The rise of private schools implies that many children in low-income countries now live in villages and towns with substantial school choice. The success of any policy from vouchers to school consolidation will therefore depend on what this school choice entails and how education markets function.
27 May 2021 7:00–8:15
Speaker: Tahir Andrabi (Pomona College)
Moderators: Rabea Malik (Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives) and Miguel Loureiro (IDS)
Date: 20th May 2021
Time: 7 AM UK
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Professor Andrabi analyzes the impact of the 2005 Earthquake in Pakistan on the recovery of student learning outcomes. He examines the implications these findings for the risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to student learning outcomes. Tahir Andrabi is Stedman-Sumner Professor of Economics at Pomona College. He is a founding Director of the Centre for Economic Research, Pakistan and the inaugural Dean of the LUMS School of Education His research interests include the economics of education and development economics. He has published extensively in major economics and education journals including the American Economic Review and Review of Economics an