In 2013, Tanzania introduced "Big Results Now in Education", a low-stakes accountability program that published both nationwide and within-district school rankings. Using data from the universe of school performance from 2011-2016, we identify the impacts of the reform using a...

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...

Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview / Arun R. Joshi and Isis Gaddis 1. - Chapter 2: Primary Education in Mainland Tanzania: What Do the Data Tell Us? / Isis Gaddis and Johannes Hoogeveen 7. - Chapter 3: Addressing Tanzania's Gender Inequality Challenge in Secondary Schools / Oyin Shyllon 27. -...

We examine the impact of enrolling in schools that employ a highly-standardized approach to education, using random variation from a large nationwide scholarship program. Bridge International Academies not only delivers highly detailed lesson guides to teachers using tablet computers, it also...

A large literature documents the electoral benefits of clientelistic and programmatic policies in low-income states. We extend this literature by showing the cyclical electoral responses to a large programmatic intervention to expand access to secondary education in Tanzania over multiple...