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Household costs and public expenditure on primary education in five low income countries: A comparative analysis

Santosh Mehrotra, +1 more
- 01 Jan 1998 - 
- Vol. 18, Iss: 1, pp 41-61
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In this paper, the authors analyzed the relative importance of private and public costs of primary education in five countries (Burkina Faso, Bhutan, Myanmar, Uganda, and Viet Nam).
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This article is published in International Journal of Educational Development.The article was published on 1998-01-01. It has received 57 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Total cost & Public expenditure.

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Demand for Private Supplementary Tutoring: Conceptual Considerations, and Socio-Economic Patterns in Hong Kong.

Mark Bray, +1 more
- 01 Dec 2003 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the nature and determinants of demand for private supplementary tutoring in Hong Kong and draw on literature from a wide range of countries to identify some conceptual considerations.
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Private Supplementary Tutoring: Comparative Perspectives on Patterns and Implications

Mark Bray
- 01 Jan 2007 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the dynamics of interrelation in the growth of private supplementary tutoring in East Asia and in Africa, Europe, and North America, including Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan.
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Private supplementary tutoring: comparative perspectives on patterns and implications

Mark Bray
- 01 Dec 2006 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the dynamics of interrelation in the growth of private supplementary tutoring in East Asia and in Africa, Europe, and North America, including Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan.
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Impacts of the Universal Primary Education Policy on Educational Attainment and Private Costs in Rural Uganda.

Mikiko Nishimura, +2 more
- 01 Mar 2008 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of the UPE policy in Uganda on overall primary education attainments by using data including 940 rural households was investigated and it was found that UPE has decreased delayed enrolments and increased grade completion rates up to the fifth grade and its effects are especially large among girls in poor households.
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The Potential Impact of Large-Scale Voucher Programs

Patrick J. McEwan
- 01 Jun 2000 - 
TL;DR: The authors assesses the potential impact of large-scale voucher programs, drawing on empirical literature in economics, education, and sociology, and concludes that empirical evidence is not sufficiently compelling to justify, either strong advocacy or opposition to large scale voucher programs.
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India: Economic Development and Social Opportunity

Jean Drèze, +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a comparative study of China and India in relation to basic education as a political issue and gender inequality and women's agency in the context of economic development through social opportunity.
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Learning: The Treasure within. Report to UNESCO of the International Commission on Education for the twenty-first-Century, Paris UNESCO 1996

Jacques Delors
TL;DR: In this paper, the four pillars of education learning throughout life are discussed, from basic education to university teachers in search of new perspectives choices for education - the political factor international co-operation - educating the global village.
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Learning : the treasure within : report to UNESCO of the International Commission on Education for the Twenty-first Century

Jacques Delors
TL;DR: In this paper, the four pillars of education learning throughout life are discussed, from basic education to university teachers in search of new perspectives choices for education - the political factor international co-operation - educating the global village.
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Improving primary education in developing countries

Lockheed, Marlaine E. Verspoor, Adriaan M.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an overview of primary education systems and argue that developing countries must do more to serve the needs of all children, especially those who have traditionally been underrepresented in primary school.
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Public spending and the poor : theory and evidence

Kimberly Nead, +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a critical assessment of the state of current knowledge on the distributional impacts of public spending for developing and transition countries is presented, including the distribution of benefits from spending categories that have traditionally been seen as pro-poor, including education and health expenditures, food subsidies, cash transfers, and public employment schemes.