Education

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Are Cash Transfers the Right Tool to Get the Most Vulnerable into School?
December 17, 2020
With increased focus on the shortfall inlearning outcomes around the world (the “learning crisis”!), one might assume that just about every child is in school, or at least that every young child is in primary school. But sadly, that’s not the case: in low-income countries, just two-thirds of childre...
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The Educational Impacts of Cash Transfers in Tanzania
December 17, 2020
Cash transfers boost educational outcomes for poor children on average, but which aspects of educational performance are most responsive and which poor children benefit the most? This study examines the educational impacts of cash transfers, drawing on a randomized, community implemented conditional...
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Unequal Burdens: The Impact of Shocks on Household Education Spending
December 03, 2020
The economic consequences of COVID-19 are likely to squeeze household budgets even further and reduce families’ capacity to fund their children’s education, or, in some instances, force them to make other difficult sacrifices (including cutting back on food or other necessities) to afford education.
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Who Is Going Back to School? A Four-Country Rapid Survey in Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan
November 24, 2020
To understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on re-enrollment for girls and boys, CGD and Malala Fund collaborated to analyze results from a series of rapid surveys that Malala Fund commissioned in Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan. These surveys are among the first (to our knowledge) to e...
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The Economic Shock of COVID-19 May Hit Private School and Contract Teachers Hardest
November 24, 2020
While regular public school teachers may be relatively safe from significant wage reductions following COVID-19 in many parts of the world, the structure of the teacher labor market will likely play an important role in the impact of the shock on the education system as a whole. Private schools...
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What Happens to Teacher Labor Markets Following Shocks?
November 10, 2020
With developing countries in an economic crunch, education policymakers may be facing cuts to their budgets. In part two of our series on education finance we’re examining the biggest-ticket item in most education budgets: teacher salaries.
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What Interventions Deliver the Most Quality Years of Education? And at What Price?
October 29, 2020
There are many studies that show how one intervention reduces dropouts (better access to school) or another intervention increases learning (better quality of schooling). But policymakers and others care about a combination of access and learning! So how do you choose between one intervention that s...