Marginal Willingness to Pay for Education and the Determinants of Enrollment in Mexico

Marginal Willingness to Pay for Education and the Determinants of Enrollment in Mexico
Author: Gladys Lopez Acevedo
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 28
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The paper contends that the best way to increase school enrollment in Mexico is to successfully target public spending on education to poor households. Currently, nonpoor households in urban areas get much of the subsidy benefit from the government provision of education services.

Pension Reform and Capital Market Development

Pension Reform and Capital Market Development
Author: Dimitri Vittas
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2000
Genre: Capital market
ISBN:

Private pension funds are neither necessary nor sufficient for capital market development. But if they are subject to conducive regulations, adopt optimizing policies, and operate in a pluralistic structure, they can have a large impact on capital market modernization and development once they reach a critical mass.

Infrastructure Restructuring and Regulation

Infrastructure Restructuring and Regulation
Author: Ian Alexander
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2000
Genre: Crecimiento economico
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Reforms to make infrastructure services more competitive and to provide strong and independent economic regulation of natural monopolies create an environment more conducive to private sector participation in infrastructure investments, efficiency savings that can be passed on to consumers, and better provision of services.

Research on Migrant Children’s Educational Choices and Fiscal Policy

Research on Migrant Children’s Educational Choices and Fiscal Policy
Author: Hui Zhang
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2021-05-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000374564

Drawing from global insights and the education supply and demand theory, this book investigates migrant children’s education in China, as well as the educational financial policies, which serves as both a background and possible solutions. From a comparative perspective, the education fiscal policies regarding issues with migrant/immigrant students and inequality in the United States and Europe were first examined, before comprehensive theoretical framework is constructed to evaluate the government and public schools’ input and migrant children’s educational demand in China. Their school choices, academic performances, educational choices and impact factors from the perspectives of class, gender, society and family are then discussed in depth. By tracing back to previous fiscal policies regarding migrant children in China and local policies in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, the author further interrogates the existing challenges, possible strategies and solutions. This book will appeal to scholars of education economics, education policy, educational equality and those who're generally interested in Chinese education and society.

The Indirect Approach

The Indirect Approach
Author: David P. Ellerman
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2000
Genre: Agency (Law)
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Aid and conditionalities are the "carrot and stick" of the conventional direct approach to fostering economic development. Considering the outcomes of the conventional approach, it might be worthwhile to explore alternative indirect approaches that focus on enabling clients to act more autonomously, rather than try for fuller control of clients' actions with improved carrots and sticks.

Meeting the Challenges of Secondary Education in Latin America and East Asia

Meeting the Challenges of Secondary Education in Latin America and East Asia
Author: Emanuela Di Gropello
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0821366467

In a context of increased primary school enrollment rates, secondary education is appearing as the next big challenge for Latin American and East Asian countries. This report seeks to undertake a detailed diagnostic of secondary education in these two regions, understand some of the main constraints to the expansion and improvement of secondary education, and suggest policy options to address these constraints, with focus on policies that improve the mobilization and use of resources.

Public Officials and Their Institutional Environment

Public Officials and Their Institutional Environment
Author: Nick P. Manning
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2000
Genre: Civil service reform
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A framework for understanding both bad public sector performance and good through surveys of public officals - and for presenting the results to policymakers in a format that leads to more informed choices about public sector reform.