This is a study of the efficiency of Uganda’s public education system. Since this type of study is relatively new for Ugandan education, the study begins by defining the basic concepts, terminology, and...
In recent years, a number of African governments, sometimes working in partnership with the Bank, and other development partners, have moved forward with new-style programs to build public sector capacity...
The two types of education decentralization--to lower levels of government and to individual schools--have very different origins and aims. The decentralization of education to lower levels of government...
The study focuses on decentralization, referring to the process of returning the political, fiscal, and administrative powers, to sub-national units of government. It examines the decentralization transformation...
The study focuses on decentralization, referring to the process of returning the political, fiscal, and administrative powers, to sub-national units of government. It examines the decentralization transformation...
The study explores the subject of public education management, currently under radical changes in both industrial, and developing countries, and focuses in particular, on the changes in Latin America and...
This document examines the design and adminstration of intergovernmental transfers in recent decentralized governments. Even in decentralized systems, central government structures have permanent objectives...
Enrollments in Latin American universities increased tenfold in the past two decades. Government spending, however, has not kept pace with enrollment demand. Increased higher educationn enrollments have...
This document examines the design and adminstration of intergovernmental transfers in recent decentralized governments. Even in decentralized systems, central government structures have permanent objectives...
A large number of developing nations are in the process of decentralizing basic education with the aim of diversifying revenue sources and introducing greater accountability and efficiency. This paper...
More and more countries in Latin America and Caribbean Region (LAC) are either implementing or planning decentralized arrangements. An important characteristic of decentralized government is a system of...
Enrollments in Latin American universities increased tenfold in the past two decades. Government spending, however, has not kept pace with enrollment demand. Increased higher educationn enrollments have...
Evaluating decentralization in terms of three economic criteria - social efficiency, technical efficiency, and equity - the paper argues that some decisionmaking (about finance and teacher recruitment)...