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What Do Local Government Education Managers Do to Boost Learning Outcomes?

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dc.contributor.authorCilliers, Jacobus
dc.contributor.authorDunford, Eric
dc.contributor.authorHabyarimana, James
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-23T17:44:11Z
dc.date.available2024-02-23T17:44:11Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-29
dc.description.abstractRecent public sector reforms have shifted responsibility for public service delivery to local governments, yet little is known about how their management practices or behavior shape performance. This study reports on a comprehensive management survey of district education bureaucrats and their staff that was conducted in every district in Tanzania and employs flexible machine-learning techniques to identify important management practices associated with learning outcomes. It finds that management practices explain 10 percent of variation in a district’s exam performance. The three management practices most predictive of performance are (a) the frequency of school visits, (b) school and teacher incentives administered by the district manager, and (c) performance review of staff. Although the model is not causal, these findings suggest the importance of incentives and active monitoring to motivate district staff, schools, and teachers, that include frequent monitoring of schools.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099630512112311761/IDU01186082f0372c04ea00b9560f4f141b73192
dc.identifier.citationThe World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/41096
dc.identifier.issn0258-6770 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1564-698X (online)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41096
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.licenseCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectEDUCATION
dc.subjectBUREAUCRATS
dc.subjectTANZANIA
dc.subjectPUBLIC MANAGEMENT
dc.titleWhat Do Local Government Education Managers Do to Boost Learning Outcomes?en
dc.typeJournal Article
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okr.crossref.titleWhat Do Local Government Education Managers Do to Boost Learning Outcomes?
okr.date.disclosure2024-02-23
okr.date.lastmodified2023-12-11T00:00:00Zen
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okr.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhac001
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/41096
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.countryTanzania
okr.topicEducation::Education Indicators and Statistics
okr.topicEducation::Education Reform and Management
okr.unitOff of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
okr.volume36 (3)
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