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1 online resource (376 pages) |
| Series |
Directions in Development |
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Directions in Development
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Introduction; Context, Purpose, and General Approach; Specific Focus, Conceptual Framework, and Methodological Approach; Structure of the Report; Chapter 1 Trends and Challenges in Latin American and East Asian Secondary Education; Introduction; Secondary Education Structure; Provision of Secondary Education: Public and Private, Academic and Technical/Vocational; Governance; Secondary Education Coverage; Internal Efficiency; The Quality of Secondary Education; The Validity of Access and Quality Trade-Offs |
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Indicators of Educational Equity in Secondary EducationDemand and Supply Constraints and Opportunities for Secondary Education; Conclusion; Chapter 2 Demand for Secondary Education in Latin America and East Asia; Introduction; Making Labor Markets Work for Young People; Patterns in average labor market returns; Trends in returns from and demand for secondary education; Heterogeneity in returns and labor market distortions; Increasing returns and school quality; Uncertainty about future returns from education; Information on Schools for Better Choices and Accountability |
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Incentives to Alleviate Credit ConstraintsThe role of credit constraints; Policies to alleviate credit constraints; Incentives to Address Competing Options; Incentives to alter the choice between school and work; Changing the relative price of schooling options: School vouchers; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Secondary Education Finance in Latin America and East Asia: Challenges and Opportunities in the Next Decade; Introduction; The State of the Secondary Education Sector: Demographic and Economic Trends, Enrollments, and Current Finances; Demographic trends, economic factors, and enrollment rates |
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Summing It Up: What Are the Shared Characteristics among Countries That Have Successfully Expanded Their Secondary EducatioChapter 4 Measuring and Improving Efficiency of Secondary Education in Latin America and East Asia; Introduction; Efficiency/Production Frontier Analysis; What do we mean by efficiency?; Main results; Efficiency Constraints and Efficiency-Enhancing Interventions; Impact of expenditure allocation; Pedagogical and curricular practices; Management practices; Improvements in internal efficiency; Conclusions; Annex 1.1 Structure of Secondary Education |
| Summary |
In a context of increased primary school enrollment rates, secondary education is appearing as the next big challenge for Latin American and East Asian countries. This report seeks to undertake a detailed diagnostic of secondary education in these two regions, understand some of the main constraints to the expansion and improvement of secondary education, and suggest policy options to address these constraints, with focus on policies that improve the mobilization and use of resources |
| Bibliography |
Sources of financePer pupil expenditures at the secondary level and the relative importance of secondary education; What Is the Fiscal Gap? What Will It Be in 10 Years?; Static estimates: The financial gap in 2003; Cost of quality (and demand-side interventions) ; Forward-looking estimates (2003-15) ; Mobilizing New Resources for Secondary Education: What Are the Options?; The public sector: Increase public secondary education expenditures; Encourage/allow for additional private funds for secondary education; Seek an increase in international donor contribution at the secondary level |
| Notes |
Annex 1.2 Share of Total Secondary Enrollment Attending Private Schools (2002 data) |
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Print version record |
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Education, Secondary -- Latin America
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Education, Secondary -- East Asia
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Educational change -- Latin America
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Educational change -- East Asia
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EDUCATION -- Secondary.
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Education, Secondary
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Educational change
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East Asia
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Latin America
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Staff, World Bank
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| ISBN |
9780821366462 |
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0821366467 |
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