Mobilizing the Private Sector for Public Education : A View from the Trenches
Historically, ensuring access to primary education has been seen as a predominantly public responsibility. However, governments are increasingly sharing this responsibility through a variety of subsidiary arrangements. Some governments are contract...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/8340520/mobilizing-private-sector-public-education-view-trenches http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6756 |
| Summary: | Historically, ensuring access to primary
education has been seen as a predominantly public
responsibility. However, governments are increasingly
sharing this responsibility through a variety of subsidiary
arrangements. Some governments are contracting services out
to the private sector, to nongovernmental organizations, and
even to other public agencies. Some societies are
transferring responsibility for financing, providing, and
regulating primary education to lower levels of government,
and in some cases, to communities. In education policy,
public-private partnerships play an important role in
enhancing the supply and the quality of human capital. This
book explores the burgeoning number of public-private
partnerships in public education in different parts of the
world. The partnerships differ in form and structure, in the
extent of public and private participation, and in the forms
of their engagement. The essays in this book are written
mainly from the provider's perspective and offer
valuable insights into the purpose, trend, and impact of
public-private partnerships, and an understanding of the
barriers they face. |
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