Isaac Mbiti
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics, University of Virginia
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics, University of Virginia
A programme rewarding teachers for increasing their students’ foundational skills improved learning in public primary schools in Tanzania. A cheap and easy to communicate version of the programme was most (cost-)effective, and is currently being scaled up in the worst performing schools in Tanzania
Interventions aimed at alleviating multiple constraints are often needed to achieve the desired impact