WORKING PAPERS

Can Outsourcing Improve Liberia’s Schools? - Working Paper 462

by
Mauricio Romero
,
Justin Sandefur
and
Wayne Aaron Sandholtz
September 06, 2017

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, performance varied across contractors, and contracts authorized the largest contractor to push excess pupils and underperforming teachers onto other government schools.

The online appendix is available here.

Rights & Permissions

You may use and disseminate CGD’s publications under these conditions.

More Reading

Blog Post
Implementing an Adaptive Program to Support Refugees
Helen Dempster et al.
June 07, 2023
Blog Post
Lagos to Mombasa: How Can Critical Minerals in Africa Support Clean Energy and Uplift Communities?
W. Gyude Moore
June 01, 2023
Blog Post
How Economists got Africa’s AIDS Epidemic Wrong
Justin Sandefur
May 31, 2023
CASE STUDIES
Zambia’s Experience Developing a Roadmap to Support Heath Benefit Package Reform
Warren Mukelabai Simangolwa et al.
June 01, 2023