Is School Funding Unequal in Latin America?
Amid the economic crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a risk that the inequality of opportunity in education may increase in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries unless well designed, properly evaluated, and progressive school finance policies are implemented. Based on comparative analysis of data from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, this report provides some insights on how school funding policies can either mitigate or aggravate such inequalities.
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Main Author: | Inter-American Development Bank |
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Other Authors: | Gregory Elacqua |
Language: | English |
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Subjects: | Education Policy, Education Expenditure, Primary Education, High School, Public School, Coronavirus, Pandemic, Equality, Educational Budget, I24 - Education and Inequality, I22 - Educational Finance • Financial Aid, H52 - Government Expenditures and Education, Education inequalities;School funding;School finance policies;Progressivity of spending, |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002620 https://publications.iadb.org/en/school-funding-unequal-latin-america |
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