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Dr Mobarak Hossain: Authoritarianism and Educational System Reforms by the World Bank in LMICs

Tuesday 6 January 2026

New publication from Dr Mobrak Hossain: Authoritarianism and Educational System Reforms by the World Bank in LMICs

This study investigates the relationship between the degree of authoritarianism and the World Bank’s (WB) promotion of decentralization reforms in educational systems across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where rigidly centralized institutions are often seen as barriers to improved educational outcomes.