Quality Education and the Efficiency of Public Expenditure : A Cross-Country Comparative Analysis
Improving access to quality education has been the backbone of several development strategies around the world and considerable public resources have been dedicated to achieving this goal. However, one could wonder whether increasing public educati...
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okr-10986-330212022-09-20T00:12:30Z Quality Education and the Efficiency of Public Expenditure : A Cross-Country Comparative Analysis Miningou, Elise Wendlassida EDUCATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE EDUCATION SPENDING EFFICIENCY EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Improving access to quality education has been the backbone of several development strategies around the world and considerable public resources have been dedicated to achieving this goal. However, one could wonder whether increasing public education expenditure would drive better access to quality education despite the inefficiencies plaguing public sectors in general. The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficiency with which public education spending is translated into increased access to quality education in the light of the learning-adjusted years of schooling. The results show that education expenditure per school-age individual is positively associated with an increased number of years of quality schooling. However, it is estimated that, on average, 16 percent of the public financial resources dedicated to education in developing countries are wasted because of inefficiencies. Although efficiency greatly varies across countries, low-income countries are overall facing a double issue of low levels of education expenditure and weak efficiency of public expenditure on education. Factors related to governance, labor market conditions, and the type of education aid seem to matter for efficiency. 2019-12-13T21:42:52Z 2019-12-13T21:42:52Z 2019-12 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/751241575986941436/Quality-Education-and-the-Efficiency-of-Public-Expenditure-A-Cross-Country-Comparative-Analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33021 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9077 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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EDUCATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE EDUCATION SPENDING EFFICIENCY EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Miningou, Elise Wendlassida Quality Education and the Efficiency of Public Expenditure : A Cross-Country Comparative Analysis |
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Improving access to quality education
has been the backbone of several development strategies
around the world and considerable public resources have been
dedicated to achieving this goal. However, one could wonder
whether increasing public education expenditure would drive
better access to quality education despite the
inefficiencies plaguing public sectors in general. The
purpose of this study is to investigate the efficiency with
which public education spending is translated into increased
access to quality education in the light of the
learning-adjusted years of schooling. The results show that
education expenditure per school-age individual is
positively associated with an increased number of years of
quality schooling. However, it is estimated that, on
average, 16 percent of the public financial resources
dedicated to education in developing countries are wasted
because of inefficiencies. Although efficiency greatly
varies across countries, low-income countries are overall
facing a double issue of low levels of education expenditure
and weak efficiency of public expenditure on education.
Factors related to governance, labor market conditions, and
the type of education aid seem to matter for efficiency. |
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Working Paper |
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Miningou, Elise Wendlassida |
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Miningou, Elise Wendlassida |
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Miningou, Elise Wendlassida |
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Quality Education and the Efficiency of Public Expenditure : A Cross-Country Comparative Analysis |
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Quality Education and the Efficiency of Public Expenditure : A Cross-Country Comparative Analysis |
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Quality Education and the Efficiency of Public Expenditure : A Cross-Country Comparative Analysis |
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Quality Education and the Efficiency of Public Expenditure : A Cross-Country Comparative Analysis |
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Quality Education and the Efficiency of Public Expenditure : A Cross-Country Comparative Analysis |
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quality education and the efficiency of public expenditure : a cross-country comparative analysis |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2019 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/751241575986941436/Quality-Education-and-the-Efficiency-of-Public-Expenditure-A-Cross-Country-Comparative-Analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33021 |
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