by Birte Snilstveit, Jennifer Stevenson, Daniel Phillips et al.
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), December 2015
While the Millennium Development Goal on education (Goal 2) was to achieve universal primary education, the SDG on education (Goal 4) is to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning. In this context, evidence on the effects of education interventions is needed for informing decisions about how limited funding can be best used to achieve the ambitious goal of achieving quality education for all children. This comprehensive systematic review synthesises the findings of 238 studies evaluating the effects of a range of different education programmes in 52 low- and middle-income countries.