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Education Decentralization and Accountability Relationships in Latin America

dc.contributor.author di Gropello, Emanuela
dc.date.accessioned 2013-06-26T14:49:09Z
dc.date.available 2013-06-26T14:49:09Z
dc.date.issued 2004-11
dc.description.abstract The author analyzes decentralization reforms in the education sector in Latin America (their status, impact, and ongoing challenges) by making use of the accountability framework developed by the World Development Report 2004: Making Services Work for Poor People. She starts by identifying three main groups of models according to the subnational actors involved, the pattern adopted in the distribution of functions across subnational actors, and the accountability system central to the model. She then reviews the impact of these models according to the available empirical evidence, and explores determinants of this impact, extracting lessons useful to the design of future reforms. The author concludes that the single most important factor in ensuring the success or failure of a reform is the way the accountability relationships are set to work within each of the models and provides some lessons on how to get these relationships to work effectively. She also provides three main general lessons for selecting "successful" models: (1) avoid complicated models; (2) increase school autonomy and the scope for "client power," maintaining a clear role for the other accountability relationships; and (3) place more emphasis on the "management" accountability relationship and the sustainability of the models. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/11/5509351/education-decentralization-accountability-relationships-latin-america
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14191
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, D.C.
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper;No.3453
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ACADEMIC STANDARDS
dc.subject ACCREDITATION
dc.subject ACHIEVEMENT INDICATORS
dc.subject ACHIEVEMENT OUTCOMES
dc.subject ACHIEVEMENTS
dc.subject ADMINISTRATIVE DECENTRALIZATION
dc.subject ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
dc.subject CENTRAL AMERICAN
dc.subject CENTRALIZED TEACHER MANAGEMENT
dc.subject CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
dc.subject COMMUNITIES
dc.subject COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
dc.subject COUNCILS
dc.subject CURRICULA
dc.subject DECENTRALIZATION EFFORTS
dc.subject DECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATION
dc.subject DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS
dc.subject DECISION MAKING
dc.subject DEMOCRATIZATION
dc.subject ECONOMIC STATUS
dc.subject EDUCATION DECENTRALIZATION
dc.subject EDUCATION DELIVERY
dc.subject EDUCATION LAW
dc.subject EDUCATION SECTOR
dc.subject EDUCATION SERVICES
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
dc.subject EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subject ENROLLMENT
dc.subject ENROLMENT RATE
dc.subject EXPENDITURES
dc.subject FAMILIES
dc.subject HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES
dc.subject INNOVATION
dc.subject INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
dc.subject LATIN AMERICAN
dc.subject LAWS
dc.subject LEARNING
dc.subject LOCAL AUTHORITIES
dc.subject LOCAL ELECTIONS
dc.subject PAPERS
dc.subject PARENTS
dc.subject POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject POLITICIANS
dc.subject PRIMARY STUDENTS
dc.subject PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject PUBLIC SCHOOLS
dc.subject RURAL AREAS
dc.subject SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
dc.subject SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS
dc.subject SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject SCHOOL MANAGEMENT MODELS
dc.subject SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
dc.subject SCHOOLING
dc.subject SCHOOLS
dc.subject SECONDARY EDUCATION
dc.subject SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subject SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subject STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subject TEACHER
dc.subject TEACHER MANAGEMENT
dc.subject TEACHERS
dc.subject TEACHING
dc.subject TEST SCORES
dc.subject VOUCHERS
dc.subject WEIGHT
dc.title Education Decentralization and Accountability Relationships in Latin America en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/11/5509351/education-decentralization-accountability-relationships-latin-america
okr.globalpractice Education
okr.globalpractice Governance
okr.globalpractice Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-3453
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000160016_20041217173134
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 5509351
okr.identifier.report WPS3453
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2004/12/17/000160016_20041217173134/Rendered/PDF/WPS3453.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Latin America & Caribbean
okr.topic Health Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topic Education :: Primary Education
okr.topic Banks and Banking Reform
okr.topic Public Sector Development :: Decentralization
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population :: Public Health Promotion
okr.topic Governance :: National Governance
okr.topic Teaching and Learning
okr.unit Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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relation.isSeriesOfPublication 26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87
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