Baum (2020). Non-state actors in early childhood education: Implications for education equity and quality. Paper prepared for the Global Education Monitoring Report 2019 GEM Report Fellowship. UNESCO.
Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Articles
Hunsaker, S., Baum, D., & Ducos, K. (2022). Reducing the constraints to school access and progress: Assessing the effects of a scholarship program in rural Malawi. International Journal of Comparative Education and Development, 24(2), 86-100.
King, K., Crouch, L., Wils, A., & Baum, D. (2020). How well are we measuring access to early childhood education? Annual Review of Comparative Education, 39, 171-189.
Baum, D., & Riley, I. (2019). The relative effectiveness of private and public schools: Evidence from Kenya. School Effectiveness and School Improvement.
Baum, D., Hernandez, J., & Orchard, A. (2019). Early childhood education for all: A mixed-methods study of the global policy agenda in Tanzania. Early Years: An International Research Journal. Special issue: “Early Childhood Policies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.”
Hunsaker, S., Baum, D., & Ducos, K. (2019). Reducing the constraints to school access and progress: Assessing the effects of a school scholarship program in Malawi. SocArXiv. 10.31235/osf.io/zab2y
Baum, D. (2018). The effectiveness and equity of public-private partnerships in education: A quasi-experimental evaluation of 17 countries. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 26(105), 1-32.
Baum, D., Cooper, R., & Lusk- Stover, O. (2018). Regulating market entry of low-cost private schools in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards a theory of private education regulation. International Journal of Educational Development, 60, 100-112.
Baum, D., Wesley, H., & Abdul-Hamid, H. (2018). Inequality of educational opportunity: The relationship between access, affordability, and quality of private schools in Lagos, Nigeria. Oxford Review of Education, 44(4), 459-475.
Baum, D. (2018). Private school vouchers in developing countries: a survey of the evidence. SocArXiv 10.31235/osf.io/6j7qp
Baum, D. & Cilliers, J. (2018). Private school vouchers for expanding secondary school access? The case of Tanzania. International Journal of Educational Management, 32(7).
Lui, C., Ferrin, S., Baum, D., & Randall, V. (2018). The preferred perceptual learning styles of Hispanic higher education students. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education.
McKenzie, J., Jackson, A., Yazzie, R., Smith, S., Crotty, A., Baum, D., Denny, A., and Bah’lgai, D. (2013). Career dilemmas among Diné (Navajo) College Graduates: an exploration of the Dinétah (Navajo Nation) Brain Drain. International Indigenous Policy Journal, 4(4).
Baum, D. (2012). Education service contracting in the Philippines: Human rights as trumps, goals, or policy talk? Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 11(3), 189-206.
Technical Reports
Abdul-Hamid, H., Baum, D., Lusk-Stover, O., & Wesley, H. (2017). The role of the private sector in Lagos, Nigeria. Technical report: Systems Approach for Better Education Results. Washington DC: World Bank.
Abdul-Hamid, H., Baum, D., Lewis, L., Lusk-Stover, O., & Tammi, A.M. (2015). The role of the private sector in providing basic education services in Ghana. Technical report: World Bank Group Systems Approach for Better Education Results. Washington DC: World Bank.
Baum, D., Lewis, L., Lusk-Stover, O., and Patrinos, H. (2014). What matters most for engaging the private sector in education: A framework paper. SABER Working Paper Series, Number 8. Washington DC: World Bank.
Chapters in Books
Anderson, K., Kim, J., Aslam, M., Baum, D., Hagos, B., Jeffery, D., Rose, P, and Saeed, S. (2022). The COVID-19 Pandemic and Early Childhood Education in Ethiopia, Liberia, and Pakistan: Perspectives of Pre-primary School Teachers. In J. Pattnaik and M. Renck Jalongo (Eds.), The impact of COVID-19 on early childhood education and care: International perspectives, challenges, and responses. Springer, Educating the Young Child, volume 18.
