Countries across Africa continue to face major challenges in education. In this review, we
examine 145 recent empirical studies (from 2014 onward) on how to increase access to and …

The emergence of educational technology (“EdTech”) in developing countries has been
received as a promising avenue to address some of the most challenging policy questions …

The inclusion and use of mobile phones in education is subject to two opposing arguments,
one which defends and the other which opposes their use. This work has undertaken a …

Tax revenue in many low-and middle-income countries is inadequate for funding
investments in public goods and human capital. With high levels of informality and limited …

Improving “last-mile” public service delivery is a recurring challenge in developing countries.
Could the widespread adoption of mobile phones provide a scalable, cost-effective means …

This paper demonstrates the acute sensitivity of education program effectiveness to the
choices of inputs and outcome measures, using a randomized evaluation of a mother …

Distribution networks entrusted to run welfare programs can have enduring leakages due to
the expensive monitoring of agents at several echelons. This paper features a technological …

Using a randomized field experiment in India, we evaluate the effectiveness of adult literacy
and parental involvement interventions in improving children's learning. Households were …

While human mobility has important benefits for economic growth, it can generate negative
externalities. This paper studies the effect of mobility on the spread of disease in a low …

Standard models of hierarchy assume that agents and middle managers are better informed
than principals. We estimate the value of the informational advantage held by supervisors …