comparison group. The meals program led to higher curriculum test scores, but only in schools where the teacher was relatively … incentives, teacher absenteeism remained at a high level of 30 percent. Treatment schools raised their fees, and comparison … schools close to treatment schools decreased their fees. Some of the price effects are caused by a combination of capacity …

programs reach them. This book describes how schools have been used as a platform for delivering safe and simple heal …

the education system, how the poor, linguistic minorities and students at small schools fared over this period; as well as … little improvement in the equity of the Bulgarian education system as evidenced by the poor performance of small schools and … socially disadvantaged groups, including linguistic minorities. Small schools have been excluded from the improvements and it …

programs, while the high variation of pupil performance between schools in the same province calls for local programs that …

services to local governments and schools. The ability of local governments to deliver good quality basic education services …

teachers are poorly distributed between schools. Schools in remote areas are frequently understaffed compared to those closer … (Mulkeen, 2010). By contrast, schools in or close to towns and larger villages, where more facilities and amenities are … is inadequate. An estimated 28 percent of the variation in staffing between schools in the region cannot be explained by …