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The Risks to Education Systems from Design Mismatch and Global Isomorphism: Concepts, with Examples from India

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The incredibly low levels of learning and the generally dysfunctional public sector schooling systems in many (though not all) developing countries are the result of a capability trap (Pritchett et al. 2010). Two phenomena reinforce persistent failure of schooling systems to produce adequate learning outcomes. One is the mismatch between system design—the allocation of activities across organizations and mechanisms of accountability—and the insights of the 'new institutional economics' from principal agent models and contract theory.

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  • Lant Pritchett, 2014. "The Risks to Education Systems from Design Mismatch and Global Isomorphism: Concepts, with Examples from India," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2014-039, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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