Objective and Scope of Report

To provide an assessment of the effectiveness of the ‘delivery approach’ in education in Africa and Asia through the development of several case studies which examine the strengths and limitations of various applications of the approach.

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In recent years there has been growing interest across Governments, Multilateral and Bilateral Development Agencies in looking beyond the formulation of best practice policies and focusing on implementation and ‘getting things done’.

• At the heart of this interest has been a set of ideas and structures which can be termed the ‘delivery approach’. These ideas and structures are intended to bring about a transformative shift in attitudes and behavior towards public service delivery and achieve rapid results at scale by overcoming barriers to effective implementation, usually focused on government services such as health and education.

• The purpose of this assignment is to provide an assessment of the effectiveness of the ‘delivery approach’ in education, primarily in Africa and Asia, through the development of case studies which examine the strengths and limitations of various applications of the approach. This assessment took the form of a desk review of existing literature supplemented by face-to-face, phone interviews and emailed requests for information to individuals involved in the specific cases including government and district officials (including headteachers and teachers) facilitated through our in-country teams.