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Property Tax Compliance in Tanzania : Can Nudges Help ? (Английский)

Low tax compliance in low- and middle-income countries around the world limits the ability of governments to offer effective public services. This paper reports the results of a randomly rolled out text...

Building State Capacity : What Is the Impact of Development Projects ? (Английский)

Although research has established the importance of state capacity in economic development, less is known about how state capacity comes about and the role of external partners in the process. This paper...

Successful Teachers, Successful Students : Recruiting and Supporting Society’s Most Crucial Profession - Update (Английский)

For many students, teachers are the adults with whom they will interact the most. Successful teachers are likely to be the first role models that young people encounter outside the home. They teach content...

Economic and Social Development along the Urban-Rural Continuum : New Opportunities to Inform Policy (Английский)

The economic and social development of nations relies on their population having physical access to services and employment opportunities. For the vast majority of the 3.4 billion people living in rural...

Teacher Pay-for-Performance : What Works? Where? and How? (Английский)

If teachers were paid more based on their performance, will they be more effective? Will teachers teach better and will students learn more? Can teacher pay-for-performance (PFP) programs motivate better...

Education Technology for Effective Teachers (Английский)

Teacher Pay in Africa : Evidence from 15 Countries (Английский)

Pay levels for public sector workers—and especially teachers—are a constant source of controversy. In many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, protests and strikes suggest that pay is low, while simple comparisons...

The State of Ceara in Brazil is a Role Model for Reducing Learning Poverty (Португальский)

This report presents the case of the state of Ceara in Brazil that overcame adverse socioeconomic conditions to substantially improve education outcomes with efficient use of resources. Despite having...

From Bad to Best : How One State and One Municipality in Brazil are Eradicating Illiteracy and Innumeracy (Португальский)

One state on the northeastern coast of Brazil along with its best-performing municipality has transformed its education system in the last two decades. Ceará has jumped to fourth place among all Brazil’s...

Getting Education Right : State and Municipal Success in Reform for Universal Literacy in Brazil (Английский)

Quality education is crucial to a thriving society. It delivers lower rates of poverty and faster economic growth. In Brazil, the relatively poor, northeastern state of Ceará made impressive gains in the...

From Bad to Best : How One State and One Municipality in Brazil are Eradicating Illiteracy and Innumeracy (Английский)

One state on the northeastern coast of Brazil along with its best-performing municipality has transformed its education system in the last two decades. Ceará has jumped to fourth place among all Brazil’s...

Getting Education Right : State and Municipal Success in Reform for Universal Literacy in Brazil (Португальский)

Quality education is crucial to a thriving society. It delivers lower rates of poverty and faster economic growth. In Brazil, the relatively poor, northeastern state of Ceará made impressive gains in the...

Using Reminders and Nudges to Increase Property Tax Compliance in Dar es Salaam (Английский)

Following a decade of centralization, decentralization and re-centralization of the responsibility to collect property tax revenue, the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) has struggled with high levels of...

Bias in patient satisfaction surveys : a threat to measuring healthcare quality - analysis (Английский)

Patient satisfaction surveys are an increasingly common element of efforts to evaluate the quality of healthcare. Many patient satisfaction surveys in low and middle-income countries frame statements positively...