Our work was conducted under the overall guidance of Jaime Saavedra and Omar Arias. We are also thankful to the World Bank’s Education Global Practice Management Team for the kind support given to carry out this study. The team gratefully acknowledges the inputs from Cristian Aedo, Rita Almeida, Elizabeth Ninan, Venkatesh Sundararaman, the World Bank’s EdTech Team, the EdTech fellows, and other reviewers too numerous to mention. Gratitude to Alejandro Scaff for the design of the interactive report and to Sarah Kleinmann for designing this report. With apologies for any regrettable omissions and our sincerest thanks to everyone, named or anonymous, who graciously gave their time and expertise. 

Profound gratitude is extended to the following people in each of the countries included in the study  for their invaluable support.

In Afghanistan: Dr. Amin (Director of Academic Supervision, Ministry of Education), Tsuyoshi Fukao (World Bank), Matiullah Noori (Task Team Leader, World Bank), Mr. Qazizada (Head of Strategic Planning, Ministry of Education), Sadaat Sekandar (Senior EMIS Specialist, Ministry of Education), Mr. Sulimanzada (Head of Research, Ministry of Education), Dr. Abdul Wassay (Director General for Planning, Ministry of Education), and Tracy Wilichowski (World Bank). 

In Brazil: Elisa Adler (Head of Government Affairs, Ensina Brasil), Sabrina Araujo (Manager of Media and Digital Content, Centro de Mídias de Educação do Amazonas), Alexandre Barbosa (Manager, Centro Regional de Estudos para o Desenvolvimento da Sociedade da Informação), Marcelo Becerra (Senior Economist, World Bank), Vitor De Angelo (Secretary, State Education Secretary of Espirito Santo), Lucia Dellagnelo (President, Centro de Inovação para a Educação Brasileira), Ana Luiza Faria (Head of Communications, State Education Secretary of Minas Gerais), Vitor Knöbl Moneo (Advisor, State Education Secretary of Sao Paulo), Ildo Lautharte (Education Specialist, World Bank), Livia Leal Souza Pimentel (Chief of Cabinet, State Education Secretary of Espirito Santo), Andre Loureiro (Senior Economist, World Bank), Lucas Machado (Innovation Manager, Fundaçao Lemann), Ana Laura Martinez (Coordinator of Technical Cooperation, Centro Regional de Estudos para o Desenvolvimento da Sociedade da Informação), Paulo Melanias (Centro de Mídias de Educação do Amazonas), Wilmara Messa (Director, Centro de Mídias de Educação do Amazonas), Luis Fabian Pereira (Secretary, State Education Secretary of Amazonas), Renilda Peres de Lima (Chief of Cabinet, State Education Secretary of Sao Paulo), Paulo Rodrigues (Head of Information Technology, State Education Secretary of Mato Grosso do Sul), Lucia Saito (Communications Advisor, Secretary, State Education Secretary of Sao Paulo), Julia Sant’Anna (Secretary, State Education Secretary of Minas Gerais), Fabio Senne (Project Coordinator, Centro Regional de Estudos para o Desenvolvimento da Sociedade da Informação), Caetano Siqueira (Pedagogy Coordinator, State Education Secretary of Sao Paulo), and Rossieli Soares (Secretary, State Education Secretary of Sao Paulo).