consequently, economic growth and development. We analyse the effects of decentralisation and school autonomy on the quality of …

The impact of school resources on the quality of education in developing countries may depend crucially on whether … resources are targeted efficiently. In this paper we use a randomized experiment to analyze the impact of a school grants … focused funds on human resources improvements rather than school materials, suggesting that teachers and principals may be a …

The impact of school resources on the quality of education in developing countries may depend crucially on whether … resources are targeted efficiently. In this paper we use a randomized experiment to analyze the impact of a school grants … focused funds on human resources improvements rather than school materials, suggesting that teachers and principals may be a …

school system in Venezuela. The authors find an Average Treatment Effect on the order of 0.1 standard deviations … (approximately 16 percent of the average score), using a control group of public school students. These effects are significantly …