Three Essays on Improving Learning Outcomes in Africa

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" Three Essays on Improving Learning Outcomes in Africa "
Romero, Mauricio Tomas Bharadwaj, Prashant; Muralidharan, Karthik

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	905857
Doc. No	:	TL7fd276wc
Main Entry	:	Romero, Mauricio Tomas
Title & Author	:	Three Essays on Improving Learning Outcomes in Africa\ Romero, Mauricio TomasBharadwaj, Prashant; Muralidharan, Karthik
College	:	UC San Diego
Date	:	2018
student score	:	2018
Abstract	:	Too often governments fail to provide access to quality public services to the poor. My work focuses on this issue and the bottlenecks that impede high-quality government provision of education in sub-Saharan African countries. Chapter 1 studies whether outsourcing public services to private entities improves service delivery in fragile states. It provides experimental evidence from the Partnership Schools for Liberia (PSL) program, which delegated management of 93 public schools to eight different private organizations. Within one academic year, outsourcing increased students scores in English and math by .18
Added Entry	:	Bharadwaj, Prashant; Muralidharan, Karthik
Added Entry	:	UC San Diego