School autonomy is popular but also complex and sometimes contentious. Many education systems have increased schools …, increased autonomy has led to greater pressure on schools and local stakeholders. To be successful, school autonomy needs to be … built on a set of key ingredients: a strong national framework and a clear strategic vision, well-adapted school head and …

before decentralization was implemented, even when looking within different local development ranges. Based on the analysis …

capital. I find no robust evidence to corroborate the theoretically predicted benefits of decentralization. …