Call for Papers

Public-Private Partnership in Education

June 7-8 2007

Washington D.C.

CONFERENCE:

The Human Development Network Education of the World Bank will host an international seminar on the empirical evidence of “Public-Private Partnership in Education”. The main aim of this seminar is to examine the impact of PPPs on educational outcomes around the world. The organizers will give priority to papers with solid, credible identification strategies. The program will consist of eight to ten papers with formal discussants for each paper.

The organizer will pay economy class airfare, meals, and lodging during the seminar for selected participants.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Chair: Harry Anthony Patrinos, World Bank, Washington DC

Paul Peterson, Harvard University, Boston MA

Elizabeth King, World Bank, Washington DC

Felipe Barrera-Osorio, World Bank, Washington DC

KEY DATES:

April 6 2007 Deadline for submission of abstract / paper (strong preference for papers).

PLEASE EMAIL YOUR SUBMISSION TO HARRY PATRINOS (hpatrinos@worldbank.org) AND FELIPE BARRERA-OSORIO (fbarrera@worldbank.org)

April 20 2007 Decisions for the seminar

May 23 2007 Deadline for submission of papers

June 7-8 2007 Conference

September 15 2007 Final versions of papers collected