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  • 1
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (32 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Sakellariou, Chris N Incidence Analysis of Public Support to the Private Education Sector in Côte d'Ivoire
    Keywords: Access and Equity in Basic Education ; Dropout Rates ; Education ; Education Expenditure ; Education for All ; Education of Children ; Effective Schools and Teachers ; Enrollment Ratios ; Fees ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Gender ; Gender and Education ; Gross Enrollment ; High Dropout ; Higher Education ; Levels of Education ; Number of Students ; Primary Education ; Secondary Education ; Social Protections and Labor ; Tertiary Education ; Access and Equity in Basic Education ; Dropout Rates ; Education ; Education Expenditure ; Education for All ; Education of Children ; Effective Schools and Teachers ; Enrollment Ratios ; Fees ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Gender ; Gender and Education ; Gross Enrollment ; High Dropout ; Higher Education ; Levels of Education ; Number of Students ; Primary Education ; Secondary Education ; Social Protections and Labor ; Tertiary Education ; Access and Equity in Basic Education ; Dropout Rates ; Education ; Education Expenditure ; Education for All ; Education of Children ; Effective Schools and Teachers ; Enrollment Ratios ; Fees ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Gender ; Gender and Education ; Gross Enrollment ; High Dropout ; Higher Education ; Levels of Education ; Number of Students ; Primary Education ; Secondary Education ; Social Protections and Labor ; Tertiary Education
    Abstract: Sakellariou and Patrinos analyze the equity effects of public subsidization of private schools in Côte d'Ivoire, update previous analyses, and attempt to assess how efficiently public spending is targeted. The subsidy per student in private (and public) schools increases at higher quintiles. Students from families in the highest quintile receive more than twice the subsidy received by students from families in the lowest quintile, compared with four times more in the case of students attending public schools. However, the subsidy system is progressive as there is a clear tendency for the share of family education expenditure covered by subsidies to decline at higher quintiles. This element of progressivity is stronger in the case of private school attendance. This paper—a product of the Education Sector Unit, Latin America and the Caribbean Region—is part of a larger effort in the region to evaluate education policies
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  • 2
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (38 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Schady, Norbert The (Positive) Effect of Macroeconomic Crises on the Schooling and Employment Decisions of Children in a Middle-Income Country
    Keywords: Adults ; Attendance Rate ; Attendance Rates ; Disability ; Education ; Education ; Education for All ; Education of Parents ; Educational Attainment ; Effective Schools ; Enrollment Rates ; Enrolment Rates ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Investments In Education ; Labor Policies ; Parental Education ; Population Policies ; Primary Education ; Social Protections and Labor ; Street Children ; Tertiary Education ; Urban Development ; Youth and Government ; Adults ; Attendance Rate ; Attendance Rates ; Disability ; Education ; Education ; Education for All ; Education of Parents ; Educational Attainment ; Effective Schools ; Enrollment Rates ; Enrolment Rates ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Investments In Education ; Labor Policies ; Parental Education ; Population Policies ; Primary Education ; Social Protections and Labor ; Street Children ; Tertiary Education ; Urban Development ; Youth and Government ; Adults ; Attendance Rate ; Attendance Rates ; Disability ; Education ; Education ; Education for All ; Education of Parents ; Educational Attainment ; Effective Schools ; Enrollment Rates ; Enrolment Rates ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Investments In Education ; Labor Policies ; Parental Education ; Population Policies ; Primary Education ; Social Protections and Labor ; Street Children ; Tertiary Education ; Urban Development ; Youth and Government
    Abstract: Under some conditions, macroeconomic crises can have a positive effect on the accumulation of human capital because they reduce the opportunity cost of schooling. This has profound implications for the design of appropriate social protection policies. The impact of macroeconomic crises on parents' investments in the human capital of their children is a widely contested issue. Schady analyzes the effects of the profound macroeconomic crisis in Peru in 1988–92 on the schooling and employment decisions made by urban school-age children. He arrives at two basic findings: • First, the crisis had no effect on the attendance rates of school-age children. But the share of children who were both employed and in school fell significantly during the crisis. • Second, mean educational attainment was significantly higher for children who were exposed to the crisis than for those who were not. Schady argues that these findings may be related: children who are not employed have more time available and may therefore put more effort into school. He concludes with a discussion of the implications of his findings for the design of appropriate social protection policies. This paper—a product of the Poverty Sector Unit, Latin America and the Caribbean Region—is part of a larger effort in the region to understand the effects of macroeconomic crises on households, and to design appropriate policies to mitigate their costs
