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
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/17737357/allocation-impact-social-funds-spending-school-infrastructure-peru
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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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