Regulating Market Entry of Low-Cost Private Schools in Sub-Saharan Africa : Towards a Theory of Private Education Regulation

This study provides a comparative assessment of policies governing private schools in twenty countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Findings suggest that current regulatory systems are failing to adequately address the negative externalities and failures of private schooling markets. Insufficient capacity...

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Main Authors:	Baum, Donald R., Cooper, Rachel, Lusk-Stover, Oni
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2018
Subjects:	EDUCATION POLICY REGULATION EDUCATION MARKETS SCHOOL CHOICE PRIVATE EDUCATION
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29146

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spelling	okr-10986-291462021-05-25T10:54:42Z Regulating Market Entry of Low-Cost Private Schools in Sub-Saharan Africa : Towards a Theory of Private Education Regulation Baum, Donald R. Cooper, Rachel Lusk-Stover, Oni EDUCATION POLICY REGULATION EDUCATION MARKETS SCHOOL CHOICE PRIVATE EDUCATION This study provides a comparative assessment of policies governing private schools in twenty countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Findings suggest that current regulatory systems are failing to adequately address the negative externalities and failures of private schooling markets. Insufficient capacity on the part of governments is a contributor to uneven policy implementation and creates opportunities for rent-seeking and corruption. Onerous market entry regulations offer constraints on the growth of official private education markets, but facilitate growth in unofficial markets if demand for education is not being fully met by the supply of government service provision, restricting the government’s ability to provide adequate oversight of private providers. 2018-01-11T19:18:46Z 2018-01-11T19:18:46Z 2018-05 Journal Article International Journal of Educational Development 0738-0593 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29146 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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spellingShingle	EDUCATION POLICY REGULATION EDUCATION MARKETS SCHOOL CHOICE PRIVATE EDUCATION Baum, Donald R. Cooper, Rachel Lusk-Stover, Oni Regulating Market Entry of Low-Cost Private Schools in Sub-Saharan Africa : Towards a Theory of Private Education Regulation
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description	This study provides a comparative assessment of policies governing private schools in twenty countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Findings suggest that current regulatory systems are failing to adequately address the negative externalities and failures of private schooling markets. Insufficient capacity on the part of governments is a contributor to uneven policy implementation and creates opportunities for rent-seeking and corruption. Onerous market entry regulations offer constraints on the growth of official private education markets, but facilitate growth in unofficial markets if demand for education is not being fully met by the supply of government service provision, restricting the government’s ability to provide adequate oversight of private providers.
format	Journal Article
author	Baum, Donald R. Cooper, Rachel Lusk-Stover, Oni
author_facet	Baum, Donald R. Cooper, Rachel Lusk-Stover, Oni
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title	Regulating Market Entry of Low-Cost Private Schools in Sub-Saharan Africa : Towards a Theory of Private Education Regulation
title_short	Regulating Market Entry of Low-Cost Private Schools in Sub-Saharan Africa : Towards a Theory of Private Education Regulation
title_full	Regulating Market Entry of Low-Cost Private Schools in Sub-Saharan Africa : Towards a Theory of Private Education Regulation
title_fullStr	Regulating Market Entry of Low-Cost Private Schools in Sub-Saharan Africa : Towards a Theory of Private Education Regulation
title_full_unstemmed	Regulating Market Entry of Low-Cost Private Schools in Sub-Saharan Africa : Towards a Theory of Private Education Regulation
title_sort	regulating market entry of low-cost private schools in sub-saharan africa : towards a theory of private education regulation
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2018
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Regulating Market Entry of Low-Cost Private Schools in Sub-Saharan Africa : Towards a Theory of Private Education Regulation

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