Title: Improving educational quality through enhancing community participation : results from a randomised field experiment in Indonesia

Authors: Pradhan, Menno

Place: [Philadelphia, PA

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania. Wharton real estate department]

Year: 2011

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Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: local government, co-operation between organizations, community participation, public services, education, indonesia

Abstract: The effect of four approaches to strengthening school committees and subsequently improving learning outcomes in public primary schools in Indonesia was evaluated. Linkage (= facilitated collaboration between the school committee and the village council) was found to be the most cost effective.

URL: http://real.wharton.upenn.edu/~maisy/documents/WorldBank_SchoolCommittee.pdf

Document type: Portal