Educational Costing And Financing In Developing Countries Focus On Sub Saharan Africa
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| Author | : Jean Claude Eicher |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 1984 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : |
This paper analyzes issues in the costs and financing of education in developing countries. It focuses primarily on sub - Saharan Africa, and within that on Francophone West Africa. After evaluating the educational cost data used in international comparisons, the paper focuses on the special situation of African countries, most of which experience severe financial constraints in their effort to achieve educational goals. It examines the potential for reducing unit costs as a way of increasing enrollment within an existing budget and tapping private sources of financing for education. The overall conclusion is that although the financial prospects are rather bleak in the poorest countries, existing budgets could be used much more efficiently than at present. Unit costs can often be significantly reduced, and some changes in the pattern of subsidies to education may allow for a sizeable expansion of education within existing budgets.
| Author | : Unesco. Educational Policies and Management Unit |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 198 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Alain Mingat |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 52 |
| Release | : 1985 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : UIS |
| Publisher | : UNESCO |
| Total Pages | : 129 |
| Release | : 2011-01-01 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9291890979 |
"In the current economic climate, how can African governments provide every child with a decent education? This report provides the statistical evidence to evaluate the policy trade-offs in responding to the rising demand for primary and secondary education in sub-Saharan Africa. The report presents the most comprehensive and timely data available on the financing of education in 45 sub-Saharan African countries. In addition, historical data enable the authors to track trends since the World Education Forum in 2000 and examine the financial impact of the steadfast commitment of many African governments to provide universal primary education. Over the past ten years, real expenditure on education has risen by 6% annually across the region. It is often assumed that the resources were used to widen enrollment. Yet, recent data show that many countries also made significant investments to improve their educational services. The report also introduces new indicators on critical issues, such as the qualifications and salaries of teachers, the running costs of schools, and the provision of textbooks. The authors examine financing trends in private education, as well as official development assistance, which accounts for more than 50% of public education budgets in some countries. In short, this report provides the facts -- not assumptions -- to analyse policy options and optimise the use of limited financial resources."--P. [4] of cover.
| Author | : Kirsten Majgaard |
| Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
| Total Pages | : 266 |
| Release | : 2012-06-26 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 0821388908 |
Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Analysis takes stock of education in Sub-Saharan Africa by drawing on the collective knowledge gained through the preparation of Country Status Reports for more than 30 countries.
| Author | : Christopher Colclough |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 310 |
| Release | : 2017-09-29 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1351772600 |
This title was first published in 2003. Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest primary enrolments of any major region in the developing world and the number of children out of school is increasing at a faster rate here than anywhere else in the developing world. This timely study (in line with the Millennium Development Goals) examines the methods adopted by the international community to tackle the chronic problems of schooling and poverty in developing countries. Incorporating the results of research conducted at both macro and micro levels, using a range of methodologies, it examines the national differences in school enrolments, using a regional and international comparitive framework. Utilizing both cross-section and household survey data the book examines the causes of under-enrolment in a micro context, based on results from a major international research programme on gender and primary schooling in Africa. The challenges for international aid to provide resources and help secure reforms in support of the international development goals in education are also outlined. This book will appeal to researchers and teachers on African development, officials in international agencies working on education and development and Government officials in African education.
| Author | : Mark Bray |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 98 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : |
This booklet is primarily concerned with formal kindergarten, school, technical/vocational, and higher education systems. The work is concerned not only with government financing of education, but also with various forms of private, household, and community financing.
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
| Total Pages | : 154 |
| Release | : 2001-01-01 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780821348574 |
This book discusses the prevalent process of commodity market reform in the specific context of cocoa, coffee, cotton, grains and sugar markets, and provides lessons by selectively drawing on cross-country experience in those markets. The commodity markets covered in this book deserve special attention for the following reasons. A? They play an important role in many developing countries. A? These markets illustrate how well special features can influence the reform process and illustrate the importance of taking initial conditions into account when designing reform. A? Experience from commodity markets illustrates how long-standing interventions can crowd out markets and institutions geared toward the support of private markets. A? Close examination of liberalization at the commodity level shows the practical ways that changes in marketing systems can result in a shift in political power away from the government and toward the private sector in the design and implementation of commodity subsector policies. This book focuses on commodity-specific conditions that quickened or slowed the pace of reform and looks at the relationship between changing markets and institutions. It argues that the benefits of market reform and trade liberalization are only fully realized when the supporting factor markets and the institutions work.
| Author | : Ernesto Schiefelbein |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 172 |
| Release | : 1983 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : |
IDRC pub. Research paper and bibliography of educational research on financing mechanisms and educational expenditure in developing countries - considers the effect of demand pressure and more equal access to education on public education, expenditure investment efficiency and sources of finance; discusses research trends, research results and the difficulty of cross-cultural comparisons. Statistical tables.
| Author | : World Bank |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 222 |
| Release | : 1988 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : |
Only an educated people can command the skills necessary for sustainable economic growth and for a better quality of life. Recognizing this, African governments have placed heavy emphasis on expanding educational opportunities. Even so, education in Sub-Saharan Africa is in crisis. Rapid population growth has resulted in more children than ever seeking places in schools already pressed for resources because of the financial crises of the 1980s. Already, many Sub-Saharan African countries allocate over 20 percent of the government budget to education. Further increases would cut too deeply into other pressing demands for public funds. African countries will need to strike a balance between demands for education and the scarcity of resources, and they will need to develop country-specific, comprehensive, and internally consistent sets of policies along three dimensions: (1) adjustment to current demographic and fiscal realities, (2) revitalization of the existing educational infrastructure to restore quality, and (3) selective expansion to meet further demands. The analysis and recommendations contained in this study should contribute to this educational planning process, as the study attempts to diagnose the problems of erosion of quality and recent stagnation of enrollment and to offer a set of policy responses commensurate with the severity of these problems. A framework is presented within which countries may formulate strategies tailored to their own needs and circumstances. Numerous tables, graphs, and maps are included. (JB)
