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Randomized Evaluations of Educational Programs in Developing Countries: Some Lessons

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Michael Kremer
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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.

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Volume (Year): 93 (2003)
Issue (Month): 2 (May)
Pages: 102-106
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  1. Paul Glewwe & Nauman Ilias & Michael Kremer, 2003. "Teacher Incentives," NBER Working Papers 9671, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Hanushek, Eric A, 1995. "Interpreting Recent Research on Schooling in Developing Countries," World Bank Research Observer, Oxford University Press, vol. 10(2), pages 227-46, August.
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  3. Paul Glewwe & Michael Kremer & Sylvie Moulin & Eric Zitzewitz, 2000. "Retrospective vs. Prospective Analyses of School Inputs: The Case of Flip Charts in Kenya," NBER Working Papers 8018, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Joshua Angrist & Eric Bettinger & Erik Bloom & Elizabeth King & Michael Kremer, 2001. "Vouchers for Private Schooling in Colombia: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment," NBER Working Papers 8343, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  6. Marco Francesconi & Abhinay Muthoo, 2006. "Control Rights in Public-Private Partnerships," IZA Discussion Papers 2143, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  7. Kremer, Michael & Miguel, Edward & Thornton, Rebecca & Ozier, Owen, 2005. "Incentives to learn," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3546, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
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  9. Margherita Comola, 2008. "Educational programs in rural Nepal: Peer communication and information spillovers," PSE Working Papers 2008-73, PSE (Ecole normale supérieure). [Downloadable!]
  10. Martina Björkman, 2007. "Does Money Matter for Student Performance? Evidence from a Grant Program in Uganda," Working Papers 326, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University. [Downloadable!]
  11. Esther Duflo, 2005. "Évaluer l'impact des programmes d'aide au développement : le rôle des évaluations par assignation aléatoire," Revue d’économie du développement, De Boeck Université, vol. 19(2), pages 185-226. [Downloadable!]
  12. Steven Radelet, 2003. "Le Millennium Challenge Account peut-il transformer la politique d'aide américaine ?," Revue d’économie du développement, De Boeck Université, vol. 17(4), pages 99-123. [Downloadable!]
  13. David K. Evans & Arkadipta Ghosh, 2008. "Prioritizing Educational Investments in Children in the Developing World," Working Papers 587, RAND Corporation Publications Department. [Downloadable!]
  14. Michael Kremer & Edward Miguel & Rebecca Thorton, 2004. "Incentives to Learn," Center for International and Development Economics Research, Working Paper Series 1060, Center for International and Development Economics Research, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley. [Downloadable!]
  15. Larru, Jose Maria, 2007. "La evaluación de impacto: qué es, cómo se mide y qué está aportando en la cooperación al desarrollo
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