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  • 3
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (80 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Packard, G. Truman Pooling, Savings, and Prevention Mitigating the Risk of Old Age Poverty in Chile
    Keywords: Bank ; Contribution ; Contributions ; Debt Markets ; Education ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Investment ; Investments ; Labor Market ; Minimum Pension ; Pension ; Pension Reform ; Pension System ; Population ; Private Sector Development ; Retireme ; Bank ; Contribution ; Contributions ; Debt Markets ; Education ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Investment ; Investments ; Labor Market ; Minimum Pension ; Pension ; Pension Reform ; Pension System ; Population ; Private Sector Development ; Retireme ; Bank ; Contribution ; Contributions ; Debt Markets ; Education ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Investment ; Investments ; Labor Market ; Minimum Pension ; Pension ; Pension Reform ; Pension System ; Population ; Private Sector Development ; Retireme
    Abstract: Using data collected in a survey on risk and social insurance in Chile, Packard finds that workers who entered the labor market after the pension reform of 1981 have a greater "contribution density" than those who contributed to the previous social security system. Further, the expectation of care from children and the amount spent on their education significantly lowers the likelihood of contribution to the pension system. Workers who have met the contributory requirements to qualify for the minimum pension guaranteed by the government are significantly less likely to continue making contributions. The likelihood of contributions beyond the eligibility threshold being lowered further, the greater the market rental value of respondents' homes. Furthermore, individuals with a greater tolerance for risk contribute, suggesting that there are retirement security investments in Chile that are perceived as relatively less risky than saving in the reformed pension system. The results indicate that housing could be one such investment. This paper—a product of the Human Development Sector Unit, Latin America and the Caribbean Region—is part of a regional study on social security reform. The author may be contacted at tpackardworldbank.org
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  • 4
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (32 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Glewwe, Paul Economic Mobility in Vietnam in the 1990s
    Keywords: Communities & Human Settlements ; Correlation ; Covariance ; Data ; Debt Markets ; Econometrics ; Economic Theory and Research ; Education ; Equations ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Housing and Human Habitats ; Inequality ; Instrumental Variables ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Matrices ; Measurement ; Measurement Errors ; Poverty ; Poverty Diagnostics ; Poverty Reduction ; Probability ; Random Errors ; Reasoning ; Roads and Highways ; Science and Technology Development ; Statistical and Mathematical Sciences ; Transport ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Correlation ; Covariance ; Data ; Debt Markets ; Econometrics ; Economic Theory and Research ; Education ; Equations ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Housing and Human Habitats ; Inequality ; Instrumental Variables ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Matrices ; Measurement ; Measurement Errors ; Poverty ; Poverty Diagnostics ; Poverty Reduction ; Probability ; Random Errors ; Reasoning ; Roads and Highways ; Science and Technology Development ; Statistical and Mathematical Sciences ; Transport ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Correlation ; Covariance ; Data ; Debt Markets ; Econometrics ; Economic Theory and Research ; Education ; Equations ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Housing and Human Habitats ; Inequality ; Instrumental Variables ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Matrices ; Measurement ; Measurement Errors ; Poverty ; Poverty Diagnostics ; Poverty Reduction ; Probability ; Random Errors ; Reasoning ; Roads and Highways ; Science and Technology Development ; Statistical and Mathematical Sciences ; Transport
