The papers were prepared for a seminar on teacher costs and effectiveness organized by the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank in Washington, D.C., in April 1987.

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Foreword -- Overview -- Pt. 1. The cost and effectiveness of teachers -- 1. Teacher costs and teacher effectiveness in developing countries / Joao Oliveira and Joseph P. Farrell -- 2. International lessons for school effectiveness: the view from the developing world / Joseph P. Farrell -- Pt. 2. The economics of teacher remuneration policies -- 3. Factors affecting teachers' salaries / Manuel Zymelman with Joseph DeStefano -- 4. Teacher compensation in developing countries / Alejandra Cox Edwards -- 5. Influences on the choice of a teaching career: an analysis from an international perspective of the french experience / Franȯis Orivel and Jean Perrot -- 6. Social and economic aspects of teaching in the United States / Alan P. Wagner -- 7. A comparison of teachers' salaries in Japan and the United States / Stephen M. Barro and Joe W. Lee -- 8. Primary school teachers' salaries in Sub-Saharan Africa / Manuel Zymelman with Joseph DeStefano -- 9. Economic incentives to improve teaching / Richard J. Murnane -- 10. The role of local communities in teacher incentive systems / Frances Kemmerer and Sivasailam Thiagarajan -- Pt. 3. Training and managing teachers -- 11. Teacher evaluation: a critical review and a Plea for supervised reflective practice / F. Michael Connelly -- 12. Teacher training in developing countries: lessons from research / Beatrice Avalos -- 13. Participatory approaches to teacher training / Sheldon Shaeffer -- 14. Three scenarios for the future of teaching in the United States / Arthur Wise -- 15. The concerns of teachers' unions for quality education in developing countries / Pai Obanya

This volume discusses the major options decision makers face when dealing with teacher career and remuneration policies. Most of the papers were prepared for a seminar on teacher costs and effectiveness organized by the Economic Development Institute (EDI) of the World Bank. Participants holding senior posts represented countries from all regions of the developing and the developed world and contributed their views and experience. Like the seminar, the book does not attempt to present ready-made solutions to the complicated and unique problems each country faces. It does, however, attempt to raise common issues and examine the most critical policy choices related to improving the performance of education systems. Some issues are unique to developing countries, as the authors point out. Many problems, however, are shared equally by the industrial countries, so a few papers analyzing the situation in the industrial countries are also included. The book deals with a central question: how can remuneration and managerial policies help improve teacher effectiveness? Three major lessons emerge from the experience of wealthier countries that seem to be valid for the developing world as well: 1) to retain a good teaching force, countries must make sizable investments; 2) in most countries teacher shortages are directly related to decreasing salaries; and 3) motivating the teaching force and providing monetary and nonmonetary incentives for teachers to improve their performance is a matter of concern regardless of a country ' s level of development.