Randomized Evaluations of Educational Programs in Developing Countries: Some Lessons

1 April 2003

journal article
Published by American Economic Association in American Economic Review

Vol. 93 (2) , 102-106
https://doi.org/10.1257/000282803321946886

Abstract

This paper reviews recent randomized evaluations of educational programs in developing countries, including programs to increase school participation, to provide educational inputs, and to reform education. It then extracts some lessons for education policy and for the practice and political economy of randomized evaluations.

Keywords

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
REFORM
INPUTS
ECONOMY
PROGRAMS IN DEVELOPING
EVALUATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL
RANDOMIZED EVALUATIONS

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