The Allocation and Impact of Social Funds : Spending on School Infrastructure in Peru

Between 1992 and 1998 the Peruvian Social Fund (foncodes) spent about US dollar 570 million funding micro projects throughout the country. Many of these projects involved constructing and renovating school facilities. This article uses data from fo...

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Main Authors:	Paxson, Christina, Schady, Norbert R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO SCHOOLING ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM ATTENDANCE RATE ATTENDANCE RATES BASIC SERVICES CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CLASS SIZE CLASSROOMS COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DEGREES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PROGRESS EDUCATION EXPENDITURE EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATION INVESTMENTS EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EVALUATION OF EDUCATION FOOD POLICY FUTURE RESEARCH GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING HOMES HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING CENSUS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES ILLITERACY IMPACT EVALUATION IMPACT OF EDUCATION IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INCOME INCOME GAINS INDICATOR TARGETING INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION LABOR MARKET LEARNING LEARNING MATERIALS LITERATURE LIVING STANDARDS MEANS TESTING MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS OVERCROWDING PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR AREAS POOR CHILDREN POOR DISTRICTS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY INDEX POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIMARY-SCHOOL PRIMARY-SCHOOL-AGE PRIMARY-SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN PROGRAM EVALUATION PUBLIC SCHOOL QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF TEACHERS RADIO RESEARCH INSTITUTE RETURNS TO EDUCATION RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL COMMUNITY RURAL DISTRICTS RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAFETY SANITATION SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL BREAKFAST SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL EXPENDITURE SCHOOL FACILITIES SCHOOL FUNDING SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SUPPLIES SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLCHILDREN SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SPORTS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TARGETED TRANSFERS TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS TEACHER TEACHER RATIOS TEXTBOOKS UNIVERSITIES URBAN AREAS
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spelling	okr-10986-172022021-04-23T14:03:29Z The Allocation and Impact of Social Funds : Spending on School Infrastructure in Peru Paxson, Christina Schady, Norbert R. ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO SCHOOLING ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM ATTENDANCE RATE ATTENDANCE RATES BASIC SERVICES CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CLASS SIZE CLASSROOMS COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DEGREES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PROGRESS EDUCATION EXPENDITURE EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATION INVESTMENTS EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EVALUATION OF EDUCATION FOOD POLICY FUTURE RESEARCH GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING HOMES HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING CENSUS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES ILLITERACY IMPACT EVALUATION IMPACT OF EDUCATION IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INCOME INCOME GAINS INDICATOR TARGETING INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION LABOR MARKET LEARNING LEARNING MATERIALS LITERATURE LIVING STANDARDS MEANS TESTING MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS OVERCROWDING PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR AREAS POOR CHILDREN POOR DISTRICTS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY INDEX POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIMARY-SCHOOL PRIMARY-SCHOOL-AGE PRIMARY-SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN PROGRAM EVALUATION PUBLIC SCHOOL QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF TEACHERS RADIO RESEARCH INSTITUTE RETURNS TO EDUCATION RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL COMMUNITY RURAL DISTRICTS RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAFETY SANITATION SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL BREAKFAST SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL EXPENDITURE SCHOOL FACILITIES SCHOOL FUNDING SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SUPPLIES SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLCHILDREN SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SPORTS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TARGETED TRANSFERS TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS TEACHER TEACHER RATIOS TEXTBOOKS UNIVERSITIES URBAN AREAS Between 1992 and 1998 the Peruvian Social Fund (foncodes) spent about US dollar 570 million funding micro projects throughout the country. Many of these projects involved constructing and renovating school facilities. This article uses data from foncodes, the 1993 population census in Peru, and a 1996 household survey conducted by the Peruvian Statistical Institute to analyze the targeting and impact of foncodes investments in education. A number of descriptive and econometric techniques are employed, including nonparametric regressions, differences in differences, and instrumental variables estimators. Results show that foncodes investments in school infrastructure have reached poor districts and poor households within those districts. The investments also appear to have had positive effects on school attendance rates for young children. 2014-03-04T17:16:42Z 2014-03-04T17:16:42Z 2002-05 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/17737357/allocation-impact-social-funds-spending-school-infrastructure-peru World Bank Economic Review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17202 English en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Peru
