Catholic schools serve 62 million K12 students, with Catholic universities serving millions more. Yet relatively little
applied research by economists has been conducted on Catholic schools, especially in the developing world where
enrollment is rising quickly. I am exploring the possibility of creating a advisory team of economists who could sup-
port the International Office of Catholic Education and its members (national Catholic education associations) with
robust yet practical analysis that would help Catholic schools in various countries. If you are interested, please send
me an email at qwodon@worldbank.org
Quentin Wodon
World Bank
