Vice President, International Development Group

Luis A. Crouch

Expertise

Education Finance and Decentralization
Education Planning
Education Information Systems and Accountability
Policy Reform and Political Economy

Biography

Luis Crouch, PhD, is a vice president in RTI’s International Development Group (IDG). He supervises IDG programs in education, public finance and economic development, and information and communications technology. His areas of specialization include social sector finance, policy reform, and the political economy of social sector development, with a particular, current focus on education. He also has experience in demographic and agricultural policy analysis. He has worked on all aspects of policy analysis research and implementation -- from field surveys to quantitative and qualitative analysis to policy dialogue presentations at the Cabinet level in various countries. His interests include educational economics and planning, educational statistics, research and information use, and the presentation of research results for policy debate. He has experience in more than fifteen countries in all areas of the developing world, with a special focus on Latin America, South Africa, and Southeast Asia.

Education

PhD, Agricultural Economics, University of California, Berkeley; MS, Agricultural Economics, University of California, Berkeley; BA, Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Selected Publications

Crouch, L.A. (August 2005). Political Economy, Incentives, and Teachers’ Unions: Case Studies in Chile and Peru. In E. Vegas (Ed.), Incentives to Improve Teaching: Lessons from Latin America. Washington, DC: The World Bank.

Abadzi, H., Crouch, L., Echegaray, M., Pasco, C., & Sampe, J. (2005). Monitoring basic skills acquisition through rapid learning assessments: a case study from Perú.. Prospects, 35 (2):137-156.

Crouch, L. (2005). South Africa equity and quality reforms: possible lessons. Journal of Education for International Development, 1 (1).

King, E., Aarons, A., Crouch, L., Iskandar, S., Larrison, J., Moegiadi, H., Munger, F., Strudwick, J., & Muljoatmodjo, S. (2004). Education in Indonesia: managing the transition to decentralization.

Crouch, L.A. (2004). South Africa: Overcoming Past Injustice. In Balancing Change and Tradition in Global Education Reform. Lanham, MD: ScarecrowEducation / Rowman & Littlefield Education Publishing Group.

Crouch, L., & Mthetwa, L. (2002). Decentralisation of information or information for decentralisation? The case of South Africa. Presented at the Conference on “Education and Decentralisation: African experiences and comparative analyses”, Johannesburg, South Africa, June 2002.

Crouch, L., & Mabogoane, T. (2001). No magic bullets, just tracer bullets: The role of learning resources, social advantage, and education management in improving the performance of South African schools. Social Dynamics, 27 (1):60-78.

Crouch, L., & Lombard, C. (2000). Funding transformation in further education and training. Further Education and Training Implementation Handbook: From Policy to Practice.

Crouch, L. (Autumn, 1997). Will 'Things' or Will Knowledge and Ideas Fuel South Africa's Growth? Journal of Negro Education, 66 (4):468-482.

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