Improving Educational Outcomes in Developing Countries: Lessons from Rigorous Evaluations

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Financial Constraints and Girls' Secondary Education: Evidence from School Fee Elimination in the Gambia (2016, unknown): “…of interventions that reduced tuition fees and other costs increased enrollment, suggesting that financial constraints are among the most important barriers to access to primary education in poorer developing countries (Petrosino et al. 2012; Krishnaratne et al. 2013; Murnane and Ganimian 2014).”
Teacher Quality and Learning Outcomes in Kindergarten (2016, result): “These findings support the conclusions from two recent reviews (Kremer et al. 2013; Murnane and Gaminian 2014), both of which argue that changing pedagogical practices is the key to improving learning outcomes in the developing world.”
What Really Works to Improve Learning in Developing Countries? An Analysis of Divergent Findings in Systematic Reviews (2015, methodology): “…(2014) ﬁnding that pedagogical interventions are the most effective, a tiny fraction of all of Conn’s (2014) 17 pedagogical studies are incorporated in any other study (6 percent in three other reviews, none in Kremer, Brannen, and Glennerster 2013, and 18 percent in Murnane and Ganimian 2014a).”