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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spelling okr-10986-289422021-05-26T09:05:20Z The Gambia Education Sector Public Expenditure Review : An Efficiency, Effectiveness, Equity, Adequacy, and Sustainability Analysis World Bank Group EDUCATION POLICY PUBLIC EXPENDITURE EDUCATION SPENDING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ENROLLMENT DROPOUT RATES STUDENT PERFORMANCE EXAMINATIONS EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT LABOR SKILLS EDUCATION FINANCE PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TEACHER WAGES SCHOOL FACILITIES GOVERNANCE LABOR MARKET 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. 2017-12-05T16:27:21Z 2017-12-05T16:27:21Z 2017-10 Report 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 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Education Sector Review Economic & Sector Work Africa Gambia, The
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topic EDUCATION POLICY
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
EDUCATION SPENDING
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
ENROLLMENT
DROPOUT RATES
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
EXAMINATIONS
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
LABOR SKILLS
EDUCATION FINANCE
PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
TEACHER WAGES
SCHOOL FACILITIES
GOVERNANCE
LABOR MARKET
spellingShingle EDUCATION POLICY
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
EDUCATION SPENDING
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
ENROLLMENT
DROPOUT RATES
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
EXAMINATIONS
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
LABOR SKILLS
EDUCATION FINANCE
PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
TEACHER WAGES
SCHOOL FACILITIES
GOVERNANCE
LABOR MARKET
World Bank Group
The Gambia Education Sector Public Expenditure Review : An Efficiency, Effectiveness, Equity, Adequacy, and Sustainability Analysis
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Gambia, The
description 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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title The Gambia Education Sector Public Expenditure Review : An Efficiency, Effectiveness, Equity, Adequacy, and Sustainability Analysis
title_short The Gambia Education Sector Public Expenditure Review : An Efficiency, Effectiveness, Equity, Adequacy, and Sustainability Analysis
title_full The Gambia Education Sector Public Expenditure Review : An Efficiency, Effectiveness, Equity, Adequacy, and Sustainability Analysis
title_fullStr The Gambia Education Sector Public Expenditure Review : An Efficiency, Effectiveness, Equity, Adequacy, and Sustainability Analysis
title_full_unstemmed The Gambia Education Sector Public Expenditure Review : An Efficiency, Effectiveness, Equity, Adequacy, and Sustainability Analysis
title_sort gambia education sector public expenditure review : an efficiency, effectiveness, equity, adequacy, and sustainability analysis
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/301101509466067040/Gambia-The-Education-sector-public-expenditure-review-an-efficiency-effectiveness-equity-adequacy-and-sustainability-analysis
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