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A Rigorous review of the political economy of education systems in developing countries: final report

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Abstract

Teachers and schools do not exist in isolation of the larger world around them. Frequently, many of their actions – and the school outcomes that they are accountable for – are influenced by incentives and constraints operating outside the schooling system. Each of these factors influences different aspects of education reform, whether policy design, financing, implementation or evaluation. Given the importance of these power relations in influencing student outcomes, there is surprisingly little literature to guide us in making related policy decisions. One reason is that examining these issues in the case of education may not be amenable to a particular disciplinary lens and is better served through an inter-disciplinary approach. A key contribution of this review is to pull together the essential literature from various disciplinary and interdisciplinary traditions and to provide a conceptual framework in which to situate the analysis of political economy issues in education research. Another contribution is to carefully review the existing literature and identify research gaps in it.

Author
Kingdon, Geeta Gandhi
Little, Angela W.
Aslam, Monazza
Rawal, Shenila
Moe, Terry
Patrinos, Harry Anthony
Beteille, Tara
Banerji, Rukmini
Parton, Brent
Sharma, Shailendra K.
Corporate Author
University of London. Social Science Research Unit, SSRU. Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (UK)(EPPI)
UK. Dept for International Development(DFID)
Year of publication
2014
Imprint
London (DFID, 2014, p.79)
Source database
curatED
Language