The Effects of Girl-Friendly Schools: Evidence from the BRIGHT School Construction Program in Burkina Faso (Working Paper)
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The Effects of Girl-Friendly Schools: Evidence from the BRIGHT School Construction Program in Burkina Faso (Working Paper)

Published: May 30, 2012
Publisher: Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research
Global Education and Workforce Development
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Associated Project

Burkina Faso: Impact Evaluation Design and Implementation for BRIGHT 1 and 2

Time frame: 2010-2015

Prepared for:

Millennium Challenge Corporation

Authors

Harounan Kazianga

Dan Levy

Leigh L. Linden

Matt Sloan

This working paper found a program that constructed high quality “girl-friendly” primary schools in Burkina Faso increased enrollment of all children between 5 and 12 years old by 20 percentage points and increased girls’ enrollment 5 percentage points more than boys’.

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