Title page
Contents
Abstract 2
Introduction 4
Design 7
Results 18
Conclusions 21
References 23
Appendices 35
A. Malawi Longitudinal School Survey 35
B. Supplementary Data 36
Table 1. District Sampling 26
Table 2. School sample 27
Table 3. Lower Primary Summary Statistics and T-test differences in MESIP and Non-MESIP districts by year 28
Table 4. MESIP Impact on PCR and PTR between 2016 and 2020 29
Table 5. MESIP Impact on repetition rates between 2016 and 2020 30
Table 6. Lower Primary Summary Statistics: Schools in MESIP and Non-MESIP districts 31
Table 7. Lagged analysis: Repetition Rate in Lower Primary 32
Table 8. MLSS Knowledge scores in 8 MESIP vs 17 Non-MESIP districts 33
Table 9. MLSS Knowledge scores in treatment districts interacted with time and student gender 34
Figure 1. Eight disadvantaged districts: historical trend 10
Figure 2. Theory of Change 14