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Education financing and PEM

This document is the outcome of the Pan-African Seminar on financing and financial management of education in Africa, which was held in Dakar, Senegal on 12-14 October, 1997.

The report first provides a synopsis of the seminar, which aimed to share experiences of financing and financial management of education in sub-Saharan Africa, and to exchange views on problems ecountered and solutions found.

Shortened versions of papers presented at the seminar are then provided, including:

• "Community financing of education in Botswana"
• "Re-examining the role of private education"
• "The cost of basic education in Mali"
• "The financial information system in Cote d’Ivoire"
• "Budgetary procedures for education in Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe"

The final section of the report provides reports from the working groups, listed below, which were formed at the seminar:

• Family and community contributions
• Development and financing of private education
• Educational financing in a decentralised context
• The priority of basic education: difficulties in implementation
• Reduction of education costs
• Teacher salaries and teacher costs
• Understanding education costs
• Management and control of expenditure.

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