Brazil and Angola: what do evidence-based policies reveal? New challenges for comparative research

Abstract

Analyze two experiences of transfer of “good practices” from Brazil and Angola. Point out the limits and risks of its widespread use in educational policies. Based on documentary research and study of two cases of policy transfer. The first deals with the process of convincing a business group to implement a new national curricular standard in Brazil, based on the supposed evidence of the Common Core, from the USA. The second refers to the Learning for All Project, in Angola starting in 2016 based on good practices in Brazil and recommendations from the WB. It was concluded that these policies, despite their historical, political, economic and social context of the countries, tend to reproduce failures and accumulate debts resulting from loan contracts signed for their implementation, reinforcing existing inequalities. Challenges for comparative research to understand policy transfer processes and their implications at national and regional levels.