Education in Africa: What are we learning?

DK Evans, A Mendez Acosta - Journal of African Economies, 2021 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Long-term impacts of conditional cash transfers: Review of the evidence

TM Millán, T Barham, K Macours… - The World Bank …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs, started in the late 1990s in Latin
America, have become the antipoverty program of choice in many developing countries in …

[HTML][HTML] Building back better to avert a learning catastrophe: Estimating learning loss from COVID-19 school shutdowns in Africa and facilitating short-term and long …

N Angrist, A de Barros, R Bhula, S Chakera… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
We model learning losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential for cost-effective
strategies to build back better. Data from Early Grade Reading Assessments in Ethiopia …

The effect of teacher coaching on instruction and achievement: A meta-analysis of the causal evidence

MA Kraft, D Blazar, D Hogan - Review of educational …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Teacher coaching has emerged as a promising alternative to traditional models of
professional development. We review the empirical literature on teacher coaching and …

Improving education outcomes in developing countries: Evidence, knowledge gaps, and policy implications

P Glewwe, K Muralidharan - Handbook of the Economics of Education, 2016 - Elsevier
Improvements in empirical research standards for credible identification of the causal impact
of education policies on education outcomes have led to a significant increase in the body of …

Inputs, incentives, and complementarities in education: Experimental evidence from Tanzania

I Mbiti, K Muralidharan, M Romero… - … Quarterly Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
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) …

What really works to improve learning in developing countries? An analysis of divergent findings in systematic reviews

DK Evans, A Popova - The World Bank Research Observer, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Over the course of just two years, at least six reviews have examined interventions that seek
to improve learning outcomes in developing countries. Although the reviews ostensibly have …

Enrollment without learning: Teacher effort, knowledge, and skill in primary schools in Africa

T Bold, D Filmer, G Martin, E Molina, B Stacy… - Journal of Economic …, 2017 - aeaweb.org
School enrollment has universally increased over the last 25 years in low-income countries.
Enrolling in school, however, does not assure that children learn. A large share of children in …

How big are effect sizes in international education studies?

DK Evans, F Yuan - Educational Evaluation and Policy …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
A growing literature measures the impact of education interventions in low-and middle-
income countries on both access and learning outcomes. But how should one contextualize …

Identifying effective education interventions in sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-analysis of impact evaluations

KM Conn - Review of educational research, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
In this article, I identify educational interventions with an impact on student learning in Sub-
Saharan Africa. After a systematic literature search, I conducted a meta-analysis …