chosen preschools in a pool of 50. Children's school participation was 30 percent higher in the treatment group than in the …"Vermeersch and Kremer examine the effects of subsidized school meals on school participation, educational achievement …, and school finance in a developing country setting. They use data from a program that was implemented in 25 randomly …

Providing at least basic education to all children especially those coming from poor or disadvantaged families is an … the measures that will secure access to quality education for all children above all to those who are under higher risk of … basic children's right- access to education; chapter five and six sets paths for making chosen policy options sustainable …

school systems in Brazil to obtain better results than would be expected based purely on socioeconomic factors. This report … education policy factors that appeared to help some municipal school systems obtain better-than-expected Prova Brasil results …

. How to do this, especially in primary school, where reading, writing and mathematical skills are first acquired, is the … results than giving schools cash grants for supplies or additional teachers. This project, which looks at only one school …

series of recent World Bank and other studies on teacher absence and incentives for performance. Surprise school visits … the quality of schooling for children, especially in rural, remote, and poor areas. More broadly, poor teacher management …

score data for 3rd and 4th year primary school pupils in Guatemala and Peru, and 5th grade pupils in Mexico, the authors … assess the magnitude of the indigenous and non-indigenous test score gap and identify the main family and school inputs … by family and school characteristics is between 41 and 75 percent of the overall test-score gap. Furthermore, family …

), introducing per-capita based financing and delegating significant financial and decision-making autonomy to school principals …