    Abstract: Vietnam's high economic growth in the 1990s led to sharp reductions in poverty, yet over the same time period inequality increased. This increased inequality may be less worrisome if Vietnamese households experience a high degree of income mobility over time. This is because high mobility implies that the long-run distribution of income is more equally distributed than the short-run distribution, since some individuals or households are poor in some years, while others are poor in other years. Glewwe and Nguyen examine economic mobility in Vietnam using recent household survey panel data. The problem of measurement error in the income variable, which exaggerates the degree of economic mobility, is directly addressed. Correcting for measurement error dramatically changes the results. At least one half of measured mobility is because of measurement error. This paper—a product of Macroeconomics and Growth, Development Research Group—is part of a larger effort in the group to study household welfare and poverty reduction in Vietnam. Paul Glewwe may be contacted at pglewwedept.agecon.umn.edu
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  • 5
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (32 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Baulch, Bob Ethnic Minority Development in Vietnam
    Keywords: Adoption ; Anthropology ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Culture & Development ; Disability ; Economic Growth ; Education ; Education for All ; Ethnic Groups ; Fertility ; Fertility Rate ; Gender ; Gender and Education ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Housing and Human Habitats ; Human Capital ; Living Standards ; Minority ; Policy ; Population ; Population Policies ; Populations ; Poverty ; Poverty Reduction ; Primary Education ; Rural Development ; Rural Poverty ; Rural Poverty Reduction ; Small Area Estimation Poverty Mapping ; Social Protections and Labor ; Adoption ; Anthropology ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Culture & Development ; Disability ; Economic Growth ; Education ; Education for All ; Ethnic Groups ; Fertility ; Fertility Rate ; Gender ; Gender and Education ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Housing and Human Habitats ; Human Capital ; Living Standards ; Minority ; Policy ; Population ; Population Policies ; Populations ; Poverty ; Poverty Reduction ; Primary Education ; Rural Development ; Rural Poverty ; Rural Poverty Reduction ; Small Area Estimation Poverty Mapping ; Social Protections and Labor ; Adoption ; Anthropology ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Culture & Development ; Disability ; Economic Growth ; Education ; Education for All ; Ethnic Groups ; Fertility ; Fertility Rate ; Gender ; Gender and Education ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Housing and Human Habitats ; Human Capital ; Living Standards ; Minority ; Policy ; Population ; Population Policies ; Populations ; Poverty ; Poverty Reduction ; Primary Education ; Rural Development ; Rural Poverty ; Rural Poverty Reduction ; Small Area Estimation Poverty Mapping ; Social Protections and Labor
    Abstract: Baulch, Chuyen, Haughton, and Haughton examine the latest quantitative evidence on disparities in living standards between and among different ethnic groups in Vietnam. Using data from the 1998 Vietnam Living Standards Survey and 1999 Census, they show that Kinh and Hoa ("majority") households have substantially higher living standards than "minority" households from Vietnam's other 52 ethnic groups. Subdividing the population into five broad categories, the authors find that while the Kinh, Hoa, Khmer, and Northern Highland minorities have benefited from economic growth in the 1990s, the growth of Central Highland minorities has stagnated. Disaggregating further, they find that the same ethnic groups whose living standards have risen fastest are those that have the highest school enrollment rates, are most likely to intermarry with Kinh partners, and are the least likely to practice a religion. The authors then estimate and decompose a set of expenditure regressions which show that even if minority households had the same endowments as Kinh households, this would close no more than a third of the gap in per capita expenditures. While some ethnic minorities seem to be doing well with a strategy of assimilating (both culturally and economically) with the Kinh-Hoa majority, other groups are attempting to integrate economically while retaining distinct cultural identities. A third group comprising the Central Highland minorities, including the Hmong, is largely being left behind by the growth process. Such diversity in the socioeconomic development experiences of the different ethnic minorities indicates the need for similar diversity in the policy interventions that are designed to assist them. This paper—a product of Macroeconomics and Growth, Development Research Group—is part of a larger effort in the group to study household welfare and poverty reduction in Vietnam. Jonathan Haughton may be contacted at jhaughtobeaconhill.org
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  • 6
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (52 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Ravallion, Martin Rich and Powerful?
