Using panel data for non-OECD countries covering the period 1970-2012, this paper analyzes the impact of the duration of primary education on school enrollment, drop-outs and completion rates. The empirical results show that for children in elementary school one additional grade of primary...

Education is both a human right in itself and an indispensable means of realizing other human rights. The right to education can be best characterized as an empowerment right as it promotes the realization of other social and economic rights. However, education is something more than mere...

In developing regions, significant increases in primary school enrollment are often generated by large national level programs, which could simultaneously promote overcrowding and reductions in education quality. In a difference-in-differences framework, this paper exploits geographic variation...

The Right to Education Act in 2009 guaranteed access to free primary education for all children in India ages 6-14. This paper investigates whether national trends in educational data changed around the time of this law using household surveys and administrative data. We document four trends:...

A two-year randomized evaluation shows that the effectiveness of multi-tasking men- tors on schooling outcomes crucially depends on their training. While a standard training modality in highly marginalized communities in Mexico generates null results, enhanced training yields sizable treatment...

Within the complex operations of schools in the 215t century the head teacher plays a very important role in bringing about school improvement and effectiveness hence improved performance. Increased interest in leadership training and management and development is based on the fact that school...