The Gambia Education Sector Public Expenditure Review : An Efficiency, Effectiveness, Equity, Adequacy, and Sustainability Analysis
The structure of this report is organized into 10 sections. Following the Introduction, section two discusses the country context in terms of demographic trends and potential dividends and the fiscal space in relation to the increasing social secto...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/301101509466067040/Gambia-The-Education-sector-public-expenditure-review-an-efficiency-effectiveness-equity-adequacy-and-sustainability-analysis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28942 |
| Summary: | The structure of this report is
organized into 10 sections. Following the Introduction,
section two discusses the country context in terms of
demographic trends and potential dividends and the fiscal
space in relation to the increasing social sector demand.
Section three provides an overview of the education sector
context and structure, together with a chronological order
of the education sector’s policies, goals, and priorities.
Section four analyzes key education sector performance
indicators. Section five analyzes the education sector
financing such as the budget framework and budget process,
main actors, sources of funding, trends in public
expenditure, and budget allocation. Section six assesses the
adequacy and sustainability of public spending. Section
seven examines education sector management issues focusing
on the efficiency and effectiveness of resources
utilization. Section eight examines equity, affordability,
and the role of the government in protecting equity. Section
nine simulates enrollment growth and the associated human
and financial needs and provides projections of the labor
force by educational attainment under various scenarios. The
analysis is followed by section ten, a summary of the main
findings and policy recommendations. The annex is divided
into four sections: a methodological note, supporting
tables, figures, and a section on examples of evaluated interventions. |
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