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Key Findings:

• In villages where NECS was combined with IMAGINE infrastructure investments, primary school enrollment increased 10.3 percentage points, attendance increased by 13.6 percentage points, and local language test scores improved by about 0.21 standard deviations.
• Primary school enrollment increased by 9.5 percentage points, attendance increased by 11.1 percentage points, and local language test scores increased by 0.15 standard deviations in villages that received only services through the NECS project.
• The improvements in school infrastructure and school resources and the girl-friendly features of the schools created under the IMAGINE project have largely been sustained.
• A cost-benefit analysis found that the improvements in enrollment and local-language reading skills came at a higher cost compared with other education programs implemented in other countries.