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Financing education in Kenya: expenditures, outcomes and the role of international aid
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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 ... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
funding; educational policy; Kenya; returns on education; Africa; school enrollment; education system; 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