Pilot projects serve as a pathway for testing models, gaining organizational footholds, and building political support before scale-up¶

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q2 i? The reviewed literature describes pilot projects as small-scale tests of policy or program models that help the World Bank gain an organizational foothold in borrowing governments and create political support for models later scaled up with loan funding. → Edwards Jr. 2023

Evidence¶

Edwards Jr. 2023¶

Edwards Jr., D. Brent; Caravaca Hernández, Alejandro; Rappeport, Annie; et al. (2023). World Bank influence on policy formation in education: A systematic review of the literature. Review of Educational Research, Vol. 94, Núm. 4. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543231194725

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Synthesis in the review's results section on pilot projects: examples include Nepal's community-based management approach, which was a pilot project before being integrated quickly into the Ministry's strategic plan, and Escuela Nueva adapted from Colombia to Brazil with World Bank support.

"Studies that mention pilot projects tend to discuss their roles in terms of helping to gain an organizational foothold within the borrowing government and/or helping to create political support for the model."

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Related Claims¶

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