    Keywords: Anthropology ; Bank ; Contingency ; Culture & Development ; Demand ; Disposable Income ; Earnings ; Economic Theory and Research ; Education ; Energy ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Crisis ; Financial Literacy ; Gender ; Gender and Social Development ; Household Income ; Household Incomes ; Income ; Income Increases ; Inequality ; Infrastructure Economics ; Infrastructure Economics and Finance ; Inter ; Interest ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Poverty Diagnostics ; Poverty Reduction ; Rural Development ; Rural Poverty Reduction ; Windpower ; Anthropology ; Bank ; Contingency ; Culture & Development ; Demand ; Disposable Income ; Earnings ; Economic Theory and Research ; Education ; Energy ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Crisis ; Financial Literacy ; Gender ; Gender and Social Development ; Household Income ; Household Incomes ; Income ; Income Increases ; Inequality ; Infrastructure Economics ; Infrastructure Economics and Finance ; Inter ; Interest ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Poverty Diagnostics ; Poverty Reduction ; Rural Development ; Rural Poverty Reduction ; Windpower ; Anthropology ; Bank ; Contingency ; Culture & Development ; Demand ; Disposable Income ; Earnings ; Economic Theory and Research ; Education ; Energy ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Crisis ; Financial Literacy ; Gender ; Gender and Social Development ; Household Income ; Household Incomes ; Income ; Income Increases ; Inequality ; Infrastructure Economics ; Infrastructure Economics and Finance ; Inter ; Interest ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Poverty Diagnostics ; Poverty Reduction ; Rural Development ; Rural Poverty Reduction ; Windpower
    Abstract: Does "empowerment" come hand-in-hand with higher economic welfare? In theory, higher income is likely to raise both power and welfare, but heterogeneity in other characteristics and household formation can either strengthen or weaken the relationship. Survey data on Russian adults indicate that higher individual and household incomes raise both self-rated power and welfare. The individual income effect is primarily direct, rather than through higher household income. There are diminishing returns to income, though income inequality emerges as only a minor factor reducing either aggregate power or welfare. At given income, the identified covariates have strikingly similar effects on power and welfare. There are some notable differences between men and women in perceived power. This paper—a product of the Poverty Team, Development Research Group—is part of a larger effort in the group to explore broader measures of well-being. The authors may be contacted at mlokshinworldbank.org or mravallion@worldbank.org
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  • 7
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (36 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Mattoo, Aaditya China's Accession to the World Trade Organization
    Keywords: World Trade Organization ; General Agreement on Trade in Services ; Service industries Government policy ; Air ; Air Transport ; Airports ; Aviation Sector ; Costs ; Debt Markets ; E-Business ; Economic Theory and Research ; Economies of Scale ; Education ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Fixed Costs ; Freight ; ICT Policy and Strategies ; Information and Communication Technologies ; International Economics & Trade ; Investments ; Knowledge ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Maritime Transport ; Multimodal Transport ; Policies ; Private Sector Development ; Rates ; Trade and Services ; Transport ; Transport Economics, Policy and Planning ; Air ; Air Transport ; Airports ; Aviation Sector ; Costs ; Debt Markets ; E-Business ; Economic Theory and Research ; Economies of Scale ; Education ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Fixed Costs ; Freight ; ICT Policy and Strategies ; Information and Communication Technologies ; International Economics & Trade ; Investments ; Knowledge ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Maritime Transport ; Multimodal Transport ; Policies ; Private Sector Development ; Rates ; Trade and Services ; Transport ; Transport Economics, Policy and Planning ; China Commercial policy
