In this episode of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, joins Provost C. Cybele Raver to discuss his groundbreaking research—comparing the impact of need-based versus merit-based micro-scholarship programs in rural, low-income communities in Cambodia, Colombia and Mexico. He explains how these programs were so successful that national governments around the world expanded investments in education.
Associate Professor of Public Policy, Education and Economics at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Peabody College of education and human development Barrera-Osorio is also a visiting researcher at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT.
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