BORA CMI: Exploring the Research-Policy Linkage: The Case of Reforms in Financing Primary Education in Tanzania

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Title:	Exploring the Research-Policy Linkage: The Case of Reforms in Financing Primary Education in Tanzania
Authors:	Jerve, Alf Morten
Keywords:	Education policy Development Role of research User fees Tanzania
Issue Date:	2006
Publisher:	Chr. Michelsen Institute
Series/Report no.:	CMI Working paper WP 2006: 3
Abstract:	Tanzania abolished school fees in primary schools as from 2002. This move was made possible because of shifts in the policy of major donors, not least the World Bank. In the subsequent years Tanzania recorded a rapid increase in enrolment rates. It is generally argued that fees in primary education turn away children from school, but researchers disagree on the relative importance of this effect. In this paper we use this case of policy reform to study the role of research. Was this an example of evidence-based policy making? If so, where did the evidence come from? Our main focus was on the role of national researchers and findings from relevant research on Tanzania. The study shows that this research has had particular problems in becoming relevant and used, and identify the major factors that can explain its marginal role.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10202/53
ISBN:	82-8062-139-3
ISSN:	0804-3639
Appears in Collections:	CMI Collection (Reports, Working Papers, Articles etc.)

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