    Abstract: China's General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) commitments represent the most radical services reform program negotiated in the World Trade Organization. China has promised to eliminate over the next few years most restrictions on foreign entry and ownership, as well as most forms of discrimination against foreign firms. These changes are in themselves desirable. However, realizing the gains from, and perhaps even the sustainability of, liberalization will require the implementation of complementary regulatory reform and the appropriate sequencing of reforms. Three issues, in particular, merit attention: • Initial restrictions on the geographical scope of services liberalization could encourage the further agglomeration of economic activity in certain regions—to an extent that is unlikely to be reversed completely by subsequent countrywide liberalization. • Restrictions on foreign ownership (temporary in most sectors but more durable in telecommunications and life insurance) may dampen the incentives of foreign investors to improve firm performance. • Improved prudential regulation and measures to deal with the large burden of nonperforming loans on state banks are necessary to deliver the benefits of liberalization in financial services. And in basic telecommunications and other network-based services, meaningful liberalization will be difficult to achieve without strengthened pro-competitive regulation. This paper—a product of Trade, Development Research Group—is part of a larger effort in the group to assess the implications of services trade reform. This research is supported in part by the U.K. Department for International Development
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  • 8
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (69 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Cowhey, Peter The WTO Agreement and Telecommunications Policy Reform
    Keywords: Debt Markets ; Developing Countries ; E-Business ; Economic Policies ; Economic Theory and Research ; Education ; Education for the Knowledge Economy ; Emerging Markets ; Entry Barriers ; Equipment ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Future ; Global Market ; ICT Policy and Strategies ; Industry ; Information and Communication Technologies ; Interest ; International Financial Markets ; Macroeconomic Policy ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Market ; Market Access ; Markets and Market Access ; Private Sector Development ; Technology Industry ; Debt Markets ; Developing Countries ; E-Business ; Economic Policies ; Economic Theory and Research ; Education ; Education for the Knowledge Economy ; Emerging Markets ; Entry Barriers ; Equipment ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Future ; Global Market ; ICT Policy and Strategies ; Industry ; Information and Communication Technologies ; Interest ; International Financial Markets ; Macroeconomic Policy ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Market ; Market Access ; Markets and Market Access ; Private Sector Development ; Technology Industry ; Debt Markets ; Developing Countries ; E-Business ; Economic Policies ; Economic Theory and Research ; Education ; Education for the Knowledge Economy ; Emerging Markets ; Entry Barriers ; Equipment ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Future ; Global Market ; ICT Policy and Strategies ; Industry ; Information and Communication Technologies ; Interest ; International Financial Markets ; Macroeconomic Policy ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Market ; Market Access ; Markets and Market Access ; Private Sector Development ; Technology Industry
    Abstract: Happily, the revolution going on in the telecommunications industry is benign. Technological change and competition are making possible changes considered improbable even 15 years ago. The WTO Agreement on Basic Telecommunications Services created a new regime for the world market. Now we must pay close attention to regulatory fundamentals. Every country serious about introducing competition finds that the transition from monopoly to competition is both economically rewarding and laden with policy dilemmas. As a new century begins, we have an essentially new market for telecommunications. Digital technology forced a reexamination of the opportunity costs of protecting traditional telecommunications equipment and service suppliers. An inefficient market for telecommunications threatened competitiveness in the computer, software, and information industry markets. Meanwhile, after dislocations created by global stagflation through the early 1980s, developing countries became interested in privatization of state enterprises as a tool of economic reform—and state telephone companies were especially promising targets for privatization. Those countries began exploring options for allowing selective competition, as phone companies in major industrial countries began looking to foreign markets for new business opportunities. The WTO Agreement on Basic Telecommunications Services created a new regime for the world market. Now we must pay close attention to regulatory fundamentals: • Low barriers to entry in the market for communications services. • Effective rebalancing of rates for services during the market transition. • Strong interconnection policies. • The creation of independent regulatory authorities with the resources and power necessary to foster competition and safeguard consumer welfare. Cowhey and Klimenko assess how developing and transition economies have fared in profiting from changes in the telecommunications market. They also examine the policy challenges that remain, paying special attention to the global market and regulatory milieu fostered by the 1997 WTO agreement. They ask what this latest transformation has taught us about wise management of this vital part of the world economy's infrastructure. They focus on the economics of managing the transition to competition, the design of proper regulatory policies and processes, and the embedding of domestic telecommunications in the world market. This paper—a product of Trade, Development Research Group—is part of a larger effort in the group to help developing countries formulate negotiating positions for WTO talks. Mikhail Klimenko may be contacted at mklimenkoucsd.edu
