Assessing the Role of Faith-Inspired Primary and Secondary Schools in Africa : Evidence from Multi-Purpose Surveys

What is the share of students attending faith-inspired schools (FISs) in Africa? Do FISs reach the poor in priority? How much do they cost for households? And how do FISs compare with public schools and private secular schools in these areas? This article provides tentative answers to these question...

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Main Authors: Tsimpo, Clarence, Wodon, Quentin
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Taylor and Francis 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20471
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spelling okr-10986-204712021-04-23T14:03:56Z Assessing the Role of Faith-Inspired Primary and Secondary Schools in Africa : Evidence from Multi-Purpose Surveys Tsimpo, Clarence Wodon, Quentin school attendance education costs faith-inspired schools private secular schools public schools What is the share of students attending faith-inspired schools (FISs) in Africa? Do FISs reach the poor in priority? How much do they cost for households? And how do FISs compare with public schools and private secular schools in these areas? This article provides tentative answers to these questions using evidence from multi-purpose household surveys. 2014-10-27T19:45:22Z 2014-10-27T19:45:22Z 2014-06-10 Journal Article The Review of Faith & International Affairs 1557-0274 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20471 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic school attendance
education costs
faith-inspired schools
private secular schools
public schools
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education costs
faith-inspired schools
private secular schools
public schools
Tsimpo, Clarence
Wodon, Quentin
Assessing the Role of Faith-Inspired Primary and Secondary Schools in Africa : Evidence from Multi-Purpose Surveys
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Sub-Saharan Africa
description What is the share of students attending faith-inspired schools (FISs) in Africa? Do FISs reach the poor in priority? How much do they cost for households? And how do FISs compare with public schools and private secular schools in these areas? This article provides tentative answers to these questions using evidence from multi-purpose household surveys.
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author Tsimpo, Clarence
Wodon, Quentin
author_facet Tsimpo, Clarence
Wodon, Quentin
author_sort Tsimpo, Clarence
title Assessing the Role of Faith-Inspired Primary and Secondary Schools in Africa : Evidence from Multi-Purpose Surveys
title_short Assessing the Role of Faith-Inspired Primary and Secondary Schools in Africa : Evidence from Multi-Purpose Surveys
title_full Assessing the Role of Faith-Inspired Primary and Secondary Schools in Africa : Evidence from Multi-Purpose Surveys
title_fullStr Assessing the Role of Faith-Inspired Primary and Secondary Schools in Africa : Evidence from Multi-Purpose Surveys
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the Role of Faith-Inspired Primary and Secondary Schools in Africa : Evidence from Multi-Purpose Surveys
title_sort assessing the role of faith-inspired primary and secondary schools in africa : evidence from multi-purpose surveys
publisher Taylor and Francis
publishDate 2014
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20471
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