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Moving Teachers to Malawi's Remote Communities: A Data-Driven Approach to Teacher Deployment

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dc.contributor.authorAsim, Salman
dc.contributor.authorChimombo, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorChugunov, Dmitry
dc.contributor.authorGera, Ravinder
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-30T22:31:37Z
dc.date.available2017-11-30T22:31:37Z
dc.date.issued2017-11
dc.description.abstractThere are severe geographical disparities in pupil-teacher ratios (PTR) across Malawi, with most teachers concentrated near commercial centers and in rural schools with better amenities. Most of the variation in PTR is concentrated in small sub-district areas, suggesting a central role for micro-geographic factors in teacher distribution. Employing administrative data from several government sources, regression analysis reveals that school-level factors identified by teachers as desirable are closely associated with PTR, including access to roads, electricity, and water, and distance to the nearest trading center, suggesting a central role for teachers' interests in PTR variation. Political economy network mapping reveals that teachers leverage informal networks and political patronage to resist placement in remote schools, while administrative officials are unable to stand up to these formal and informal pressures, in part because of a lack of reliable databases and objective criteria for the allocation of teachers. This study curates a systematic database of the physical placement of all teachers in Malawi and links it with data on school facilities and geo-spatial coordinates of commercial centers. The study develops a consistent and objective measure of school remoteness, which can be applied to develop policies to create rules for equitable deployments and targeting of incentives. Growing awareness of disparities in PTRs among district education officials is already showing promising improvements in targeting of new teachers. Simulation results of planned policy applications show significant potential impacts of fiscally-neutral approaches to targeted deployments of new cohorts, as well as retention of teachers through data-calibrated incentives.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/286131511361864175/Moving-teachers-to-Malawis-remote-communities-a-data-driven-approach-to-teacher-deployment
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8253
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/28914
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8253
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectRURAL SCHOOLS
dc.subjectREMOTE COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectTEACHER DEPLOYMENT
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS
dc.subjectEDUCATION MANAGEMENT
dc.titleMoving Teachers to Malawi's Remote Communitiesen
dc.title.subtitleA Data-Driven Approach to Teacher Deploymenten
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okr.crossref.titleMoving Teachers to Malawi's Remote Communities: A Data-Driven Approach to Teacher Deployment
okr.date.disclosure2017-11-22
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/286131511361864175/Moving-teachers-to-Malawis-remote-communities-a-data-driven-approach-to-teacher-deployment
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8253
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryMalawi
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okr.topicEducation::Education For All
okr.topicEducation::Education Reform and Management
okr.topicEducation::Educational Institutions & Facilities
okr.topicEducation::Effective Schools and Teachers
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Communities
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Education
okr.unitEducation Global Practice Group
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