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  • 9
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (32 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Jack Public Policy toward Nongovernmental Organizations in Developing Countries
    Keywords: Bank ; Civil Society ; Debt Markets ; Economic Theory and Research ; Education ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Governance ; Government ; Income ; Intervention ; Labor Policies ; Learning ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Microfinance ; NGO ; Organizations ; Outcomes ; Participation ; Policies ; Policy ; Poverty ; Poverty Alleviation ; Poverty Monitoring and Analysis ; Poverty Reduction ; Programs ; Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures ; Social Development ; Social Protections and Labor ; Bank ; Civil Society ; Debt Markets ; Economic Theory and Research ; Education ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Governance ; Government ; Income ; Intervention ; Labor Policies ; Learning ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Microfinance ; NGO ; Organizations ; Outcomes ; Participation ; Policies ; Policy ; Poverty ; Poverty Alleviation ; Poverty Monitoring and Analysis ; Poverty Reduction ; Programs ; Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures ; Social Development ; Social Protections and Labor ; Bank ; Civil Society ; Debt Markets ; Economic Theory and Research ; Education ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Governance ; Government ; Income ; Intervention ; Labor Policies ; Learning ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Microfinance ; NGO ; Organizations ; Outcomes ; Participation ; Policies ; Policy ; Poverty ; Poverty Alleviation ; Poverty Monitoring and Analysis ; Poverty Reduction ; Programs ; Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures ; Social Development ; Social Protections and Labor
    Abstract: July 2001 - If a developing country government is not good at providing public services such as health care, education, and social protection, would NGOs be better at doing so? What advantages do NGOs have over for-profit providers of publicly funded services? And considering the importance of donor funding, which is better for delivering such services, an international NGO or a grassroots NGO? Jack presents two descriptive models of nongovernmental organizations and poses normative questions about public policy toward NGOs. In situations in which optimal government intervention in a distorted or inequitable economy employs an NGO-like body, he considers which kinds of NGO might be used. First, in many developing countries NGOs participate in the delivery of what are essentially private goods—in particular, health care and education. In an economy without NGOs, there may be good redistributive and efficiency reasons for the government to provide these goods in kind. But if direct government provision of such services is ineffective or inefficient, when is contracting out to an NGO-like institution preferable to using a traditional for-profit firm? (Another way to frame this is to ask: What is the optimal taxation and regulation of private providers of publicly financed services?) NGOs also provide useful real and financial links with external donors. They are used to provide services the government favors and donors are willing to fund. In this model, the service provider is chosen to yield the best outcome for both government and donor. In this context, Jack compares an international NGO and a grassroots organization. It may be more efficient to transfer donor funds through an international NGO than through a local NGO, but when donor-government cooperation fails, a project implemented by an international NGO is effectively killed. If a project implemented by a local organization can limp along, this otherwise less efficient organization might be preferred. This paper—a product of Public Service Delivery, Development Research Group—is part of a larger effort in the group to understand the role of NGOs in delivering basic public services. The author may be contacted at wgjgeorgetown.edu
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  • 10
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (60 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Filmer, Deon The Structure of Social Disparities in Education
