Publication: Russian Federation - Per Capita Financing of Education : Experience and Issues
Date
2004
ISSN
Published
2004
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This brief policy note reviews
experience so far with the implementation of a new financing
scheme for general education (based on the principle of
'money follows the student') in the Russian
Federation. The policy note, which also briefly discusses
the lessons of international experience in the field, may
be relevant to other countries that are in the process of
moving to a system of per capita financing of education
services. Of the four major issues facing the education
sector in Russia - resource mobilization and efficiency,
quality and output measurement, market linkages and equity
and access - the first is central: other reforms will be
difficult to implement without an improvement in
mobilization and allocation of resources. Two key sets of
issues are discussed: 1) those issues that have affected
the smooth introduction of per capita financing to date in
Russia; and 2) perceived problems in relation to budget
flexibility and school autonomy because of the introduction
of the Treasury system and the Budget Code.
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Citation
“World Bank. 2004. Russian Federation - Per Capita Financing of Education : Experience and Issues. © World Bank Country Office, Moscow. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14401 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”