The Risks to Education Systems from Design Mismatch and Global Isomorphism

Keywords

Accountability, Dysfunctional family, Isomorphism (crystallography), Autonomy, Public sector

References

• Making primary education work for India's rural poor : a proposal for effective decentralizationLant Pritchett, Varad Pande — 2006
• The Rebirth of Education: Schooling Ain't LearningLant Pritchett — 2013
• Hope or Despair?: Learning in Pakistan's Primary SchoolsDonald P. Warwick, Fernando Reimers — 1995
• Public report on basic education in IndiaProbe Team — 1999
• Primary Schooling, Student Learning, and School Quality in Rural Bangladesh-Working Paper 349M. Niaz Asadullah, Nazmul Chaudhury — 2013
• The World Educational Revolution, 1950-1970.John W. Meyer, Francisco O. Ramírez, Richard Rubinson — 1977
• Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have FailedAkhil Gupta — 1999
• The State, Socialisation, and Private Schooling: When Will Governments Support Alternative Producers?Lant Pritchett, Martina Viarengo — 2015
• Pakistan - Learning and Educational Achievements in Punjab Schools (LEAPS) : insights to inform the education policy debateTahir Andrabi, Jishnu Das, Asim Ijaz Khwaja — 2008
• Schooling and Labor Market Consequences of School Construction in IndonesiaEsther Duflo — 2001
• World Society and the Nation‐StateJohn W. Meyer, John Boli, George Thomas — 1997
• The Interpretation of CulturesAbena Dadze-Arthur — 1973
• Multitask Principal–Agent Analyses: Incentive Contracts, Asset Ownership, and Job DesignBengt Holmström, Paul Milgrom — 1991
• The relative effectiveness and costs of contract and regular teachers in IndiaPaul Atherton, Geeta Kingdon — 2010
• Private Schooling in India: A New Educational LandscapeSonalde Desai, Amaresh Dubey, Reeve Vanneman — 2008
• Hope or despairDonald P. Warwick — 1995
• Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have FailedJames C. McCann, James C. Scott — 1998
• Teachers, Schools, and Academic AchievementEric A. Hanushek, John F. Kain, Steven G. Rivkin — 2005
• Information Production and Capital Allocation: Decentralized vs. Hierarchical FirmsJeremy C. Stein — 2000
• Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) 2007Pratham — 2008

Cited by

• Education Reforms, Bureaucracy and the Puzzles of Implementation: A Case Study from BiharYamini Aiyar, Ambrish A. Dongre, Vincy Davis — 2015
• SUPPORTING A SCHOOL COMMUNITY IN TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE AND USE TO BENEFIT STUDENT SUCCESSJ. Escobedo — 2016
• The Making of Behavioral Development EconomicsAllison Demeritt, Karla Hoff — 2018
• The quality-access tradeoff in decentralizing public services: Evidence from education in the OECD and SpainSusana Cordeiro Guerra, Carlos X. Lastra‐Anadón — 2019
• The Logic of the Successful Experience of China’s ReformFang Cai — 2019
• The Limits of Accounting-Based Accountability in Education (and Far Beyond): Why More Accounting Will Rarely Solve Accountability ProblemsDan Honig, Lant Pritchett — 2019
• The Politics of Learning: Directions for Future ResearchLeah Crouch, M. Gustafsson — 2018
• Building State Capability: Evidence, Analysis, ActionMatt Andrews, Lant Pritchett, Michael Woolcock — 2017
• Building on Solid Foundations: Prioritising Universal, Early, Conceptual and Procedural Mastery of Foundational SkillsCarmen Belafi, Yue-Yi Hwa, Michelle Kaffenberger — 2020
• Education During Anthropocene, Capitalocene, and ChthuluceneMahesh Nath Parajuli — 2021
• More Schooling or More Learning? Evidence from Learning Profiles from the Financial Inclusion Insights DataMichelle Kaffenberger, Lant Pritchett — 2017
• The Role of Purpose in Education System Outcomes: A Conceptual Framework and Empirical ExamplesMichelle Kaffenberger — 2022
• Should Communities Be Managing, Governing or Supporting Schools? A Review Essay on the System Conditions under Which Different Forms of Community Voice Can Improve Student LearningJason Silberstein — 2023
• The Impact of Private Schools, School Chains and PPPs in Developing CountriesLee Crawfurd, Susannah Hares, Rory Todd — 2023
• The Mismatch Between World Bank Actions and the Decentralization of Educational Systems in LMICsMobarak Hossain — 2024
• Investing in Human Capital in Africa: A framework for researchLant Pritchett — 2024
• Rethinking accountability in public service delivery: the design mismatch problem and its policy mix solutionsYifei Yan — 2025
• Building State Capability : Evidence, Analysis, ActionMichael Woolcock, Lant Pritchett, Matt Andrews — 2017
• Premature Imitation and India ’ s Flailing StateShruti Rajagopalan, Alexander Tabarrok — 2025
• The Impact of Private Schools, School Chains, and Public-Private Partnerships in Developing CountriesSusan Hares — 2021

Related papers

• Gain insight into managing a dysfunctional managerClaudine McCarthy — 2016
• Gain insight into managing a dysfunctional managerClaudine McCarthy — 2016
• Gain insight into managing a dysfunctional managerClaudine McCarthy — 2016
• Providing Social and Psychological Support to Dysfunctional Families in RegionsЛ.М. Корчагина — 2021
• THE IMPACT OF DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY ON ADULT CHILD PORTRAYED IN MY NAME IS LUCY BARTONAnnisa Laras Andhika — 2021
• Exposure to Major Stressors May Reduce Dysfunctional Cognition About Them1Brian Lakey, Ruth McLeister Anan, Kimberly Sirl — 2000
• Higher Education in India: A Perspective of Its Autonomy and AccountabilityPrahallad Majhi — 2021
• American Experience:University Autonomy and AccountabilityShaohua Zhang — 2007
• Changes in Profession-management, Autonomy and Accountability in PhysiotherapyJohn Øvretveit — 1994