    Keywords: Access and Equity in Basic Education ; Adult Education ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Disability ; Education ; Education ; Education Variables ; Education for All ; Educational Attainment ; Educational Outcomes ; Effective Schools and Teachers ; Enrollment ; Enrollment Of Children ; Enrollment Of Girls ; Enrollment Rate ; Enrollment Rate Of Boys ; Enrollment Rate Of Children ; Enrollment Rate Of Girls ; Female Disadvantage In Enrollment ; Gender ; Gender and Development ; Gender and Health ; Gender and Law ; Groups ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Housing and Human Habitats ; Human Rights ; Indexes ; Law and Development ; Population Policies ; Primary Education ; Schooling ; Schools ; Social Protections and Labor ; Universal Primary Education ; Universal Primary Enrollment ; Access and Equity in Basic Education ; Adult Education ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Disability ; Education ; Education ; Education Variables ; Education for All ; Educational Attainment ; Educational Outcomes ; Effective Schools and Teachers ; Enrollment ; Enrollment Of Children ; Enrollment Of Girls ; Enrollment Rate ; Enrollment Rate Of Boys ; Enrollment Rate Of Children ; Enrollment Rate Of Girls ; Female Disadvantage In Enrollment ; Gender ; Gender and Development ; Gender and Health ; Gender and Law ; Groups ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Housing and Human Habitats ; Human Rights ; Indexes ; Law and Development ; Population Policies ; Primary Education ; Schooling ; Schools ; Social Protections and Labor ; Universal Primary Education ; Universal Primary Enrollment ; Access and Equity in Basic Education ; Adult Education ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Disability ; Education ; Education ; Education Variables ; Education for All ; Educational Attainment ; Educational Outcomes ; Effective Schools and Teachers ; Enrollment ; Enrollment Of Children ; Enrollment Of Girls ; Enrollment Rate ; Enrollment Rate Of Boys ; Enrollment Rate Of Children ; Enrollment Rate Of Girls ; Female Disadvantage In Enrollment ; Gender ; Gender and Development ; Gender and Health ; Gender and Law ; Groups ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Housing and Human Habitats ; Human Rights ; Indexes ; Law and Development ; Population Policies ; Primary Education ; Schooling ; Schools ; Social Protections and Labor ; Universal Primary Education ; Universal Primary Enrollment
    Abstract: January 2000 - Wealth gaps in educational outcomes are large in many developing countries. And gender gaps, though absent in many societies, are large in some, particularly in South Asia and North, Western, and Central Africa. In some countries with a female disadvantage, household wealth interacts with gender to create an especially large gender gap among the poor. Using internationally comparable household data sets (Demographic and Health Surveys), Filmer investigates how gender and wealth interact to generate within-country inequalities in educational enrollment and attainment. He carries out multivariate analysis to assess the partial relationship between educational outcomes and gender, wealth, household characteristics (including level of education of adults in the household), and community characteristics (including the presence of schools in the community). He finds that: · Women are at a great educational disadvantage in countries in South Asia and North, Western, and Central Africa. · Gender gaps are large in a subset of countries, but wealth gaps are large in almost all of the countries studied. Moreover, in some countries where there is a heavy female disadvantage in enrollment (Egypt, India, Morocco, Niger, and Pakistan), wealth interacts with gender to exacerbate the gap in educational outcomes. In India, for example, where there is a 2.5 percentage point difference between male and female enrollment for children from the richest households, the difference is 34 percentage points for children from the poorest households. · The education level of adults in the household has a significant impact on the enrollment of children in all the countries studied, even after controlling for wealth. The effect of the education level of adult females is larger than that of the education level of adult males in some, but not all, of the countries studied. · The presence of a primary and a secondary school in the community has a significant relationship with enrollment in some countries only (notably in Western and Central Africa). The relationship appears not to systematically differ by children's gender. This paper - a product of Poverty and Human Resources, Development Research Group - was prepared as background to, and with support from, a World Bank Policy Research Report on gender and development. Part of the study was funded by the Bank's Research Support Budget under the research project Educational Enrollment and Dropout (RPO 682-11). The author may be contacted at dfilmerworldbank.org
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