School management in developing countries

Abstract

The developing world has implemented many different policies to catch up with the educational outcomes observed in the more advanced countries. In the past, policies were usually based on the premise that increasing the spending on education inputs would improve educational attainment. However, the link between spending on school inputs and student performance does not seem strong enough to account for the gap between the developing world and OECD countries. Therefore, in recent years considerable attention has been given to school management. Thus, this chapter explores the literature on interventions that focus on the way in which resources are managed, instead of focusing on the amount of resources used.