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Decentralisation of education

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Decentralization in education: national policies and practices: ( UNESDOC: Online UNESCO documents , 2005); This booklet summarises the presentations and debates of participants in the International Seminar on Decentralization Policies and Strategies in Education, organised by UNESCO in Buenos Aires, Argent...
Does decentralization lead to school improvement? Findings and lessons from research in West-Africa: ( A. De Grauwe / Journal of Education for International Development , 2005); Whilst decentralisation of education has been adopted by many countries, there have been doubts about its objectives and impact. This paper presents a research study on the challenges that local offic...
Handbook for decentralized education planning: implementing national EFA plans: ( UNESCO Bangkok: Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education , 2005); This handbook is aimed at education planning staff and decision makers in Ministries of Education and in provincial education administrations. Its purpose is to help develop the capacity needed to dev...
Education decentralization and accountability relationships in Latin America: ( E. Di Gropello / World Bank , 2004); This paper analyses decentralisation reforms in the education sector in Latin America, in particular their status, impact, and ongoing challenges. It used the accountability framework developed by the...
Decentralization and public sector delivery of health and education services: The Indian experience: ( A. Mahal;V. Srivastava; D. Sanan / Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung, Bonn , 2000); The paper has two main objectives. The first is to trace the progress in the process of decentralization in the provision of public services in India. The second is to test the hypothesis that decentr...
Decentralization and service delivery: ( J. Ahmad; S. Devarajan; S. Khemani; S. Shah / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank , 2005); Dissatisfied with centralised approaches to delivering local public services, a large number of countries are decentralising responsibility for these services to lower- level, locally elected governme...
School processes, local governance and community participation: understanding access: ( M. Dunne;K. Akyeampong;S. Humphreys / Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity , 2007); The main aim of this study is to provide an overview of the research that has explored aspects of access that surround formal state schooling. The specific focus of this review concerns research on th...