Selected Education Impact Evaluation Studies: World Bank Research
Updated materials can be accessed through the World Bank's Impact Evaluation website.

Impact Evaluation of Private Sector Participation in Education 
Research Report
Harry Patrinos and Laura Lewis. 2012

School Enrollment, Selection and Test Scores 
Policy Research Working Paper
Deon Filmer and Norbert Schady. 2009

Are There Diminishing Returns to Transfer Size in Conditional Cash Transfers? 
Policy Research Working Paper
Deon Filmer and Norbert Schady. 2009

Own and Sibling Effects of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Theory and Evidence from Cambodia 
Policy Research Working Paper
Francisco H.G. Ferreira, Deon Filmer and Norbert Schady. 2009

The Use and Misuse of Computers in Education: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia (pdf, 3MB)
Policy Research Working Paper
Felipe Barrera-Osorio, Leigh L. Linden. 2009

Pitfalls of Participatory Programs: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Education in India (pdf, 210KB)
Policy Research Working Paper
Abhijit V. Banerjee, Rukmini Banerji, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster, Stuti Khemani. 2008

Conditional Cash Transfers in Education : Design Features, Peer and Sibling Effects Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia
Policy Research Working Paper
Felipe Barrera-Osorio, Marianne Bertrand, Leigh L. Linden, Francisco Perez-Calle. 2008

Impact Evaluation for School-Based Management Reform
Policy Research Working Paper
Paul Gertler, Harry Anthony Patrinos, Marta Rubio-Codina. 2008

Analyzing the Impact of Legislation on Child Labor in Pakistan
Policy Research Working Paper
Tazeen Fasih. 2007

The Impact of Private Provision of Public Education: Empirical Evidence from Bogota's Concession Schools
Policy Research Working Paper
Felipe Barrera-Osorio. 2007

Evaluating the Impact of Mexico's Quality Schools Program: the Pitfalls of Using Nonexperimental Data
Emmanuel Skoufias, Joseph Shapiro. 2006

Empowering Parents to Improve Education: Evidence from Rural Mexico (pdf, 335KB)
Paul Gertler, Harry Patrinos, Marta Rubio-Bodina. 2006

Expansion of Private Secondary Education: Experience and Prospects in Tanzania (pdf, 254KB)
Gérard Lassibille, Jee-Peng Tan and Suleman Sumra. 1999

Can Private Schools Subsidies Increase Schooling for the Poor?: The Quetta Urban Fellowship Program (pdf, 232KB)
Jooseop Kim, Harold Alderman, and Peter F. Orazem. 1998

Central Mandates and Local Incentives: The Colombia Education Voucher Program (pdf, 141KB)
Elizabeth M. King, Peter F. Orazem and Darin Wohlgemuth. 1998

Do Community-Managed Schools Work? An Evaluation of El Salvador's EDUCO Program (pdf, 289KB)
Emmanuel Jimenez and Yasuyuki Sawada. 1998

Nicaragua's Experiment to Decentralize Schools: Views of Parents, Teachers, and Directors (pdf, 336KB)
Bruce Fuller and Magdalena Rivarola. 1998

What's Decentralization Got To Do With Learning? The Case of Nicaragua's Autonomy Reform (pdf, 191KB)
Elizabeth M. King and Berk Ozler. 1998

Colombia's Targeted Education Voucher Program: Features, Coverage, and Participation (pdf, 140KB)
Elizabeth King, Laura Rawlings, Marybell Gutierrez, Carlos Pardo and Carlos Torres. 1997

El Salvador's EDUCO Program: A First Report On Parents' Participation in School-Based Management (pdf, 212KB)
The El Salvador Evaluation Team. 1997

Nicaragua's School Autonomy Reform: A First Look (pdf, 246KB)
The Nicaragua Reform Evaluation Team. 1996

School Quality, School Cost, and the Public/Private School Choices of Low-Income Households in Pakistan (pdf, 220KB)
Harold Alderman, Peter F. Orazem and Elizabeth M. Paterno. 1996