TY - JOUR TI - Improving Education Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Outcomes-Based Contracting and Early Grade Literacy AU - Mawoyo, Monica AU - Vally, Zaahedah T2 - Journal of Learning for Development AB - Fifty-three percent of Grade 4 learners cannot read for meaning in low- and middle-income countries despite an investment of between 33-49% of education expenditure on primary education. Teaching children to read in the early grades is fundamental to building resilient education systems, as the ability to read early in life is a great predictor for education success, and will minimise learning loss during education emergencies similar to COVID-19 school closures, for children who can read for meaning can carry on learning outside of school buildings. Further, the predicted financing gaps in the next few years, as a result of COVID-19, will require governments to utilise limited financial resources effectively and efficiently by implementing literacy programmes proven to be impactful, using financial instruments like outcomes-based contracting that can mobilise and coordinate non-traditional educational finance and incentivise service providers to improve results by paying for achievement of agreed outcomes. DA - 2020/11/19/ PY - 2020 DP - jl4d.org VL - 7 IS - 3 SP - 334 EP - 348 LA - en SN - 2311-1550 ST - Improving Education Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries UR - https://jl4d.org/index.php/ejl4d/article/view/468 Y2 - 2020/11/21/13:31:27 KW - early grade literacy KW - education outcomes KW - outcomes-based contracting KW - ⛔ No DOI found ER -