examining their geographic distribution and the factors that predict whether a child enrolls in …

Using two RCTs in middle schools in Pakistan, we show that brief, expert-led, curriculum-
based videos integrated into the classroom experience improved teaching effectiveness …

Research in the context of decentralization has primarily focused on the role of school-
based actors in improving educational outcomes for students in low-and middle-income …