In the efforts made to progress towards the EFA goals, educational incentives – e.g. school grants, scholarships, special allowances or subsidies, free textbooks or school meals – are regarded as key tools to reach the individuals, schools and areas most in need.
However, as shown by previous studies conducted by IIEP in this domain, while targeted measures can prove very useful in reaching specific groups in some contexts; in others, they tend to divert from their original objective and never reach their intended beneficiaries.
In this context, it is proposed to compare different mechanisms of allocation of incentives aimed at progressing towards EFA goals, in order to determine which ones prove more/less successful in reaching their intended beneficiaries according to various contextual elements.
The research will concentrate within this framework on the case of three countries that have decided to undertake a radical reform of their policy of targeting of incentives to ensure that it actually reaches the poorest and the most vulnerable.
Preparatory activities will be initiated in 2009 in this context; they will include:
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