This paper describes a systematic review of international research evidence identifying the
most promising approaches to attracting and retaining teachers in hard-to-staff areas. Only …

It includes studies assessing the impact of 216 programmes implemented across 52 low-and
middle-income countries. And it moves beyond examining whether a programme works or …

Some education policymakers focus on bringing down pupil–teacher ratios. Others argue
that resources will have limited impact without systematic reforms to education governance …

In this paper, we report results from surveys in which enumerators made unannounced visits
to primary schools and health clinics in Bangladesh, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Peru and …

We present results from a randomized evaluation of a teacher performance pay program
implemented across a large representative sample of government-run rural primary schools …

Este libro examina las políticas públicas que varios países de la región están poniendo en
práctica para atraer, preparar y seleccionar docentes efectivos. También analiza la …

The large-scale expansion of primary schooling in develo** countries has led to the
increasing use of non-civil-service contract teachers who are hired locally by the school, are …

Teachers' evaluations of students do not consider only academic competence, but are
imbued with social considerations related to individual teacher and student characteristics …

This chapter focuses on teachers' employment status and workload because both of them
are key measures of teachers' working conditions which influence teachers' job satisfaction …

Faced with teacher shortage, and limited budgets several develo** countries have
accepted lower certification and education requirements, eliminated teacher tenure, and …