In 2016, the Liberian government delegated management of 93 randomly selected public
schools to private providers. Providers received US 50perpupil,ontopofUS 50 per pupil …

This chapter analyzes the design of incentive schemes in education while reviewing
empirical studies that evaluate performance pay programs for educators. Several themes …

This paper uses a unique dataset of both public and private sector primary school teachers
and their students to present among the first estimates in a low-income country of (a) teacher …

The private school sector has expanded with almost no public intervention to educate half of
primary school children in many urban centers in Africa and Asia. Simple comparisons of …

It is increasingly recognized that there is a global learning crisis. This article investigates this
learning crisis through a comparative analysis of rural India and Pakistan. Using data from …

We evaluate a program that recruited local entrepreneurs to open and operate new schools
in 200 underserved villages in Sindh, Pakistan. School operators received a per student …

After one year, public schools managed by private contractors in Liberia raised student
learning by 60 percent, compared to standard public schools. But costs were high …

In many low-and lower-middle-income countries, private schools are often considered to
offer better quality of education than government schools. Yet, there is a lack of evidence to …

Using unique data from Pakistan, we estimate a model of demand for differentiated products
in 112 rural education markets with significant choice among public and private schools …

A large body of research published since the year 2000 has documented the significant and
growing contributions of low-cost private schools in slums and villages around the world …