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Are You Thinking About School Grants? Some Questions to Consider

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  • Baron,Juan
  • Lee,Ling Jessica Diana
  • Tamagnan,Marie Evane

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Guidance on designing and implementing school grants (both uncondition al and conditional) is crucial. This note, while not a comprehensive guide on school grants, contains a small subset of practical questions alongside country examples for practitioners to consider when designing or improving a school grants scheme.

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  • Baron,Juan & Lee,Ling Jessica Diana & Tamagnan,Marie Evane, 2024. "Are You Thinking About School Grants? Some Questions to Consider," Education Notes 189314, The World Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:wbk:hdgens:189314
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    1. Pedro Carneiro & Oswald Koussihouèdé & Nathalie Lahire & Costas Meghir & Corina Mommaerts, 2020. "School Grants and Education Quality: Experimental Evidence from Senegal," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 87(345), pages 28-51, January.
    2. Blimpo,Moussa P. & Evans,David & Lahire,Nathalie, 2015. "Parental human capital and effective school management : evidence from The Gambia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7238, The World Bank.
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