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topic	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO SCHOOLING ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM ATTENDANCE RATE ATTENDANCE RATES BASIC SERVICES CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CLASS SIZE CLASSROOMS COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DEGREES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PROGRESS EDUCATION EXPENDITURE EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATION INVESTMENTS EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EVALUATION OF EDUCATION FOOD POLICY FUTURE RESEARCH GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING HOMES HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING CENSUS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES ILLITERACY IMPACT EVALUATION IMPACT OF EDUCATION IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INCOME INCOME GAINS INDICATOR TARGETING INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION LABOR MARKET LEARNING LEARNING MATERIALS LITERATURE LIVING STANDARDS MEANS TESTING MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS OVERCROWDING PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR AREAS POOR CHILDREN POOR DISTRICTS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY INDEX POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIMARY-SCHOOL PRIMARY-SCHOOL-AGE PRIMARY-SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN PROGRAM EVALUATION PUBLIC SCHOOL QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF TEACHERS RADIO RESEARCH INSTITUTE RETURNS TO EDUCATION RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL COMMUNITY RURAL DISTRICTS RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAFETY SANITATION SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL BREAKFAST SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL EXPENDITURE SCHOOL FACILITIES SCHOOL FUNDING SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SUPPLIES SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLCHILDREN SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SPORTS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TARGETED TRANSFERS TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS TEACHER TEACHER RATIOS TEXTBOOKS UNIVERSITIES URBAN AREAS
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO SCHOOLING ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM ATTENDANCE RATE ATTENDANCE RATES BASIC SERVICES CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CLASS SIZE CLASSROOMS COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DEGREES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PROGRESS EDUCATION EXPENDITURE EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EDUCATION INVESTMENTS EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EVALUATION OF EDUCATION FOOD POLICY FUTURE RESEARCH GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING HOMES HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING CENSUS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES ILLITERACY IMPACT EVALUATION IMPACT OF EDUCATION IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INCOME INCOME GAINS INDICATOR TARGETING INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION LABOR MARKET LEARNING LEARNING MATERIALS LITERATURE LIVING STANDARDS MEANS TESTING MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS OVERCROWDING PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR AREAS POOR CHILDREN POOR DISTRICTS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY INDEX POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIMARY-SCHOOL PRIMARY-SCHOOL-AGE PRIMARY-SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN PROGRAM EVALUATION PUBLIC SCHOOL QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF TEACHERS RADIO RESEARCH INSTITUTE RETURNS TO EDUCATION RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL COMMUNITY RURAL DISTRICTS RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAFETY SANITATION SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL BREAKFAST SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL EXPENDITURE SCHOOL FACILITIES SCHOOL FUNDING SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL SUPPLIES SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLCHILDREN SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SPORTS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT TARGETED TRANSFERS TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS TEACHER TEACHER RATIOS TEXTBOOKS UNIVERSITIES URBAN AREAS Paxson, Christina Schady, Norbert R. The Allocation and Impact of Social Funds : Spending on School Infrastructure in Peru
geographic_facet	Latin America & Caribbean Peru
description	Between 1992 and 1998 the Peruvian Social Fund (foncodes) spent about US dollar 570 million funding micro projects throughout the country. Many of these projects involved constructing and renovating school facilities. This article uses data from foncodes, the 1993 population census in Peru, and a 1996 household survey conducted by the Peruvian Statistical Institute to analyze the targeting and impact of foncodes investments in education. A number of descriptive and econometric techniques are employed, including nonparametric regressions, differences in differences, and instrumental variables estimators. Results show that foncodes investments in school infrastructure have reached poor districts and poor households within those districts. The investments also appear to have had positive effects on school attendance rates for young children.
format	Journal Article
author	Paxson, Christina Schady, Norbert R.
author_facet	Paxson, Christina Schady, Norbert R.
author_sort	Paxson, Christina
title	The Allocation and Impact of Social Funds : Spending on School Infrastructure in Peru
title_short	The Allocation and Impact of Social Funds : Spending on School Infrastructure in Peru
title_full	The Allocation and Impact of Social Funds : Spending on School Infrastructure in Peru
title_fullStr	The Allocation and Impact of Social Funds : Spending on School Infrastructure in Peru
title_full_unstemmed	The Allocation and Impact of Social Funds : Spending on School Infrastructure in Peru
title_sort	allocation and impact of social funds : spending on school infrastructure in peru
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/17737357/allocation-impact-social-funds-spending-school-infrastructure-peru http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17202
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The Allocation and Impact of Social Funds : Spending on School Infrastructure in Peru

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