ESRC – FCDO Raising Learning Outcomes (RLO) programme a synthesis of outputs produced from call 3: ‘accountability structures and processes in LMICs’

This paper presents the evidence produced by six projects funded under Theme 3 on accountability structures and processes in LMICs. This synthesis is based on the review of available literature produced by the RLO-funded projects across the third call as well as relevant outputs from the Impact Initiative. It forms the third and final of three such syntheses, with the other two focusing on ‘Effective Teaching’ (Call 1) and ‘Challenging Contexts’ (Call 2). These syntheses aim to present common and differentiated findings across the RLO research grants – focusing particularly on what the research tells us regarding how to improve learning outcomes, how these findings are situated within the wider literature on education and improving learning outcomes, and policy lessons and achieving impact emerging from this analysis. The syntheses focus specifically on important cross-cutting themes such as gender and girls’ education, education for children with disabilities and education systems.