Assessment of the impact of Public-Private Partnerships in education: A case study of schools in Brazil

Kelly Fabiane Simões, Rodrigo Nobre Fernandez, André Carraro and Alex Felipe Lima

International Journal of Educational Development, 2025, vol. 114, issue C

Abstract: This article conducted an impact assessment of elementary schools in the Brazilian municipality of Belo Horizonte (BH), which were constructed and are managed through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). In order to achieve this objective, the grades of Portuguese language and mathematics disciplines from the SAEB exam in the years 2017 and 2019 were employed as a proxy for performance. The outcomes were diverse and revealed a modest positive impact. Nevertheless, the findings suggest that the superior performance of students from PPP schools could be linked to the enhanced infrastructure provided by these institutions.

Keywords: Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs); Education; Infrastructure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2025.103232

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