Peer-Reviewed Publications

Built to Last: Sustainability of Early Childhood Education Services in Rural Indonesia.
(with Hasan, A., Jung, H., Kinnell, A., Maika, A. & Pradhan, M.)
Journal of Development Studies. 2021.


Contrasting Experiences: Understanding the Longer-Term Impact of Improving Access to Preschool Education in Rural Indonesia.
(with Hasan, A., Jung, H., Kinnell, A., Maika, A. & Pradhan, M.)
Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness. 2021.


Levers for Learning: Relationships Between School-Level Factors and Literacy Outcomes in Low-Income Schools in Colombia.
(with Barrera-Osorio, F., de Barros, A., Dryden-Peterson, S., Mulimbi, B., & Uccelli, P.)
Comparative Education Review. 2020.


Gender Gaps in Cognitive and Socio-emotional Skills in Early Primary Grades.
(with Jung, H., Pradhan, M., Hasan, A., Kinnell, A., & Brinkman, S.)
Developmental Science. 2019.


Investing in School Readiness: A Comparison of Different Early Childhood Education Pathways in Rural Indonesia.
(with Hasan, A., Jung, H., Brinkman, S., Pradhan, M., & Kinnell, A.)
International Journal for Educational Development. 2019.


Introducing a Performance-Based Component Into Jakarta's School Grants: What Do We Know About Its Impact After Three Years?
(with Al-Samarrai, S., Shrestha, U., Hasan, A., Santoso, S., & Wijoyo, W. H. A.)
Economics of Education Review. 2018.


The Role of Preschool Quality in Promoting Child Development.
(with Brinkman, S. A., Hasan, A., Jung, H., Kinnell, A., & Pradhan, M.)
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. 2017.


Other Writing

A Practical Guide to Conducting Economic & Financial Analyses for Education Projects.

  • I wrote this guidance note for large-scale education projects when I worked at the World Bank (2014-2016).