Improving Education Quality: The Returns to Teacher Training In Madagascar, Republic of Madagascar
April 1, 2025
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This paper highlights the role of teacher training in improving educational outcomes in Madagascar. With a low and stagnating Human Capital Index of 0.39 and high learning poverty rates, economic growth is hindered by an inadequately skilled workforce. This paper finds that doubling the share of qualified primary school teachers, from the current 15 to 30 percent, would allow Madagascar to harness its demographic dividend, raising per capita real GDP growth by around 2.5 to 3.1 percentage points in Madagascar.
Subject: Education, Education spending, Expenditure, Human capital, Labor, Labor force participation, Population and demographics
Keywords: demographic dividend, District level in Madagascar, education outcomes, Education sector, Education spending, FRAM teacher, Human capital, Labor force participation, Sub-Saharan Africa, teacher ratio, teacher training
Pages:
22
Volume:
2025
DOI:
Issue:
027
Series:
Selected Issues Paper No. 2025/027
Stock No:
SIPEA2025027
ISBN:
9798229005005
ISSN:
2958-7875
