All blogs tagged with education policy


How to effectively lead an education system: Advice from Otto Granados

Daniela Saez, Sergio Cabrales Dominguez, Otto Granados Roldán ˙ ˙ PREAL Blog

Sri Mulyani Indrawati, World Bank MD and COO visits a school project in LeÛn, Nicaragua, that provides education and nutrition to students from poor areas. Robert Valls/World Bank
Whose advice should education decision-makers in Latin America—and in middle-income countries in general—be taking? In an interesting initiative, Fernando Reimers has compiled a book of letters and recommendations to ministers and decision-makers in education (Letters to a New Minister in Education: Learning to Lead Education Systems). The Dialogue’s Education program…Read more +

How to Finance Higher Education?

Agustín Barroilhet, Ricardo Espinoza ˙ ˙ PREAL Blog

Two mechanisms allow countries to fund higher education ‘free at the point of delivery’ with limited fiscal costs: Graduate Tax and Income Contingent Loans.Read more +