Across the developing world, decades of growth in primary and secondary school enrolment have begun to taper off. Millions of kids who are enrolled nevertheless fail to acquire basic literacy. And millions more are subjected to physical or sexual violence at school. Global action may be warranted, but education is fundamentally a domestic policy affair. So how do policymakers in low- and middle-income countries think education can be fixed? What do they perceive as their biggest challenges and the most effective solutions? This report summarises a survey of 601 legislators and senior officials in ministries of education and finance in 12 low- and middle-income countries: Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ghana, Indonesia, Laos, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Uganda, and Vietnam.
