Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/19236 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
HWWA Discussion Paper No. 264
Publisher: 
Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA), Hamburg
Abstract: 
Applying the general question of aid effectiveness to the sector of education, this paper reveals an overall positive effect of development assistance on primary enrolment. However, even the most optimistic estimates clearly show that at any realistic rate of growth, aid will never be able to move the world markedly closer towards the internationally agreed objective of education for all. Universal primary education requires increased efficiency of educational spending by donors and national governments alike. Moreover, the recipient countries' general political and institutional background matters. Under conditions of bad governance, the impact of aid on enrolment can actually turn negative.
Subjects: 
aid effectiveness
primary education
good governance
JEL: 
F35
O15
I22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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