the vast majority of countries. Third, in many countries with low levels of education for both men and women in 1960 … better. Fourth, gender gaps rarely persist in countries where boys attain high levels of education. Most countries with large … education than men in some regions of the world. Although gender gaps in educational attainment are diminishing in most …

In the past decade, hundreds of impact evaluation studies have measured the learning outcomes of education … difficult to communicate to policy makers beyond education specialists. This paper proposes two approaches to demonstrate the … individual earnings and poverty reduction, and that conversion into a non-education metric should help policy makers and non …

. Limited resources mean that policymakers must make tough choices about which investments to make to improve education …. Although hundreds of education interventions have been rigorously evaluated, making comparisons between the results is … for reporting gains from education interventions. The paper applies LAYS to compare the effectiveness (and cost …