TY - JOUR
T1 - Built to Last
T2 - Sustainability of Early Childhood Education Services in Rural Indonesia
AU - Nakajima, Nozomi
AU - Hasan, Amer
AU - Jung, Haeil
AU - Kinnell, Angela
AU - Maika, Amelia
AU - Pradhan, Menno
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (TF0A0234) at the World Bank. Haeil Jung acknowledges that this work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2016S1A3A2924956). Dedy Junaedi, Upik Sabainingrum, Anas Sutisna, Lulus Kusbudiharjo and Mulyana were instrumental in managing the fieldwork. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent. Information on how to access the data and programs to reproduce this paper are available at https://nozominakajima.github.io/research.html
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The World Bank. Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This paper studies the sustainability of preschools established under a large-scale project in rural Indonesia. We returned to project villages three years after the project closed to understand why some preschools were able to sustain operations while others closed. We present four key findings. First, 92 per cent of preschools from the project remained open three years after project funding ended. Second, preschools planned for sustainability by taking into account six factors: preschool quality, finance, supplementary services, market condition, household wealth, and parental involvement. Third, each of these factors predicts sustainability after project closure. Finally, interviews with former teachers show that the few preschools that closed were those that struggled to find both the financial and human resources needed to continue operating. We discuss actionable lessons for the design and sustainability of future early childhood education projects.
AB - This paper studies the sustainability of preschools established under a large-scale project in rural Indonesia. We returned to project villages three years after the project closed to understand why some preschools were able to sustain operations while others closed. We present four key findings. First, 92 per cent of preschools from the project remained open three years after project funding ended. Second, preschools planned for sustainability by taking into account six factors: preschool quality, finance, supplementary services, market condition, household wealth, and parental involvement. Third, each of these factors predicts sustainability after project closure. Finally, interviews with former teachers show that the few preschools that closed were those that struggled to find both the financial and human resources needed to continue operating. We discuss actionable lessons for the design and sustainability of future early childhood education projects.
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U2 - 10.1080/00220388.2021.1873283
DO - 10.1080/00220388.2021.1873283
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85101546970
SN - 0022-0388
VL - 57
SP - 1593
EP - 1612
JO - Journal of Development Studies
JF - Journal of Development Studies
IS - 10
ER -
