Independent Evaluation Group2012-06-052012-06-052006978-0-8213-6792-6https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7083The Education for All (EFA) movement, launched in 1990, has resulted in an extraordinary mobilization of World Bank and country resources in support of basic education over the past 15 years. World Bank EFA financing, mostly focused on primary education, has become increasingly progressive, targeting the most disadvantaged countries and often the disadvantaged within countries. Over the years of Bank support for EFA and its world conferences in 1990 and 2000, the Bank's policy objectives for increased support to primary education have been simple and remarkably stable: universal primary school completion, equality of access for girls and other disadvantaged groups, and improved student learning outcomes. This Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) evaluation assesses the extent to which these objectives have been met in countries supported by the Bank. and it provide lessons for countries in their development strategies and for the Bank in its support to those strategies.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS FOR GIRLSACCESS TO LEARNINGACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATIONACHIEVEMENT INDICATORSADULTSASSESSMENT REPORTSAVAILABILITY OF TEXTBOOKSBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC KNOWLEDGEBASIC LEARNINGBASIC LEARNING NEEDSBASIC LITERACYBY REGIONCAREER PATHSCENTRAL MANAGEMENTCLASSROOMCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNITY EDUCATIONCOMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTCOUNTRY ASSISTANCE STRATEGIESCOUNTRY CASE STUDIESCURRICULUMDECENTRALIZATIONDECENTRALIZED MANAGEMENTDECISION MAKINGDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT GOALSDISADVANTAGED CHILDRENDISADVANTAGED GROUPSDONOR SUPPORTEARLY CHILDHOODEARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONEARLY READINGECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATION EXPENDITUREEDUCATION EXPENDITURESEDUCATION EXPERTSEDUCATION FOR ALLEDUCATION INVESTMENTEDUCATION MANAGEMENTEDUCATION MANAGERSEDUCATION PLANSEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIESEDUCATIONAL QUALITYEDUCATIONAL SERVICESENROLLMENT EXPANSIONENROLLMENT OF GIRLSENROLLMENT RATEEQUITABLE ACCESSGENDER DISPARITIESGENERAL EDUCATIONGERGLOBAL MONITORINGGROSS ENROLLMENTGROSS ENROLLMENT RATEGROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOSGROSS PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATIOIMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATIONIMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION QUALITYIMPROVING ACCESSINSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTINSTRUCTIONINSTRUCTIONAL TIMEINTERVENTIONSKNOWLEDGE ECONOMYLEARNINGLEARNING ACHIEVEMENTLEARNING OUTCOMESLEARNING PROCESSESLIFELONG EDUCATIONLOW ACHIEVEMENTMATHEMATICSMEASURING LEARNING OUTCOMESMOBILITYNATIONAL COMMITMENTNEGATIVE EFFECTSNERNET ENROLLMENTNET ENROLLMENT RATIONUMBER OF SCHOOLSNUMERACYNUTRITIONOUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDRENPAPERSPERFORMANCE INDICATORSPOOR COUNTRIESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRIMARY COMPLETIONPRIMARY COMPLETION RATEPRIMARY COMPLETION RATESPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCEPRIMARY EDUCATION EVALUATIONPRIMARY EDUCATION LENDINGPRIMARY EDUCATION OUTCOMESPRIMARY EDUCATION PORTFOLIOPRIMARY EDUCATION PROJECTPRIMARY EDUCATION PROJECTSPRIMARY ENROLLMENTPRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATIOSPRIMARY ENROLLMENTSPRIMARY LEVELPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL ACCESSPRIMARY SCHOOL AGEPRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATESPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTSPRIMARY SCHOOL YEARSPRIMARY SCHOOL-AGE POPULATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLINGPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY OF INSTRUCTIONQUALITY PRIMARY EDUCATIONQUALITY PRIMARY EDUCATION SYSTEMRATES OF RETURNREADINGREADING SKILLSREPETITIONREPETITION RATESRESEARCH CAPACITYRURAL AREASSCHOLARSHIPSSCHOOLSCHOOL AUTONOMYSCHOOL CONSTRUCTIONSCHOOL DROPOUTSCHOOL FEESSCHOOL GRADUATESSCHOOL IMPROVEMENTSCHOOL LEARNINGSCHOOL PROGRAMSCHOOL QUALITYSCHOOL SYSTEMSCHOOL-AGESCHOOLINGSCHOOLING ACCESSSCHOOLSSCIENCE STUDYSECONDARY EDUCATIONSOCIAL GROUPSSTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENT ASSESSMENTSTUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEMSSTUDENT LEARNINGSTUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMESSTUDENT PERFORMANCETEACHERTEACHER DEVELOPMENTTEACHER EDUCATIONTEACHER INCENTIVESTEACHER RECRUITMENTTEACHERSTEACHINGTYPES OF EDUCATIONUNIVERSAL ACCESSUNIVERSAL COMPLETIONUNIVERSAL PRIMARY COMPLETIONUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONUNIVERSAL PRIMARY ENROLLMENTUNIVERSAL PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETIONUPEURBAN AREASVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONYOUTHWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-6792-6