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Improving Global Education: Evidence, Cost-Effectiveness, and Political Economy

Over the last few decades, we have seen significant progress in improving school enrollment around the world. Yet, the translation of higher enrollment into improved learning outcomes has been disappointing. This talk will review two decades of evidence from high-quality studies on the effectiveness of various approaches to improving educational outcomes in low- and middle-income countries and show how paying more attention to evidence and cost-effectiveness can significantly improve education outcomes at any given level of spending. It will also discuss the practical and political challenges of acting on the evidence, and provide guidance for both researchers and practitioners on the way forward. Karthik Muralidharan is the Tata Chancellor’s Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). His research spans development, public, and labor economics with a focus on improving the effectiveness of public spending in the social sector (education, health, and social protection programs). His research program is characterized by large-scale randomized experiments conducted in partnership with governments to study the impact of programs and policies at scale. Prof. Muralidharan is a Research Associate of the NBER, on the Board of Directors of the Poverty Action Lab at MIT where he is co-chair of the education research program, and a Fellow and Board Member of the Bureau of Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD). He serves on the World Bank’s Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel and is actively involved in policy advising and capacity building (especially in India).