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Financing education in Kenya: expenditures, outcomes and the role of international aid
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Colclough, Christopher; Otieno, Wycliffe
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| Corporate Editor | University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education, Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty (RECOUP) |
| Abstract | This paper analyses educational expenditures in Kenya over the past two decades, comparing these with changes in enrolments and outputs from the education system. While there is a direct relationship between public financing policy and participation in education, the positive outcomes in the sector cannot be directly attributed to external aid. Though aid has played its part, the major stimulus to sector improvement has been internal. But the Kenyan experience shows that aid has had an impact on national policy and, at times, Kenya has seemed to change its policy objectives in order to access aid. Though a strong economy by African standards, Kenya's continued reliance on external support is inevitable if its ambitious objectives in the education sector are to be upheld. |
| Keywords | Kenya; Africa; education system; funding; returns on education; educational policy; school enrollment; international aid |
| Classification | Macroanalysis of the Education System, Economics of Education, Educational Policy |
| Method | empirical |
| Free Keywords | international aid; financing education; education outcomes; access; equity; quality; education policy |
| Document language | English |
| Publication Year | 2009 |
| City | Cambridge |
| Page/Pages | 95 p. |
| Series | RECOUP Working Papers |
| Status | Published Version; reviewed |
| Licence | Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works |
