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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