Geo-Jaja, M., Payne, S., Hallam, P., and Baum, D. (2009). Gender equity in Africa: The education and economic globalization nexus. In J. Zajda (Ed.), Globalisation, comparative education and policy research. Springer, volume 6.
Non-Peer-Reviewed Professional Contributions
Baum, D. (2016, July 5). The arguments and evidence behind public-private partnerships in education. Global Education Monitoring Report Blog. https://gemreportunesco.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/the-arguments-and-evidence-behind-public-private-partnerships-in-education/
Baum, D. (2014, July 29). Do we have any idea how to get kids into school? The World Bank Education Blog. http://blogs.worldbank.org/education/do-we-have-any-idea-how-get-kids-school
Baum, D. (2013). Cross-national impacts of public-private partnerships on equitable student achievement: A quasi-experimental assessment of PISA 2009. Doctoral dissertation, University of Minnesota.
Baum, D. (2010). Defining poverty and well-being from inside the Navajo Nation. Brigham Young University. Available online at http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/ETD/id/2158/rec/2
Professional Presentations
Baum, D. (2018, March). International education and public-private partnerships: a quasi-experimental assessment of reform strategies across 17 countries. Paper accepted for presentation at the Comparative International Education Society Annual Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.
Baum, D., & Hernandez, J. (2018, March). Early childhood education for all: Contesting the global policy agenda in Tanzania. Paper accepted for presentation at the Comparative International Education Society Annual Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.
Hunsaker, S., Ducos, K., & Baum, D. (2018, March). Reducing the constraints to school access and progress: Assessing the effects of a school scholarship program in Malawi. Presentation at the CIES Annual Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.
Baum, D. (2017, March). Private school vouchers in developing countries: A survey of the evidence. Paper presented at the Comparative International Education Society Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Baum, D., Cooper, R., & Lusk-Stover. (2017, March). Regulating market entry of low-cost private schools in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards a theory of private education regulation. Paper presented at the Comparative International Education Society Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Baum, D. (2016, March). Private early childhood education in urban Kenya, Nigeria, and Tanzania: Implications of quality, access, and equity for low-income households. Paper presented at the Comparative International Education Society Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Baum, D. (2015, March). Private schooling for the poor? Assessing the regulatory environments and markets for private education services in Ghana and Nigeria. Paper presented at the Comparative International Education Society Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Vavrus, Ojwang, and Baum. (2013, March). Opportunity and inequality: The limits of social mobility in the context of secondary school expansion in Tanzania. Paper presented at the Comparative International Education Society Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Baum, D. (2013, January). International education and public-private partnerships: A quasi-experimental assessment of reform strategies across countries. Paper presented at the International School Choice and Reform Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Baum, D. & Wu., X. (2012, April). Construction of Navajo identity amidst globalization: A global education perspective. Paper presented at the Comparative International Education Society Annual Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Smith, S.A., Jackson, A.P., Yazzie, R., McKenzie, J., Crotty, A., Baum, D., Adolpho, Q, and Fleischer, C. (2011, August). Navajo Nation brain drain. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Psychological Association, Washington D.C.
Baum, D. (2011, May). Indigenous poverty: Conceptualizing and defining well-being from inside the Navajo Nation. Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, Montréal, QC Canada.
Invited Professional Presentations
Baum, D. (2014, June). Impact Evaluation in Education: What have we learned about raising student participation and learning? World Bank Research to Action Fair: Taking on Education Development Challenges. Washington, DC.
Raju, D., and Baum, D. (2014, January). Why are impact evaluations important? Evidence and methods. Presented at the World Bank Education Staff Development Program (ESDP) learning event: Engaging the Private Sector. Washington, D.C.
Baum, D. (2011, July). Education and health PPPs in East and Southeast Asia. Paper presented at Asian Development Bank Research Forum, Manila, Philippines.
Baum, D. (2011, February). Collecting, interpreting, and reporting quantitative data. Presented at the Data Management and Reporting Workshop, Comparative and International Development Education, University of Minnesota.