Policymakers in most developing countries are concerned about high dropout rates and poor student learning in primary education. The government of the Philippines initiated the Dropout Intervention Program in 1990-92 as part of its effort to address these issues. Under this program, four...

The results suggest that private schools are generally more efficient than public schools in the sense that a student with a given set of personal characteristics who attends a private school would obtain a higher score than he or she would in a public school with the same level of inputs....

Seit Jahrzehnten gehört es zu den Besonderheiten der Grundschulausbildung in den Philippinen, daß zwar ein hoher Prozentsatz der Kinder im entsprechenden Alter eingeschult wird, aber nicht weniger als 30% von ihnen wieder vor einem Abschluß (Grade 6) mit sehr geringem Wissensstand die Schule...

The impact of specific actions designed to streamline and tighten the workflow processes of key actors in Madagascar's primary education sector are evaluated. To inform the strategy for scaling up, a randomized experiment was carried out over two school years. The results show that interventions...