Evaluating the Student Loan Fund of Thailand

Autor/inn/en	Tangkitvanich, Somkiat; Manasboonphempool, Areeya
Titel	Evaluating the Student Loan Fund of Thailand
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 29 (2010) 5, S.710-721 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.04.007
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Low Income; Problems; Economics; Educational Finance; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Program Evaluation; Program Effectiveness; Paying for College; Income Contingent Loans; Loan Repayment; Access to Education; Costs; Cost Effectiveness; Government Role; Student Loan Programs; Thailand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Niedriglohn; Problemsituation; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Bildungsfonds; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Studienfinanzierung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Cost; Kosten; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken
Abstract	The Thai higher education sector has expanded quickly during the past decade, making a transition from an elitist to a mass institution. A driving force behind the expansion was believed to be the Student Loan Fund (SLF), introduced in 1996. During the first 10 years of its operation, the SLF has lent to more than 2.6 million students, with the loan value totaling $5.7 billion. However, there has been no systematic evaluation of the scheme. This paper provides a very first attempt to evaluate the SLF. We found that it had serious weaknesses in terms of loan screening; delay in loan disbursement and low collection rate. We also found that it failed to promote enrollment in higher education, except for students from poor households. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10