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    Assessing Opportunities for Solar Lanterns to Improve Educational Outcomes in Rural Off-grid Regions: Challenges and Lessons from a Randomized Controlled Trial

    Stojanovski, Ognen; Thurber, Mark; Muwowo, George; Wolak, Frank A.; Harrison, Kat | December 2018
    Abstract
    Solar lanterns are promoted across rural sub-Saharan Africa to improve both lighting in homes and educational outcomes. We undertake a randomized controlled trial in Zimba District, Zambia, to evaluate whether solar lanterns help children study more effectively and improve academic performance. Our research design accounts for potential income effects arising from the giveaways of lanterns and also “blinds” participants to the study’s purpose. We find no evidence that receipt of a lantern improved performance on important national examinations (even though an ex post statistical power analysis demonstrates that the research should detect economically significant impacts, if present). We also do not observe impacts on self-reported study habits. Several features of Zimba District that are likely to exist in other developing regions appear to drive our results. First, flashlights are the dominant lighting source in rural Zambia rather than traditional options like kerosene lamps or candles. In such environments, solar lights may hold only limited appeal for prospective users. Second, our survey data suggests that other major barriers to educational attainment likely render improved energy access (whether through solar lanterns or otherwise) a relatively unimportant educational input.
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    Stojanovski, Ognen; Thurber, Mark; Muwowo, George; Wolak, Frank A.; Harrison, Kat. 2018. Assessing Opportunities for Solar Lanterns to Improve Educational Outcomes in Rural Off-grid Regions: Challenges and Lessons from a Randomized Controlled Trial. © Asian Development Bank Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/9482.
    Keywords
    Examinations
    Higher education institutions
    Free education
    Educational policy
    Project finance
    Technology assessment
    Resources evaluation
    Aid evaluation
    Economic evaluation
    Cost benefit analysis
    Public Education
    Parent Education
    Equity In Education
    Educational Policies
    Educational Reforms
    Quality Education
    Quality Education
    Levels Of Education
    Higher Education Costs
    Educational Testing
    Educational Surveys
    Educational Reforms
    Results-Based Monitoring And Evaluation
    Public Policy Evaluation
    Program Evaluation
    Evaluation Criteria
    Objective tests
    Educational tests and measurements
    College preparation programs
    College dropouts
    Discrimination in higher education
    Universities and colleges
    Educational accountability
    Scholarships
    Prediction of dropout behavior
    Scholarships
    Results mapping
    Self-evaluation
    Participatory monitoring and evaluation
    Educational evaluation
    Cost effectiveness
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    Stojanovski, Ognen
    Thurber, Mark
    Muwowo, George
    Wolak, Frank A.
    Harrison, Kat
    Theme
    Education
    Evaluation
     
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