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Ensuring Equitable Financing of Schools in FCV Contexts: The Case of Democratic Republic of Congo

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-20T15:01:01Z
dc.date.available2023-11-20T15:01:01Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-20
dc.description.abstractFree education policies have vastly increased access to schooling but, if improperly financed, can reduce quality, and exacerbate inequities in education systems. To support free education, countries in sub-Saharan Africa have introduced new alternative models of school funding. Abolition of tuition fees has been the key component of free education policies implemented in sub-Saharan African countries since the 1990s (Bashir, Lockheed, Ninan and Tan, 2018). However, abolishing fees, without replacing revenue for use by schools, leads to financing shortages that can severely impair education quality. These shortages impact the equity of education systems. Schools in wealthier neighborhoods may be better able to cope with financing shortages through informal voluntary contributions from communities and revenue mobilization from NGOs and other supporters. In poorer areas, these informal means of revenue mobilization are likely to be more difficult, leading to large disparities in per-student finance between schools. To address this, sub-Saharan African countries have introduced school grant schemes, providing discretionary finance to schools for operating costs, the purchase of materials, and improvements to learning environments. School grants provide control to schools and their communities over day-to-day expenditure, typically while maintaining control of larger cost items—such as teachers and classrooms, at district or national level. However, the effective implementation of school grant schemes entails challenges: ensuring the appropriate use of grant finance requires functional school management systems, mechanisms to keep schools committed to national goals, and oversight and audit systems to ensure the proper use of finance. These tasks could be particularly difficult for underdeveloped education systems with preexisting school funding gaps and low capacity at the school level, such as those found in sub-Saharan Africa.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099103123163612136/P178135099bfb70cf08bfb0b34f8c660220
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40627
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40627
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCase Studies of Successful Reforms to Address the Challenges of Financing Education Systems Effectively; June 2023
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectEDUCATION EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectEDUCATION FINANCE REFORM
dc.subjectFREE EDUCATION POLICY
dc.subjectSCHOOL GRANT PROGRAM
dc.subjectFRAGILITY AND EDUCATION
dc.subjectFRAGILITY CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE AND EDUCATION
dc.titleEnsuring Equitable Financing of Schools in FCV Contextsen
dc.title.subtitleThe Case of Democratic Republic of Congoen
dc.typeBrief
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okr.crossref.titleEnsuring Equitable Financing of Schools in FCV Contexts: The Case of Democratic Republic of Congo
okr.date.disclosure2023-11-01
okr.date.lastmodified2023-11-01T00:00:00Zen
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099103123163612136/P178135099bfb70cf08bfb0b34f8c660220
okr.guid099103123163612136
okr.identifier.docmidP178135-99bfb7ec-6452-47cf-8bfb-b34f8c660220
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40627
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34189230
okr.identifier.report185588
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099103123163612136/pdf/P178135099bfb70cf08bfb0b34f8c660220.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.countryCongo, Democratic Republic of
okr.sectorPublic Administration - Education
okr.themeEducation,Human Development and Gender,Access to Education,Education Financing,Standards, Curriculum and Textbooks,Private Sector Delivery of Education,Education Governance, School-Based Management,Teachers
okr.topicEducation::Access & Equity in Basic Education
okr.topicEducation::Education Finance
okr.topicEducation::Education Violence and Social Cohesion
okr.topicEducation::Education Reform and Management
okr.unitEducation Global (HEDGE)
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